COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King and Queen today visited Poundbury, Dorchester, and were received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset (Mr Angus Campbell), the Secretary and Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Cornwall (Mr Alastair Martin), Poundbury Development Director (Mr Andrew Hamilton) and the Mayor of Dorchester (Mr Alistair Chisholm).

The King and Queen this morning viewed bronze reliefs of Their Majesties commissioned to mark the completion of Queen Mother Square.

The King and Queen this afternoon opened The Duke of Edinburgh Garden at Pavilion Green and walked through the Garden, viewing a bust of His late Royal Highness and meeting the team responsible for building the Garden.

Later, the Rt Hon Justin Trudeau MP (Prime Minister of Canada) had an audience of The King via video link.

His Majesty this evening held a Reception for recipients of The King’s Award for Enterprise at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present.

Kensington Palace

The Prince of Wales, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, today undertook the following engagements to launch the “Homewards” Programme.

His Royal Highness this morning visited East Belfast Mission, Skainos Centre, 239 Newtownards Roads, Belfast, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast (Dame Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle).

The Prince William, Duke of Rothesay this afternoon visited Tillydrone Community Campus, Hayton Road, Aberdeen, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Aberdeen (Councillor David Cameron, the Lord Provost).

His Royal Highness later visited Verdon Recreation Centre, Verdon Street, Sheffield, and was received by Mr Anthony Pedder (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire).

The Princess of Wales today officially opened Hope Street, 30-32 the Avenue, Southampton, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning held a Trustees’ Meeting at Argyll, 20 North Audley Street, London W1.

His Royal Highness, Patron, the London Gardens Society, having been received by Mr Stuart Shilson (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London), this afternoon visited St John’s Wood Church Ground Gardens, Wellington Place, London NW8, and St Marylebone Almshouses, 80 St John’s Wood Terrace, London NW8.

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, this morning visited Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary, Little Farm, Buttsbury, Ingatestone, to mark its Fortieth Anniversary and was received by Mr Vincent Thompson (Deputy Lieutenant of Essex).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon opened Charfleet Book Bindery, Unit 20-21 Vole House, Thamesview Business Park, Fenttiman Road, Canvey Island, and was received by Mrs Julia Abel-Smith (Deputy Lieutenant of Essex).

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Honorary President, Linking Environment and Farming, later received Mr Philip Wynn (Chairman) and Mr David Webster (Chief Executive Officer).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this afternoon departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for Germany and was received later upon arrival at Düsseldorf Airport by Mr Nicholas Russell (His Majesty’s Consul-General of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Düsseldorf).

Her Royal Highness, former President, Fédération Equestre Internationale, this evening opened the Concours Hippique International Officiel World Equestrian Festival, Aachen.

Mrs Timothy Holderness-Roddam is in attendance.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester and The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, Friends of St Paul’s Cathedral, this morning attended a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Sir Christopher Wren in St Paul’s Cathedral, London EC4.

The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Medical Corps, and Royal Patron, the Museum of Military Medicine, this afternoon attended a Lunch at the National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3, to mark the Royal Army Medical Corps One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Anniversary.