COURT CIRCULAR

Windsor Castle

The Queen, Patron, Royal London Hospital, this afternoon officially opened and named the Queen Elizabeth Unit at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London E1, via video link and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa), Dame Alwen Williams (Group Chief Executive, Barts Health NHS Trust) and Mrs Jacqueline Sullivan (Chief Executive, Royal London Hospital).

Her Majesty met staff who have worked on the unit during the pandemic and heard about their roles in treating patients with Covid-19.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning visited Tebay Services (Southbound) beside the M6 Motorway near Penrith and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria (Mrs Peter Hensman).

His Royal Highness this afternoon met business owners and members of the farming community, and resettled refugee families near Penrith.

The Prince of Wales afterwards visited Typhon Treatment Systems Limited (Cumwhinton), Wetheral Pasture, Carlisle.

His Royal Highness later held a Community Cohesion Meeting at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this evening received the Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon.

His Royal Highness afterwards held a Dinner at Dumfries House.

The Duchess of Cornwall this morning visited Jane Austen’s House, Winchester Road, Chawton, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).

Her Royal Highness, President, the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust, later officially opened Maggie’s Southampton, 101 Tremona Road, Southampton, and was received by the Hon Hugo Cubitt (Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, the Security Institute, this morning visited Next Generation Training at Boughton House Estate, Kettering, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (Mr James Saunders Watson).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, Heritage of London Trust, and Ranger, Epping Forest Heritage Trust, this morning visited Wanstead Grotto, London E11.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, Royal Colonel, 1st Battalion The Rifles, today received Lieutenant Colonel Mark Shercliff upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer and Lieutenant Colonel Colin Oliver upon assuming the appointment.

The Duke of Kent, Patron, Boundless by Civil Service Motoring Association, this afternoon attended a Luncheon at the Royal Automobile Club, 89 Pall Mall, London SW1, to mark the Fiftieth Year of His Royal Highness’s Patronage and was received by Mr Kevin Traverse-Healy (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).