COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace 

The Queen this morning attended a National Service of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee in St Paul’s Cathedral.

Her Majesty was received at the foot of the Cathedral Steps by the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor (Alderman David Wootton) and at the Great West Door by the Dean (the Very Reverend David Ison) and Chapter, the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Henry of Wales, The Duke of York with Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York, The Earl and Countess of Wessex with the Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence with Mr and Mrs Peter Phillips and Mr and Mrs Mike Tindall, Viscount and Viscountess Linley, the Hon Charles Armstrong-Jones, the Hon Margarita Armstrong-Jones, The Lady Sarah and Mr Daniel Chatto with Master Samuel Chatto and Master Arthur Chatto, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester with Earl and Countess of Ulster, the Lady Rose and Mr George Gilman and Mr Gary Lewis, The Duke and Duchess of Kent with Earl and Countess of St Andrews, the Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor and the Lady Helen and Mr Timothy Taylor, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent with the Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor, and Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy with Mr and Mrs James Ogilvy were present in St Paul’s Cathedral.

The Service was conducted by the Dean of St Paul’s; the Archbishop of Canterbury preached the Sermon.

Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty.

After the Service The Queen attended a Reception given by the Lord Mayor at Mansion House, London EC4.

Members of the Royal Family attended a Reception given by the City of London Corporation at Guildhall, London EC2.

The Queen, with The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, was entertained to Luncheon by the Lord Great Chamberlain at Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster, London SW1.

This afternoon The Queen, with The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, drove in a Carriage Procession from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace.

The Queen, from the Balcony of Buckingham Palace, with other Members of the Royal Family, afterwards witnessed a fly-past and Feu de Joie.

Her Majesty this evening gave a Reception for Governors-General visiting the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace.

Clarence House 

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, the Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, this evening held a Dinner at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of York, Patron, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this evening attended the “East meets West” Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Grove, London SW7.