COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

Her Excellency Ms Guisell Morales-Echaverry was received in audience by The Queen today and presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor and her own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of Nicaragua to the Court of St James’s.

His Excellency Dr Martin Eichtinger was received in audience by The Queen and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of Austria to the Court of St James’s.

Mrs Eichtinger was also received by Her Majesty.

Sir Simon Fraser (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) was present.

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

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh gave a Reception for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust at Buckingham Palace this evening at which The Duke of Gloucester and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent were present.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, this afternoon held a Luncheon for Wildscreen.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall today carried out the following engagements in Washington DC, United States of America.

Their Royal Highnesses this morning visited the Lincoln Memorial and subsequently visited the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall afterwards visited Mount Vernon and were received by the Governor of Virginia and Mrs McAuliffe.

The Prince of Wales this afternoon viewed a 1297 version of Magna Carta and the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives and met attendees at the “Magna Carta of the Future” Conference.

His Royal Highness, Patron, the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, afterwards attended a roundtable discussion at the Smithsonian Freer-Sackler Galleries.

The Prince of Wales later attended a “Plastics and the Oceans” Conference held by the International Sustainability Unit at the Hay-Adams Hotel.

His Royal Highness this evening attended a Reception given by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States of America (His Excellency Sir Peter Westmacott) at the Residence.

The Duchess of Cornwall this afternoon visited the Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Cambridge this morning visited Home-Start at Brookhill Children’s Centre, 130 Brookhill Road, London SE18.

Kensington Palace

Prince Henry of Wales, Patron, this morning attended a Reception for the Walking with the Wounded Walk of Britain Expedition at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 66 Knightsbridge, London SW1.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, Action on Hearing Loss, this afternoon received Mr Paul Breckell (Chief Executive) and Mr David Steadman (Executive Director).

His Royal Highness, Commodore, this evening attended the Fitting out Dinner at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 60 Knightsbridge, London SW1.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning attended a Trustees’ Meeting at Gulliver House, Madeira Walk, Windsor, Berkshire.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Moor House School and College, this morning received Mrs. Hilary Dobbie upon relinquishing her appointment as Principal and Mrs Helen Middleton upon assuming the appointment.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, National Autistic Society, this afternoon held a Lunch.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Vision 2020: the Right to Sight, and Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, later held a Meeting.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal today carried out engagements in the Philippines.

Her Royal Highness, President, Save the Children UK, this morning visited Save the Children projects in Barangay Tagaytay, Municipality of Kananga, Leyte, Eastern Visayas.

The Princess Royal, President, Save the Children UK, this afternoon visited the Save the Children Field Office, Nikandrea Building, New Anilao Bridge, Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, Leyte.

Her Royal Highness, President, Save the Children UK, later attended a Reception at Villa Hotel, Obrero Street, Ormoc City.

The Princess Royal, President, Save the Children UK, subsequently visited Mariano Pono Elementary School, Municipality of Karanga, Leyte.

Her Royal Highness this evening attended a Dinner at the Residence in Makati City, Metropolitan Manila.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, Asthma UK, this afternoon attended a Reception at the Medical Research Council and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, King’s College London, Guys’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Papworth NHS Foundation Trust, this evening attended a Reception at St. James’s Palace.