COURT CIRCULAR

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning held a Meeting with Mr Simon Coveney (the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for Ireland) via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex this afternoon held conference calls with nurses from around the Commonwealth in advance of International Nurses Day on 12th May.

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex, Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, talked to nurses from LV Prasad Eye Institute and Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards talked to nurses from Gidgee Healing, Queensland, Australia.

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex later talked to nurses from Phalombe District Hospital, Malawi.

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex, Colonel-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, subsequently talked to nurses from the Corps in Cyprus.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards talked to nurses from Aberdeen Women’s Centre, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and The Countess of Wessex later talked to nurses from the Hospital in London.

Their Royal Highnesses subsequently talked to nurses from Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre, Nassau, the Bahamas.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this afternoon opened the Nightingale Hospital Wing of Jersey General Hospital via video link.