COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King this morning received Major General James Bowder (Regimental Lieutenant Colonel, Grenadier Guards) and Major James Gatehouse (Regimental Adjutant) who presented His Majesty with a sculpture commissioned to celebrate the Coronation.

Mr Tristram Lewis (Sculptor) and Ms Miriam Johnson (Stonemason) were also received by The King.

His Majesty, Company Commander, The King’s Company Grenadier Guards, this afternoon received Major Jonathan Hathaway-White (Captain, The King’s Company), and Warrant Officer Dean Jones and Warrant Officer Matthew Hall (Company Sergeant Majors).

Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston was received by His Majesty upon relinquishing his appointment as Chief of the Air Staff.

The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The King.

The Queen, Patron, Helen and Douglas House, this afternoon received Ms Clare Periton at Clarence House upon relinquishing her appointment as Chief Executive Officer.

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Igor Pokaz at 21 Conway Street, London W1, this afternoon in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Croatia to the Court of St James’s.