COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, on behalf of The Queen, held an Investiture a Buckingham Palace this morning.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Grand Master, the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, this afternoon received His Honour Judge Tudor Owen upon relinquishing his appointment as Master and Ms Dorothy Saul-Pooley upon assuming the appointment.

His Royal Highness, Chairman of the Trustees, Outward Bound Trust, later received Mr Nicholas Barrett (Chief Executive).

The Duke of York, Commodore, this evening attended a Reception for the Cumberland Cup at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Knightsbridge, London SW1.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl and Countess of Wessex today visited Wiltshire and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant (Mrs Peter Troughton).

Their Royal Highnesses this morning visited Stonehenge Visitors’ Centre and the Stones at Amesbury.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex afterwards attended the rededication of Airman’s Cross near Amesbury.

Their Royal Highnesses this afternoon opened the Wessex Gallery at Salisbury Museum, 65 the Close, Salisbury.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex afterwards visited the Parish Church of St Thomas and St Edmund, St Thomas Square, Salisbury.

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, subsequently visited St Edmund’s Girls’ School, Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury.

His Royal Highness, Royal Honorary Colonel, The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, and Her Royal Highness this evening attended The Royal Wessex Yeomanry Employer Engagement Reception at Old Sarum Army Reserve Centre, Salisbury, and afterwards attended the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Dinner at Old Sarum Army Reserve Centre.

The Countess of Wessex, President, Girlguiding, this afternoon visited Wiltshire South Guide Centre, Berwick St James.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this morning received the Prime Minister of Japan and Mrs Abe.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Catch 22, this afternoon visited the London Mentoring Service, London Probation Trust, Mitre House, 223-237 Borough High Street, London SE1, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir David Brewer).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Honorary President, the Somme Association, this afternoon received Dr. Ian Adamson (Chairman) and Mrs. Carol Walker (Director).

Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park

Princess Alexandra, President, Sightsavers, this morning attended a Meeting with Dr. Ahmed Al-Dhaheri (Director General of the Zayed Foundation) at the Zayed Foundation, Abu Dhabi.

Her Royal Highness, President, Sightsavers, later attended a Meeting at the Palace of Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.