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Buckingham Palace

The President of the Republic of Slovenia visited The Queen this afternoon.

Major David Hewer (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at Biggin Hill Airport, London, this morning upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Slovenia and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of Her Majesty.

The Queen was represented by General Sir Robert Ford (formerly Aide-de-Camp General) at the Memorial Service for General Sir Jack Harman (formerly Aide-de-Camp General) which was held in the Royal Memorial Chapel, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst this afternoon.

The Prince of Wales was represented by Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Johnston.

The Duke of Kent was represented by Lieutenant General Sir Richard Swinburn.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning visited Task Force Helmand Headquarters, Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

His Royal Highness afterwards visited Brigade Headquarters, Lashkar Gah, and met members of the provincial reconstruction teams.

The Prince of Wales later attended a Meeting with the Governor of Helmand (Governor Mangal) in Lashkar Gah.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited officers and soldiers of the Afghan National Army at Camp Shorabak, Helmand Province.

The Prince of Wales afterwards met members of the Afghan National Army and observed mine clearance training.

His Royal Highness later visited the Joint Helicopter Force Afghanistan at Camp Bastion.

The Prince of Wales afterwards visited the United Kingdom Joint Forces Medical Group at Camp Bastion Hospital.

His Royal Highness subsequently laid a wreath at Camp Bastion Memorial.

The Prince of Wales this evening visited the Joint Forces Explosives Ordnance Device Group.

His Royal Highness, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Dragoon Guards, Army Air Corps, The Parachute Regiment, The Mercian Regiment, and Colonel, Welsh Guards, afterwards attended a Reception with the Regiments.

The Prince of Wales this evening departed Camp Bastion for Qatar and was received upon arrival at Doha International Airport by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar (His Excellency Mr. John Hawkins).

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, today carried out the following engagements in Beijing, China.

His Royal Highness this morning attended a Meeting with Mr Gao Xiqing (President, Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Chinese Investment Corporation).

The Duke of York this afternoon attended a Lunch at the St Regis Hotel given by Madame Fu Ying (Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs).

His Royal Highness later attended a Meeting with Mr Wang Qishan (Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China) at Zhongnanhai.

The Duke of York this evening attended a Dinner for Inward Investors, at the St Regis Hotel.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning held a Meeting at Buckingham Palace.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, this morning attended the Meningitis Trust Conference at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this morning opened Medway Campus at MidKent College, Medway Road, Gillingham, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kent (Mr Allan Willett).

Her Royal Highness, Director, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, this afternoon attended a Board Meeting at One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, this afternoon visited the Lifeboat Station at the Promenade, Sheringham, and was received by the Viscountess Knollys (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk).

His Royal Highness afterwards opened the Mo, Sheringham Museum, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham.

The Duke of Kent this evening attended the East Anglian Air Ambulance Tenth Anniversary Dinner, at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.