Her Majesty The Queen, Patron of the RNLI, is pictured meeting crew members at Tower Lifeboat Station on the River Thames on 24 February.

Meanwhile congratulations to Coxswain Robin Castle (Sheerness), Coxswain Francie Morgan (Newcastle), Mrs Faith Harvey (Cheltenham) and Mrs Agnes Wright (Kirkcudbright), all of whom received the MBE in The Queen's New Year’s Honours list, for voluntary service to the RNLI.