COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this evening attended the London Book Fair 2012 China Market Focus launch at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 66 Knightsbridge, London SW1.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal, on behalf of The Queen in celebration of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee and accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening departed Heathrow Airport, London, for South Africa.

Mrs David Bowes-Lyon and Captain Nicholas Wright RN are in attendance.

Kensington Palace 

The Duke of Gloucester this morning visited the Malta at War Museum and Air Raid Shelters at Couvre Porte Gate, Vittoriosa, Malta.

His Royal Highness afterwards toured Vittoriosa and the Grand Harbour, Valletta.

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon attended a Tea for representatives of British and Maltese society given by the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta (Her Excellency Ms Louise Stanton) at the Residence.

His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, later attended Mass in St John’s Co-Cathedral, St John’s Street, Valletta.

The Duke of Gloucester this evening watched a Son et Lumière and re-enactment of the presentation of the George Cross to the Island of Malta in Palace Square, Valletta.

His Royal Highness afterwards attended a Reception given by The President of the Republic of Malta at the Palace, Valletta.

The Duke of Gloucester subsequently attended a Dinner at the Xara Palace, Misrah il-Kunsill, Mdina.