As part of a series of interviews to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Professor Alastair Bruce OBE explains to the Telegraph what it is like to be the Queen’s Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary herald, who advises about state pomp and ceremony.
The Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary is an appointment made by Her Majesty as part of the Heralds to the Queen.
Alastair Bruce, who has held the title since 1998, advises on ceremony and state occasions and as one of the Queen’s heralds, he is part of the Queen’s procession on the State Opening of Parliament.
