{"id":31737,"date":"2022-09-09T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/?page_id=31737"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:15:27","slug":"royal-visits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/about\/chethams-history\/royal-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chetham&#8217;s is privileged to have had many visits from Royalty over the years. HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex has been our Royal Patron since 2003 and holds a strong personal interest in the Arts.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW234005279 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234005279 BCX0\">HM Queen Elizabeth II was an incredible figure. An inspiration to us all. For many years, her support of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234005279 BCX0\">Chetham\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW234005279 BCX0\">, and the support of our patron HRH Prince Edward, has meant the world to us. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW234005279 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The photos below commemorate some of our visits from the Royal Family; to read more, please follow the links on the side of this page.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"chethams-gallery clearfix\"><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/1994.jpg\" title=\"HM Queen Elizabeth II opened New College House in 1994\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/1994-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HM Queen Elizabeth II opened New College House in 1994<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Prince-Charles-2003.jpg\" title=\"HM King Charles III (then HRH Prince Charles) visits Chetham's on his 54th Birthday - 14 November 2002\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Prince-Charles-2003-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HM King Charles III (then HRH Prince Charles) visits Chetham's on his 54th Birthday - 14 November 2002<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Queen-at-Chets-050407-011-scaled.jpg\" title=\"HM Queen Elizabeth II visits Baronial Hall following her Maundy Thursday service at Manchester Cathedral - 5 April 2007\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Queen-at-Chets-050407-011-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HM Queen Elizabeth II visits Baronial Hall following her Maundy Thursday service at Manchester Cathedral - 5 April 2007<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/MG_3524-scaled.jpg\" title=\"HRH Prince Edward visits the New School Building site - November 2010\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/MG_3524-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HRH Prince Edward visits the New School Building site - November 2010<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/DSC_0319-scaled.jpg\" title=\"HM Queen Elizabeth II visits Manchester Victoria station and hears Chetham's students play - 23 March 2012\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/DSC_0319-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HM Queen Elizabeth II visits Manchester Victoria station and hears Chetham's students play - 23 March 2012<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/1-Chethams-Royal-Opening-HRH-with-Plaque_-credit-Tom-Bangbala-scaled.jpg\" title=\"HRH Prince Edward visits Chetham's to open the New School Building - 2 October 2012\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/1-Chethams-Royal-Opening-HRH-with-Plaque_-credit-Tom-Bangbala-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HRH Prince Edward visits Chetham's to open the New School Building - 2 October 2012<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2013.jpg\" title=\"HM Queen Elizabeth II visits Manchester Piccadilly station and hears music from Chetham's trumpeters - 14 November 2013\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2013-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HM Queen Elizabeth II visits Manchester Piccadilly station and hears music from Chetham's trumpeters - 14 November 2013<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/MG_3292-copy-scaled.jpg\" title=\"HRH Prince Edward meets Chetham's musicians following a Chetham's Symphony Orchestra concert in London - 13 February 2014\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/MG_3292-copy-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HRH Prince Edward meets Chetham's musicians following a Chetham's Symphony Orchestra concert in London - 13 February 2014<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/STO434-scaled.jpg\" title=\"HRH Prince Edward opens The Stoller Hall onstage - 23 April 2017\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/STO434-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HRH Prince Edward opens The Stoller Hall onstage - 23 April 2017<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/CHBP_071_2018.jpg\" title=\"HRH Prince Edward hosts Chetham's musicians and friends at Buckingham Palace - June 2018\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/CHBP_071_2018-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HRH Prince Edward hosts Chetham's musicians and friends at Buckingham Palace - June 2018<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/chethams-101.jpg\" title=\"HRH Prince Edward speaks to Chetham's musicians at the Royal Gala Dinner - 2019\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/chethams-101-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HRH Prince Edward speaks to Chetham's musicians at the Royal Gala Dinner - 2019<\/span><\/li><li class=\"gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture1.png\" title=\"HM Queen Elizabeth II unveils a plaque at Manchester Cathedral in the presence of Chetham's choristers - June 2021\" class=\"chocolat-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture1-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span class=\"gallery-image-caption\">HM Queen Elizabeth II unveils a plaque at Manchester Cathedral in the presence of Chetham's choristers - June 2021<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chetham&#8217;s is privileged to have had many visits from Royalty over the years. HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex has been our Royal Patron since 2003 and holds a strong personal interest in the Arts. HM Queen Elizabeth II was an incredible figure. An inspiration to us all. For many years, her support of Chetham\u2019s, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"parent":76,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31737"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31890,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31737\/revisions\/31890"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}