COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The Queen arrived at Buckingham Palace from Balmoral Castle this afternoon.

Kensington Palace

Prince Henry of Wales, Patron, Rugby Football Union All Schools Programmes, this afternoon visited Paignton Rugby Football Club, Queen’s Road, Paignton, Devon, to highlight the investment of the Rugby World Cup Legacy Programme.

His Royal Highness, Honorary President, England Rugby 2015, later attended the Rugby World Cup 2015 Namibia versus Georgia Match, Sandy Park, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, Devon.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning chaired a Development Group Meeting.

His Royal Highness, Patron, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, this afternoon attended at Performance of The Merchant of Venice at the Ambassador’s Theatre, West Street, London WC2.

The Countess of Wessex, Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, this morning called upon Sheikha Moza bint Nasser at the Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha, and was received by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar (His Excellency Mr. Nicholas Hopton).

Her Royal Highness afterwards called upon Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Khalifa Al-Thani at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.

The Countess of Wessex, Global Ambassador, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, later visited Doha College, Doha.

Her Royal Highness, Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, this afternoon attended a Lunch with members of the Indian Diaspora at Oryx Rotana Hotel, Doha.

The Countess of Wessex later attended a Reception for the Qatari Businesswomen Association at the British Embassy in Doha.

Her Royal Highness , Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, this evening attended the Seeing is Believing Gala Dinner at the W Doha Hotel.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this morning opened Derby Manufacturing University Technical College, Locomotive Way, Pride Park, Derby, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire (Mr William Tucker).

Her Royal Highness later visited Derby Grammar School, Rykneld Road, Littleover, Derby, to mark its Twentieth Anniversary.

The Princess Royal this afternoon attended Brailsford and District Ploughing and Hedge Cutting Society’s One Hundred and Tenth Ploughing Match at Corner Farm, Luke Lane, Brailsford, Ashborne, Derbyshire.

Her Royal Highness, Renter Warden, the Fishmongers’ Company, this evening attended the Court Autumn Dinner at Fishmongers’ Hall, London Bridge, London EC4.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon received Her Majesty’s Consul-General for Istanbul (Mr Leigh Turner) at Hotel Pera Palace. Istanbul, Turkey.

His Royal Highness this evening attended the launch of Creativity is Great Campaign at the British Consulate-General, Istanbul.

The Duchess of Gloucester, President, Royal Academy of Music, this evening presented the Royal Academy of Music Kohn Foundation Bach Prize at the Academy, Marylebone Road, London NW1.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, this afternoon attended the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies’ Whitehall Dialogue, “the Royal Air Forces’s Armed Drone Programme: Synergies and Differences with the US Model”, Whitehall, London SW1.