COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

Colonel Tom Bonas was received by The King this afternoon upon relinquishing his appointment as Regimental Adjutant of the Welsh Guards when His Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

The King afterwards held a Reception to mark the Fortieth Anniversary of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund at Clarence House.

His Majesty later received Prince Rahim Aga Khan (Aga Khan Development Network and Aga Khan Foundation).

The Queen this afternoon attended the Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London SW19.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning visited St Helena’s Nursing Campus at the University of Derby, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire (Mrs Elizabeth Fothergill).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon opened Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Department, Calow, Chesterfield.

The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, Motor Neurone Disease Association, later attended a Reception at Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre, Wilmore Road, Derby, and was received by Colonel John Wilson (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this morning visited AV Dawson, Riverside Park Road, Middlesbrough, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (Mrs Johanna Ropner).

His Royal Highness afterwards visited Tees Components, Bolckow Street, North Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, Friends of St Paul’s Cathedral, this afternoon attended the Annual Festival Service in St Paul’s Cathedral, London EC4.