Our Patron King Charles III

We are proud and deeply honoured that His Majesty King Charles III has accepted the role of Patron of Goodenough College. The King is the College’s second royal Patron, succeeding his mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who was our Patron for nearly seventy years.

We were delighted to be informed, in May 2024, that His Majesty King Charles III has accepted the role of Patron of Goodenough College. The late Queen Elizabeth II was the College’s Patron from 1953 to 2022 and we look forward to welcoming the King to visit the College.

The Queen’s long association with Goodenough College began in March 1950 when, as the 23-year-old Princess Elizabeth, she spoke at the launch of the Lord Mayor’s Thanksgiving Fund appeal which raised funds for the expansion of the College. In 1953, The Queen agreed to be London House’s Patron and, in November 1957, she made her first official visit to Mecklenburgh Square. We were able to the welcome The Queen for regular visits: in 1963, 1965, 1975, 1980, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2016 (to mark the College’s 75^th birthday), 2011 (to mark the 60^th anniversary of her opening of William Goodenough House) and, most recently in 2016.