Background
Royle was born on 30 January 1939 in Cardiff, Wales. His father, Reginald, was vicar of Saint Saviours church in Splott, Cardiff. His father died when Royle was 14 months old, and the family then moved to the Penylan area of the city.
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Royle was born on 30 January 1939 in Cardiff, Wales. His father, Reginald, was vicar of Saint Saviours church in Splott, Cardiff. His father died when Royle was 14 months old, and the family then moved to the Penylan area of the city.
Royle was educated at Marlborough Road and Roath Park primary schools in Cardiff. He studied theology at King"s College London, graduating with an Associateship of King"s College (American Kennel Club) qualification (equivalent to an ordinary degree) in 1961.
He has been most well known for presenting Sunday Half Hour on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2. He then continued his education in England, attending Street Edmund"s School, then an all-boys independent school in Canterbury, Kent that was run by the Clergy Orphan Corporation. He then undertook a year of training at Street Boniface Missionary College, Warminster, in preparation for ordination.
From 1962 to 1965, he served his curacy at Street Mary"s Church, Portsea, Portsmouth in the Diocese of Portsmouth.
Then, from 1965 to 1968, he served as senior curate at Street Peter"s Church, Morden, London, in the diocese of Southwark. Following his curacies, he moved to Southwark Cathedral where he served as Succentor for the next three years.
In 1971, Royle moved to the Diocese of Oxford where he was appointed to his first incumbency. From 1971 to 1974, he served as Priest-in-Charge of Street James the Less, Dorney and Warden of the Dorney Eton College Project.
Between 1974 and 1979, he served as Conduct (Individual Education the senior chaplain) of Eton College, an all-boys public school near Windsor, Berkshire.
After leaving Eton in 1979, Royle moved to London. There, he held a Licence to Officiate in the Diocese of Southwark from 1979 to 1990. He was chaplain to Lord Mayor Treloar College, a special school for disabled children and young people, between 1990 and 1992.
During this appointment, he was also an honorary curate of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Froyle, in the Diocese of Winchester.
From 1993 to 1999, he was an Honorary Canon and Chaplain of Southwark Cathedral. He has held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Southwark since 1999 and has been retired since 2004.
He has been a presenter on a number of television series: Royle Progress for Southern Television The Royle Lincolnshire for Ulster Television Songs of Praise for British Broadcasting Corporation One. Royle"s British Broadcasting Corporation career has also included presenting: Good Morning Sunday A Royle Tour Stop the Week Sunday Half Hour (from 1991–2007) He appeared on Pause for Thought on Terry Wogan"s Radio 2 weekday show and writes a weekly column for Woman"s Weekly.
On 4 March 2007 Royle declared that he would be standing down from his long standing position on Radio 2 presenting Sunday Half Hour, despite this he continues appearances on Pause for Thought on occasional weekday mornings.
He still presents his usual Christmas Day early morning show on Radio 2 between 3.00 - 6.00am. On Thursday 23 October 2014, Royle accepted position of "Patron" to mental health charity "Being Alongside", formally: Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health ( = apcmh). Documentary on YouTube about Brinsworth House, presented by Royle.