Citizenship Ceremony

Vice Lord Lieutenant addresses the new citizens

The first citizenship ceremony of 2020 saw 28 people being sworn in as new citizens, including a serving police office and a Spanish gentleman who chose to swear the oath in Welsh.

The High Sheriff and I were joined by the Vice Lord Lieutenant, Dr. Edward Roberts for the ceremony and afterwards we posed for photographs with some of the families.

These ceremonies are real family occasions, and there were a large number of children present. All the new citizens receive a token gift from the council, normally a keyring or a pen with their certificate. Today the two children who were inaugurated received a toy fluffy sheep.