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Buckingham Palace

The King this morning arrived by Royal Train pulled by the Flying Scotsman into Pickering Railway Station, Park Street, Pickering, to mark the Centenary of the Flying Scotsman and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (Mrs Johanna Ropner) and the Chairman of North Yorkshire Moors Railway Trust (Dr Simon Brockington).

His Majesty, having been received by the Custodian of the Flying Scotsman (the Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill) and the Director of the National Railway Museum (Mrs Judith McNicol), viewed the footplate of the Flying Scotsman and, escorted by Mr Christopher Price (Chief Executive of North Yorkshire Moors Railway), met volunteers, apprentices and members of staff.

The King subsequently proceeded on foot to Market Place, Pickering, and met local shopkeepers before viewing medieval frescoes in St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Hall Garth, Pickering, having been received by the Vicar (the Reverend Gareth Atha).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, the British Nutrition Foundation, this morning visited Washingborough Academy, School Lane, Washingborough, Lincoln, to mark the Eleventh Healthy Eating Week for Schools, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (Mr Toby Dennis).

Her Royal Highness, President, Carers Trust, this afternoon visited the new Facilities for Carers at the Carers’ Support Service, the Old Waterworks Office, 1 Town Hall Square, Grimsby, and was received by Mr Andrew Clark (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire).

The Princess Royal, Chairman, International Olympic Committee Members Election Commission, this evening held a Dinner at St James’s Palace.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, President, the Britain-Nepal Society, this evening attended a Dinner at the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, 12A Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8, to celebrate the Seventieth Anniversary of the Ascent of Mount Everest.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, this evening attended a Dinner at the Cavalry and Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, London W1.