COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, on behalf of The Queen, held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace this morning.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this morning visited St Patrick’s Church, 199 Donegall Street, Belfast.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited East Belfast Network Centre, 55 Templemore Avenue, Belfast.

The Prince of Wales later received the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (the Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP).

His Royal Highness received the First Minister of Northern Ireland (the Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA).

The Prince of Wales received the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (Mr Martin McGuinness MLA).

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this evening attended a Concert and held a Reception at Hillsborough Castle.

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, the Big Lunch, this afternoon attended a Big Lunch for local community representatives and Big Lunch organisers from across Northern Ireland, the Skainos Centre, East Belfast Mission, 239 Newtownards Road, Belfast.

Her Royal Highness later visited Ballyhackamore Credit Union, 171-173 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Royal Master of the Bench, the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, this afternoon received recipients of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Scholarships at Kensington Palace.

His Royal Highness, Royal Patron, this evening held a Dinner at Windsor Castle to celebrate Tusk Trust’s Twenty Fifth Anniversary.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Grand President, Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, this afternoon chaired the Commonwealth Council Meeting at Buckingham Palace.

His Royal Highness, Patron, this evening held a Reception at Buckingham Palace for The Duke of York’s Community Initiative.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex this morning departed Heathrow Airport, London, and was received upon arrival at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, this afternoon by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (His Excellency Sir Geoffrey Adams).

His Royal Highness, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, later attended a Working Lunch at Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, the Hague.

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, afterwards attended a Reception at Nieuwspoort, Lange Poten 10, the Hague, for young people who have achieved the Gold Standard in The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.

His Royal Highness this evening called upon The Queen of the Netherlands at Villa Eikenhorst, Wassenaar.

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, later attended a Dinner at the Nieuwe of Littéraire Sociëteit De Witte, Plein 24, the Hague.

Mr Matthew Magee is in attendance.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this morning visited Devon County Show, Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon (Mr David Fursdon).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended the Centenary celebrations at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, 35 Cromwell Road, London SW7, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir David Brewer).

The Princess Royal, President, United Kingdom Fashion and Textile Association, this evening attended an Awards Ceremony and Dinner at Tobacco Dock, Porters Walk, London E1.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester today carried out the following engagements in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

His Royal Highness this morning visited O Complexo Estadual do Cérebro, Rua do Resende 156.

The Duke of Gloucester afterwards visited the State Government’s Central Operations Centre, Rua Ulisses Guimaraes 300, Cidade Novo.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation), Avenida Brasil, Manguinhos.

The Duke of Gloucester this evening attended The Queen’s Birthday Party at the British Consulate-General, Praia do Flamengo 284, and was received by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil (His Excellency Mr. Alexander Ellis) and Her Majesty’s Consul-General for Rio de Janeiro (Mr. Jonathan Dunn).

The Duchess of Gloucester this afternoon attended the Rededication of the Anchor of HMS ARDENT at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, and was received by Colonel Michael Beatty (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent was invested this morning with the Order of Merit of the State of Saxony by Herr. Stanislaw Tillich (Premier of the Free State of Saxony) onboard the German Frigate SACHSEN in West India Docks, Port of London.

His Royal Highness, President, this afternoon presented the awards at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Annual Presentation at the Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, London EC2.