COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

By command of The Queen, Mr Charles Gray (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon Her Excellency Mrs Marija Efremova at 75-83 Buckingham Gate, London SW1, this morning in order to bid farewell to Her Excellency upon relinquishing her appointment as Ambassador from Macedonia to the Court of St James’s.

Buckingham Palace 

The Countess of Wessex, on behalf of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Foundation, today undertook the following engagements in Monaco.

Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Lunch.

The Countess of Wessex this evening attended the Amber Lounge Charity Reception at the Meridien Beach Plaza Hotel.

Her Royal Highness afterwards attended a Dinner at the Caves de l’Hôtel de Paris.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal this morning attended a Service in Coventry Cathedral to celebrate the Cathedral’s Golden Jubilee and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mr Paul Sabapathy).

Kensington Palace 

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this afternoon visited St John Ambulance New South Wales Headquarters, 9 Deane Street, Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this evening attended a Dinner given by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta at the Australia Club, 1 Martin Place, Sydney.

St James’s Palace 

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, today undertook the following engagements.

His Royal Highness this morning visited Portpatrick Lifeboat Station, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.

The Duke of Kent afterwards visited Stranraer Lifeboat Station, Foreland Place, Stranraer, Wigtownshire.

His Royal Highness later visited Girvan Lifeboat Station, Knockcushan Street, Girvan, Ayrshire.

The Duke of Kent this afternoon visited Alexander Noble and Sons Limited, Boatyard, Newton Kennedy, Girvan.

His Royal Highness later visited Troon Lifeboat Station, the Harbour, Troon, Ayrshire.