COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh this evening gave a Reception for Young People in the Performing Arts at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of York, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and The Duke of Kent were present.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this afternoon held a Tea for the Royal Forestry Society.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this afternoon received the Ambassador from the People’s Republic of China (His Excellency Mr Liu Xiaoming).

His Royal Highness received the Ambassador from the United Arab Emirates (His Excellency Mr Abdulrahman Almutaiwee).

Buckingham Palace

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

His Royal Highness this afternoon held a Meeting for Films Without Borders and later attended a Dinner at Windsor Castle.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, this morning visited the Defence Animal Centre, Ashfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, this afternoon opened the new premises of Charnwood Citizens Advice Bureau at the Old Magistrates Court, Woodgate, Loughborough, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire (Jennifer, Lady Gretton).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent this afternoon attended Victory Day celebrations to mark the Seventieth Anniversary of the first Arctic Convoys, HMS Belfast, Morgan’s Lane, Tooley Street, London SE1.

His Royal Highness, Chairman of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences (United Kingdom Fund), later attended a Trustees’ Meeting at St James’s Palace.

Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park

Princess Alexandra, Patron, this evening attended a Reception for the Council of British International Schools at One Whitehall Place, London SW1.