COURT CIRCULAR

Windsor Castle 

The Queen held a Council at 12.40pm.

There were present: the Rt. Hon. Christopher Grayling MP (Lord President), the Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon MP (Secretary of State for Defence), the Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP (Secretary of State for the Home Department) and the Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords).

Mrs. Ceri King was in attendance as Deputy Clerk of the Council.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales was represented by Lady MacGregor of MacGregor (Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries) at the Service of Thanksgiving for Sir David Landale (formerly Secretary and Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Cornwall and Extra Equerry) which was held in Crichton Church, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, this afternoon.

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today carried out the following engagements in India.

Their Royal Highnesses this morning visited Salaam Baalak Contact Centre and Salaam Baalak Children’s Home, New Delhi.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge later attended a Meeting at the British High Commission in New Delhi with non-governmental organisations working with groups supporting women.

Their Royal Highnesses this afternoon attended a Lunch at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, with the Prime Minister of India (Mr Narendra Modi).

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this evening attended a traditional Assamese Dance Performance at Diphlu River Lodge, Assam.

Prince Henry of Wales, on behalf of The Queen, today attended a Service of Solemn Commemoration in Westminster Abbey, London SW1, for the victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Tunisia.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel Trust, this morning received Major General J. Mason (Chairman of the Trustees) and Brigadier Alastair Bruce of Crionaich (Trustee).

His Royal Highness, Patron, International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, this afternoon was made an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Light and Lighting.

The Duke of York later received Sir Anthony Seldon (Vice Chancellor, University of Buckinghamshire) and Mr. Guy de Beaujeu (Film Producer).

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Riding for the Disabled Association, this morning visited the Carlisle Group at Blackdyke Farm Riding and Competition Centre, Blackford, Carlisle, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria (Mrs. Claire Hensman).

Her Royal Highness, President, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, today carried out the following engagements as part of the Commonwealth Study Conferences Leaders Conference Study Tour.

The Princess Royal this afternoon visited the Whisky Bond, 2 Dawson Road, Glasgow, and Pinkston Watersports, 75 North Canal Bank Street, Glasgow, as part of the Scottish Canals Regeneration Project.

Her Royal Highness later visited New Gorbals Housing Association, 187 Crown Street, Glasgow.

The Princess Royal, Patron, Tenovus Scotland, this evening attended a Dinner at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, and was received by Mrs. Morag Hart (Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire).

St. James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent this morning named the world’s largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, THE MARTHA GWYN, at Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited, Cardington Airfield, Shortstown, Bedford, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (Mrs. Helen Nellis).

His Royal Highness, Visitor, this afternoon visited Cranfield University, Cranfield, and was received by Colonel Colin Mason (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire).

Buckingham Palace

Princess Alexandra, Royal Colonel, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, this morning received Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Reeve upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer and Lieutenant Colonel Richard Smith upon assuming the appointment.

Her Royal Highness, Honorary Freewoman, the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, this afternoon attended a Reception at Clothworkers’ Hall, Dunster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3.