1952 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes Patron of WVS.

1961 - Her Majesty The Queen gives Royal Assent to the WVS Long Service medal.

1966 - Her Majesty The Queen adds ‘Royal’ to the title of WVS creating the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service.

1975 - Her Majesty The Queen visits Queen Elizabeth Close in Norwich, a new WRVS Housing Association development in Norfolk.

1994 - Her Majesty The Queen visits Leicester Royal Infirmary. Hospital management asks WRVS florists shop staff to provide all the floral displays for the royal visit - including the Queen’s bouquet!

1995 - Her Majesty The Queen meets WRVS members when she visits the WRVS Shop & Tea Bar in the foyer during the opening of the new surgery suite at Ayr Hospital.

1997 - Her Majesty The Queen meets members of the WRVS Tea Bar during a visit to the South Tyneside Magistrates court.

1998 - Her Majesty The Queen attends the WRVS 60th Anniversary Garden Party at Milton Hill, Oxfordshire (WRVS Head Office).

1999 - Her Majesty The Queen meets WRVS members who cared for Kosovan Refugees during a visit of Manchester Airport.

2005 - Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh host a reception at St. James’s Palace for WRVS. 

2012 - WRVS holds a reception at St. James’s Palace to celebrate the ‘Diamond Champions’ awards, created to celebrate volunteering in Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year. 

2013 - Her Majesty The Queen grants permission for WRVS to change its name to Royal Voluntary Service.

2021 - Her Majesty The Queen undertakes a video call with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and four Royal Voluntary Service volunteers from the North-East of England to say thank you for their invaluable support throughout the pandemic.