COURT CIRCULAR

Windsor Castle 

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

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this evening gave a Dinner for The Prince of Wales Foundation at St James’s Palace.

Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of York this morning departed from Farnborough Airport for Saudi Arabia and was received upon arrival later in Jeddah by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (His Excellency Sir John Jenkins).

His Royal Highness this evening presented condolences to the Saudi Royal Family following the death of The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Duke of York later departed from Jeddah for the United Kingdom.

Miss Laura Hutchings is in attendance.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Patron, Royal Exchange Theatre Company, this morning received Mr Braham Murray upon his retirement as Founder and Artistic Director.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, this morning visited the David Lewis Centre, Warford, Alderley Edge, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire (Mr David Briggs).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited the Cheshire Show at the Cheshire Showground, Tabley, Cheshire.

Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park 

Princess Alexandra this evening attended a Dinner to mark the Bicentenary of the founding of the Roxburghe Club at Spencer House, 27 St James’s Place, London SW1.