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The annual Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses is based on a year-old tradition which began in , when the Royal Hospital Chelsea asked a local cheesemonger to provide in-pensioners with cheese to get them through the festive period. The Dairy Council is now in its 56th year of organising a special ceremony at the Hospital, where donations from cheesemongers from across the country are presented to the residents.

A Chelsea Pensioner cuts the ceremonial cheese with a sword and the cheese is distributed among the pensioners around the Christmas period. Another annual tradition at the Royal Hospital is the Christmas Cake Ceremony, which commenced in It is a symbol of the enduring friendship between the UK and Australia and takes the form of a Christmas cake being presented to the Hospital from the Australian Returned and Services League, with each Australian state taking it in turns year by year.

Again, a pensioner at the Royal Hospital cuts the cake with a sword. The on-site museum details the history and life of the Royal Hospital and its In-Pensioners, together with displays of artefacts, documents, medals, cap badges and uniforms. Recent additions include the Sovereign's Mace and Parade Chair.

A large diorama depicts the Royal Hospital and Ranelagh Gardens as they appeared in Daily walking tours of the site and museum, led by Chelsea pensioners themselves, can be booked in advance. The show has been held in the grounds since , and attracts around , visitors. Prominently displayed in the grounds next to the flagpole is an inscribed cannon from Singora bearing the seal of Sultan Sulaiman Shah.

The cannon was made in Singora around , captured from the Sultanate of Singora by the Siamese in , taken from the Siamese by the Burmese in the Burmese—Siamese war of — and transported to Burma. In the third Anglo-Burmese War — the cannon was taken by the British and shipped back to England. The hospital maintains a 'military-based culture which puts a premium on comradeship'. The in-pensioners are formed into three companies, each headed by a Captain of Invalids an ex-Army officer responsible for the 'day to day welfare, management and administration' of the pensioners under his charge.

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There is also a Secretary who traditionally was responsible for paying the Army pensions, but today they look after the annual budget, staff, buildings and grounds. A Board of Commissioners has governed the Royal Hospital since The ex-officio chairman of the board is HM Paymaster General whose predecessor Sir Stephen Fox was instrumental in founding the Hospital in the seventeenth century. The purpose of the Board is 'to guide the development of The Royal Hospital, ensuring the care and well-being of the Chelsea Pensioners who live there and safeguarding the historic buildings and grounds, which it owns in trust'.

Royal Hospital is also a ward of the Kensington and Chelsea Council. The population at the Census was 7, The following is a list of those who have served as Governor: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hospital in London, United Kingdom.

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