King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive at St Paul’s Cathedral service honouring everyday heroes handed Orders of the British Empire

King Charles continued his busy week of events by attending a dedicatory service for the Order of the British Empire with Queen Camilla in London today.

The monarch and his wife walked up the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral for the event, where they joined almost 2,000 people receiving various royal honors.

It comes after Charles attended the unveiling of a new portrait at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, which followed a morning investiture at Windsor Castle.

And on Monday he officially handed over the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to his son Prince William during a visit to the base in Middle Wallop, Hampshire.

The Order of the British Empire (OBE) was established by King George V in 1917 to reward outstanding contributions to the efforts in the First World War.

But the award now recognizes the work of people from all walks of life with well-known honors such as MBEs and OBEs, as well as Knighthoods and Damehoods.

The King is the Sovereign of the OBE and the Queen is the Grand Master of the OBE.

Nearly 2,000 members who hold the Orders awards – including GBE, KBE, DBE, CBE, OBE, MBE and British Empire Medal – attended the service this morning.

The congregation was made up of people from all parts of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and also included a number of honorary award holders.

On their arrival today, just before 11am, Charles and Camilla were met at St Paul’s by the Mayor of the City of London, Councilor Professor Michael Mainelli.

The couple were then escorted inside, where they were greeted by the Dean, Chapter and officials of the Order, before taking their places in the processional order.

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