COURT CIRCULAR

Balmoral Castle

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by the Lord Taylor of Holbeach (formerly Lord in Waiting to The Queen) at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of the Lord Jenkin of Roding (formerly Secretary of State for the Environment) which was held in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, today.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, President, the Football Association, this morning visited Sporting Chance Clinic, Crouch House, Champneys Forest Mere Health Resort, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited McLaren’s Technology and Production Centres at Chertsey Road, Woking, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey (Mr Michael More-Molyneux).

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Founder, Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award, this morning presented bronze awards at Calday Grange Grammar School, Grammar School Lane, Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside (Dame Lorna Muirhead).

His Royal Highness, Patron, later attended the first round of The Duke of York Young Champions’ Trophy at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, this afternoon departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for Italy.

His Royal Highness this evening visited the Head Office of Pagani Automobili SA and afterwards attended a World Fellows Dinner at Via dell’Artigianato, San Cesario Sul Panaro, Modena.

Mr Timothy Roberts is in attendance.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this morning departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for Peru and was received upon arrival this evening at Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Peru (His Excellency Mr Anwar Choudhury).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon visited Shree Geeta Bhawan Temple, 107-117 Heathfield Road, Birmingham, to celebrate their Fiftieth Anniversary and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mr John Crabtree).

His Royal Highness afterwards visited Assay Office Birmingham, Warstone Lane, Icknield Street, Birmingham, and was received by Mr David Clarke (Deputy Lieutenant of West Midlands).

The Duke of Gloucester, on behalf of The Queen, later held an Investiture at Birmingham City Council House, 1 Victoria Square, Birmingham.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Bermuda Regiment, this afternoon received Lieutenant Colonel David Curley (Commanding Officer).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Friends of St Paul’s Cathedral, later attended Evensong followed by a Reception for City Livery Companies in St Paul’s Cathedral, London EC4.