COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel, Grenadier Guards, this evening held a Dinner at Sandringham House for the Grenadier Guards Norfolk Dining Club and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk (Mr Richard Jewson).

Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay this morning received the Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (Secretary of State for Scotland) at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Morton, Young and Borland Textiles Limited, 14 Stoneygate Road, Newmilns, Ayrshire.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Vice Patron, Commonwealth Games Federation, and The Countess of Wessex today attended the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this morning visited Highland Stoneware Limited, Baddidarroch, to mark the company’s Fortieth Anniversary and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland (Dr Monica Main).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon opened Ardnamurchan Distillery, Glen Beag, Ardnamurchan, Inverness-shire, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness (Donald Cameron of Lochiel).

The Princess Royal, Patron, Tenovus Scotland, later launched The Princess Royal Tenovus Scotland Medical Research Scholarship at Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, and was received by Sir Kenneth Calman (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow).

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester this morning attended the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness, Patron, Scottish Opera, this afternoon attended a performance of “Anamchara” at the Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow.