Her Majesty The Queen has granted a Lord Mayoralty to Exeter to mark Her Golden Jubilee.
A Lord Mayoralty is granted by personal command of The Queen, on advice from Ministers. The last city to be granted a Lord Mayoralty was Chester in 1992, to mark the 40th anniversary of The Queen's accession.
A Lord Mayoralty is purely honorific; its grant confers no additional powers or functions on the successful city. Guidelines for the grant of these honours were issued for the first time for the Golden Jubilee competition.
Congratulating Exeter on its outstanding application, the Lord Chancellor commented that the standard of applications from all parts of the UK for Lord Mayoralties was very high and demonstrated a very positive attitude to Her Majesty's Jubilee among cities across the United Kingdom.
The honour is conferred by Letters Patent signed by The Queen.