COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

Major General Edward Smyth-Osbourne (Major General Commanding Household Division) was received by The Queen today.

Sir Peter Ricketts was received by The Queen this afternoon on his retirement from HM Diplomatic Service.

Lady Ricketts was also received by Her Majesty.

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

The Rt Hon David Cameron MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The Queen this evening.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, this evening attended a Dinner to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the University of Cambridge Kurt Hahn Trust at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, 34 Belgrave Square, London SW1.

The Prince of Wales, on behalf of The Queen, held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace this morning.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales, Chairman, the Royal Collection Trust, this morning chaired a Meeting of the Trustees.

The Prince of Wales, Royal Patron, Friends of the National Libraries, and The Duchess of Cornwall this evening attended a Reception at Lambeth Palace, London SE1.

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, National Literacy Trust, and Patron, Book Trust, this morning visited Islington Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, London N5, and was received by Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Kensington Palace

The Countess of Strathearn, Patron, Place2Be, this morning visited St. Catherine’s Primary School, Gracemount Drive, Edinburgh, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh (Councillor Donald Wilson, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, later visited the Art Room at Wester Hailes Education Centre, Murrayburn Drive, Edinburgh.

The Countess of Strathearn this afternoon participated in a Tennis on the Road coaching workshop at Craigmount High School, Craigs Road, Edinburgh.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, today carried out engagements to celebrate the Award’s Diamond Anniversary.

His Royal Highness this morning visited Manchester City Football Club Academy, Westgate, Allan Turing Way, Manchester, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (Mr Warren Smith).

The Earl of Wessex later visited Wright Robinson College, Abbey Hey Lane, Manchester.

His Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Lunch at Gorton Monastery, Gorton Lane, Manchester.

The Countess of Wessex, Incoming President, New Forest Agricultural Show Society, this afternoon attended the Annual General Meeting and Board Meeting at Balmer Lawn Hotel, Balmer Lawn Road, Brockenhurst, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), this morning attended the London Region Twelfth Annual Student Conference, Queen Anne Court, University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, London SE10, and was received by Dr Pieter Van Der Merwe (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, President, Animal Health Trust, this afternoon held a Fellowship Reception at St James’s Palace.

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Pony Club, later visited Pony Club Emergency Action Drills, Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, Wormwood Scrubs Park, off Scrubs Lane, London W12 and was received by Mrs Sandra Cahill (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, President, RedR UK, this evening attended a Reception at the Institution of Engineering and Technology London, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Dental Corps, this afternoon received Colonel John Anderson upon assuming his appointment as Representative Colonel Commandant and Colonel Simon Creasey upon assuming his appointment as Chief Dental Officer.

Her Royal Highness, Royal President, the Children’s Society, this evening attended a Reception at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, 2 Whitehall Court, London SW1, followed by a performance of Firebirdat the Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, London SW1.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, this morning opened the new Rochester Railway Station, Corporation Street, Rochester, and was received by Mr Richard Oldfield (Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Kent).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Rochester Cathedral.