COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace 

By command of The Queen, Mr Charles Gray (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Dejan Popovic at 28 Belgrave Square, London SW1, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Serbia to the Court of St James’s.

By command of Her Majesty, Mr Charles Gray afterwards called upon His Excellency Mr Joseph Zammit Tabona at 36-38 Piccadilly, London W1, in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as High Commissioner for Malta in London.

Clarence House 

The Prince of Wales this morning received Mr Paul Polman (Chief Executive Officer, Unilever).

Buckingham Palace 

The Earl of Wessex this morning visited Montrose Air Station, Waldron Road, Montrose, to commemorate its Centenary and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Angus (Mrs James Osborne).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited the Spetchells Centre, 58 Front Street, Prudhoe, and was received by Mrs Doreen Elwell (Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland).

The Countess of Wessex, Bicentenary Patron, Border Union Agricultural Society, this afternoon attended the Border Union Show at Springwood Park, Kelso, Roxburghshire, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Captain the Hon Gerald Maitland-Carew).

Her Royal Highness, Bicentenary Patron, Border Union Agricultural Society, this evening attended the Bicentenary Banquet at Springwood Park.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal this morning opened a Devon Partnership NHS Trust Secure Unit, the Dewnans Centre, at Langdon Hospital, Exeter Road, Dawlish, and was received by Sir John Cave, Bt (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Devon).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended the Britannia Beagles Puppy Show at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon.

Kensington Palace 

The Duke of Gloucester this morning arrived at Incheon International Airport, the Republic of Korea.

His Royal Highness afterwards witnessed the signing of the British Chamber of Commerce Initiative.

The Duke of Gloucester, President, British Expertise, this afternoon witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between British Expertise and the International Contractors Association of Korea.

His Royal Highness, Royal Patron, the British Museum, subsequently attended a Tea given by Dr Yun Sangkoo (First Son of the late President) at his Residence in Seoul.

The Duke of Gloucester this evening attended a Dinner for the Korea-Britain Military Society given by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (His Excellency Mr Scott Wightman) at the Residence.