COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace 

Mr Simon Collis was received in audience by The Queen today and kissed hands upon his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq.

Mrs Huda Mujarkech was also received by Her Majesty.

Superintendent Richard Griffin was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

Mr Robert Ball was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

The Rt Hon David Cameron MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The Queen this evening.

By command of The Queen, Mr Charles Gray (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency the Hon Louis Susman at 24 Grosvenor Square, London W1, this afternoon in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the United States of America to the Court of St James’s.

Clarence House 

The Prince of Wales, Patron, Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, this morning attended a celebration of the Life of Wangari Maathai at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Road, Richmond, and was received by Lieutenant Sir Kenneth Knight (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

The Duchess of Cornwall this morning visited the Brit School for Performing Arts and Technology, 60 the Crescent, Croydon, and was received by Colonel Ian McRobbie (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of York this afternoon visited Arora Hotels, the Sofitel London Heathrow, Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport, London.

Buckingham Palace 

The Countess of Wessex, Colonel-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, this morning attended the Corps Day Service in St George’s Church Whittington Barracks, Nottingham Road, Whittington, Staffordshire.

Her Royal Highness, Colonel-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, later attended a Lunch at Whittington Barracks.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Lions Clubs International, Multiple District 105, British Isles and Ireland, this afternoon visited their Headquarters, 257 Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mr. Paul Sabapathy).

Her Royal Highness later opened Sandwell College, 1 Spon Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal, President, British Olympic Association, this morning received Mr Andrew Hunt upon relinquishing his appointment as Chief Executive Officer.

Her Royal Highness later presented The Princess Royal Award for the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Jubilee Woods Project, this afternoon planted a commemorative tree at Ashburnham Community Primary School, 17 Blantyre Street, London SW10, and was received by Lady Arnold (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, Commandant-in-Chief (Youth), St. John Ambulance, later held the Grand Prior Reception at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal, President, RedR UK, this evening attended the Annual Reception at Nomura, One Angel Lane, London EC4.

Kensington Palace 

The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Medical Corps, this morning visited 1 Medical Regiment, Haig Barracks, Bergen-Hohne, Germany.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited 2 Medical Regiment, Haig Barracks.

The Duke of Gloucester afterwards opened 1 Medical Regiment’s Welfare Facility, “the Serpents’ Retreat”, at Haig Barracks.

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon arrived at Royal Air Force Northolt from Germany.

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Todd was in attendance.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, this afternoon visited Papworth Trust, Bernard Sunley Centre, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mr Hugh Duberly).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Sue Ryder — Thorpe Hall Hospice Appeal, afterwards attended a Reception to mark the launch of the Appeal at Thorpe Hall Hospice, Thorpe Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.