Vice-Regal Party

[chchkevin]

Dear Teachers,

A New Zealand media released that a farewell ceremony will be held for the Governor-General, Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, when he completes his term of office some time in August.

Could anyone tell me more about the "Vice-Regal Party"?

The Vice-Regal Party will re-enter Parliament House for a farewell from representatives of the Indian community before departing from the forecourt. The Governor-General designate, Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae will be sworn in as Governor-General on 31 August.

Kind regards

chchkevin

[Rover_KE]

Vice-Regal (or more usually viceregal) is the adjective formed from viceroy. -

viceroy /ˈvʌɪsrɔɪ/
▶noun
a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.

(WordReference Dictionary)

The party means the group of people including the viceroy.

So it's a more formal version of 'the viceroy and his retinue'.

Rover

[riquecohen]

Vice-Regal (or more usually viceregal) is the adjective formed from viceroy. -

(WordReference Dictionary)

The party means the group of people including the viceroy.

So it's a more formal version of 'the viceroy and his retinue'.

Rover

Are viceroy and governor-general used interchangeably?

[Rover_KE]

I believe that viceroy has not been used since 1947.

[5jj]

I imagine that the writer of the original article was using a bit of journalistic licence. In that the governor general represents and stands in for the sovereign,s/he has what might be described as a vice-regal function. It's just that we don't usually do this. The word 'vice-regal' pretty much died with the departure of the last British viceroy in, as Rover said, 1947.