COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King held an Investiture at Windsor Castle this morning.

The following were received in audience by The King this afternoon and kissed hands upon their appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassadors: Mrs Alyson King (the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Miss Jan Thompson (the Kingdom of Norway).

Mr Ayman Jarjour was also received by His Majesty.

Mrs Ailsa Terry was received in audience by The King upon her appointment as British High Commissioner to Malaysia.

Mr Adam Terry was also received by His Majesty.

Mrs Jane Owen was received in audience by The King and kissed hands upon her appointment as Governor of the Cayman Islands.

The Queen Consort, President, this afternoon held a Reception for Duchenne UK at Clarence House.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this morning received Mr Nicholas Pyle (Deputy Governor of Gibraltar).

His Royal Highness this evening attended the New Zealand Society Waitangi Day Service in St Giles’-without-Cripplegate Church, London EC2, followed by a Reception at Girdlers’ Hall, Basinghall Avenue, London EC2.

The Countess of Wessex this morning attended The Countess of Wessex Cup between Royal Air Force Wittering, 5th Battalion The Rifles, Royal Corps of Army Music, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, The Lincoln and Welland Regiment and The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of which Her Royal Highness is Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Honorary Colonel, Colonel-in-Chief, Colonel-in-Chief, Colonel-in-Chief and Colonel-in-Chief respectively, at the Royal Corps of Army Music, Gibraltar Barracks, Minley, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Perpetual Master, the Worshipful Company of Saddlers, this morning attended the National Saddlery Competition Showcase at Saddlers Hall, 40 Gutter Lane, London EC2.

Her Royal Highness, Commandant-in-Chief (Youth), St John Ambulance, this afternoon held a Young Achievers’ Reception at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal, Patron, Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation, later attended a Reception at Westminster School, Dean’s Yard, London SW1.

Her Royal Highness, Royal Fellow, the Royal Academy of Engineering, this evening attended The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Reception at Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa).