COURT CIRCULAR

Windsor Castle

Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence was received by The Queen at Windsor Castle today when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

The Queen, with The Duke of Edinburgh, honoured Ascot Races with her presence today.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, this evening attended a private view of sculptures by Dylan Lewis at Christie’s, 85 Old Brompton Road, London SW7.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Royal Colonel, 7th Battalion The Rifles, this afternoon visited the Regiment at Sennybridge Camp, Powys.

Her Royal Highness, Commandant-in-Chief, St. John Ambulance in Wales, later visited the St. John Cymru Wales Baby Safe Course at the 3Gs Development Trust, Gurnos Community Health and Resource Centre, Merthyr Tydfil, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan (Mrs. KathrinThomas) and subsequently visited the Workers Educational Association Switch On Computer Training Course.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, this afternoon attended the One Hundred and Eightieth Anniversary Luncheon at Whitehall, London SW1.