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Buckingham Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Honorary Cormorant, this evening attended a Reception to mark the Seventieth Anniversary of the Cormorant Club at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, 61 Whitehall, London SW1, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Mr Kenneth Olisa).

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, The Parachute Regiment, this morning received Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Truett upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer 1st Battalion and Lieutenant Colonel Langley Sharp upon assuming the appointment.

His Royal Highness received His Grace Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil, Iraq.

The Prince of Wales, Patron, this afternoon visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, and was received by Mrs Gillian Norton (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

His Royal Highness later received His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark.

The Prince of Wales, Patron, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, this evening held a Concert and Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

The Duchess of Cornwall, Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Naval Medical Service, this afternoon received Surgeon Commodore Peter Buxton upon relinquishing his appointment as Medical Director General (Naval) and Commodore Inga Kennedy upon assuming the appointment.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Fan Museum, received Mrs Hélène Alexander (Director and Curator).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning attended a Meeting of the Royal Foundation Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying at Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this morning arrived at Beijing International Airport and was received by Mr Martyn Roper (Deputy Head of Mission to the People’s Republic of China).

His Royal Highness, Founder, Pitch@Palace, later held a Meeting with the Founders of Pitch@Palace China Club at the Rosewood Hotel, Beijing.

The Duke of York, Chancellor, this afternoon attended a Reception for alumni of the University of Huddersfield, Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing.

His Royal Highness was represented by Sir John Ritblat at the Memorial Service for Mr Irvine Sellar (Founder, Sellar Properties) which was held at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 28 St John’s Wood Road, London NW8, this evening.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Second Warden, the Fishmongers’ Company, this morning received Mr Nigel Bankes (Prime Warden) and Commodore Toby Williamson RN (Clerk).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Royal National Children’s Foundation, this afternoon attended a One Hundred and Ninetieth Anniversary Reception, Credit Suisse Headquarters, One Cabot Square, London E14, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Mr Kenneth Olisa).

The Princess Royal, Grand Master, the Royal Victorian Order, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended Evensong in The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy, Savoy Hill, London WC2, followed by a Reception.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this morning officially opened St John’s Church School, Riseholme, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mrs Julie Spence).

His Royal Highness afterwards officially opened the Early Years Play Area at William Law Church School, Twelvetree Avenue, Werrington, Peterborough.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Floodex, Peterborough Arena, East of England Showground, Peterborough.

Buckingham Palace

Princess Alexandra, Royal Patron, the Florence Nightingale Foundation, this evening attended a Commemoration Service in Westminster Abbey, London SW1.