COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The Queen held an Investiture at Windsor Castle this morning.

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

The Queen was represented by the Reverend Canon Paul Wright (Sub-Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal) at the Funeral of the Reverend John Lee (Chaplain to The Queen) which was held at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Chiddingstone, Kent, this afternoon.

Kensington Palace

Prince Henry of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, this morning attended the expansion of the Coach Core sports coaching apprenticeship programme at Lord’s Cricket Club, St John’s Wood Road, London NW8.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Vice-Patron, Commonwealth Games Federation, today attended the General Assembly Meeting at the Château Lacombe Hotel, Bellamy Hill, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

His Royal Highness, Honorary Deputy Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, this afternoon visited the Leduc Detachment, 1-4119 50th Street, Leduc, and was received by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (the Hon Lois Mitchell).

The Earl of Wessex this evening departed Calgary International Airport for the United Kingdom.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this morning attended a Joint Meeting of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Council of the Alliance of the Orders of St John, at the Villa Magistrale, Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, Rome.

His Royal Highness this afternoon arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from Italy.

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Todd was in attendance.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent this morning officially opened the restored Wharton Park, Durham City, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham (Mrs Susan Snowdon).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Hitachi Rail Europe, Merchant Park, Millennium Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.

The Duke of Kent afterwards officially opened Stanley Community Association in the Venue, Wear Road, Stanley, County Durham.