The Anniversaries Office are aware of the Industrial Action affecting postal services and are making necessary arrangements to ensure all messages are delivered on or before the celebration date.

Unfortunately the Anniversaries Office are unable to accept applications made via courier

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Find out more about applications from Australia, Canada and New Zealand

Applications from the UK
In order to receive a congratulatory message from The Queen for one hundredth, one hundred and fifth birthdays and every year thereafter, it is necessary to complete the application form and return it to the Anniversaries Office, Buckingham Palace, London SW1A 1AA no sooner than three weeks before the celebration date. It is possible to receive a belated message up to six months after the event.

There is no charge for this service, but you do need to provide this office with documentary proof of the occasion as noted below:

a) A photocopy of the celebrant's birth certificate which will be returned to you in due course. You will receive prompt acknowledgement of your application confirming that a message will be sent and returning all documents to you. Please do check that the details are correct and contact the Anniversaries Officer on Tel: 020 7930 4832 if they are not.

You can obtain a certified copy of the birth certificate from the appropriate General Register Office:

England or Wales
The General Register Office (Anniversary Section)
The Office for National Statistics
Smedley Hydro
Trafalgar Road
Southport
Merseyside PR8 2HH
Tel: 0845 603 7788
Visit the General Register's web site for further details

Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland
New Register House
3 West Register Street
Edinburgh EH1 3YT
Scotland
Tel: 0131 314 4411
Fax: 0131 314 4400
Visit the General Register's web site for further details

Northern Ireland
The General Register Office
Oxford House
49-55 Chichester Street
Belfast BT1 4HL
Tel: 028 9025 2000

For those born in Northern Ireland, alternatively, you can contact the Centenarian/Anniversary Clerk at the following address, who will make the application for you:
The Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
Central Appointments Unit
Block E4.15, Castle Buildings
Stormont Estate
Belfast BT4 3SR
Tel: 028 9052 8193

b) Alternatively, if you do not have a copy of the birth certificate and do not wish to purchase one, and if the celebrant is a resident of the United Kingdom and in receipt of a State Pension, you may return the completed application form to the Anniversaries Office at Buckingham Palace without including a certificate. The celebrant's details will then be verified directly with the Department for Work and Pensions.

c) As it is The Queen's custom only to send messages to citizens of one of Her Realms or UK Overseas Territories, those born or married overseas, or who currently live abroad, must provide evidence of their British nationality. This can take the form of photocopies of the relevant pages of a British passport.

Please note that a representative from The Pensions Service may wish to arrange a visit to see celebrants who are residents of the United Kingdom before their birthday.

Applications from Australia, Canada and New Zealand
If the celebrant(s) currently reside(s) in either Australia, Canada or New Zealand, the completed application form should be sent to the relevant Governor-General, who, as The Queen's personal representative in these countries, arranges for these messages to be sent. Contact details are as follows:

Australia
His Excellency the Governor-General
Government House
Canberra
Australian Capital Territories 2600
Australia
Fax: (0061) 2 6281 3760
Web site: www.gg.gov.au

Canada
Her Excellency the Governor-General
Rideau Hall
1 Sussex Drive
Ottawa
Ontario K1A 0A1
Canada
Fax: (0016) 1 3990 7636
Web site: www.gg.ca

New Zealand
Her Excellency the Governor-General
Government House
Wellington
New Zealand
Fax: (006) 4 4389 5536
Web site: www.dia.govt.nz