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Buckingham Palace

The Right Reverend David Connor was received by The King at Windsor Castle this morning upon relinquishing his appointment as Dean of The King’s Free Chapel of St George at Windsor Castle, Domestic Chaplain, and Register of the Order of the Garter when His Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

The King, Duke of Lancaster this afternoon received Sir Alan Reid (Chairman of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster) and Mr Nathan Thompson (Chief Executive Officer).

The King held a Council at 4pm. There were present: the Rt Hon Penelope Mordaunt MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care), the Rt Hon Sue-Ellen Braverman MP (Secretary of State for the Home Department), the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) and the Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP (Secretary of State for Education).

Ms Ceri King was in attendance as Deputy Clerk of the Council.

The Rt Hon Sir Clive Alderton (Principal Private Secretary to Their Majesties) was in attendance.

The Rt Hon Penelope Mordaunt MP had an audience of The King before the Council.

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

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Wegger Strømmen at Amesbury House, 10 Palace Green, London W8, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Kingdom of Norway to the Court of St James’s.

By command of His Majesty, the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps afterwards called upon Her Excellency Dr Asha-Rose Migiro at 25 Belgrave Square, London SW1, in order to bid farewell to Her Excellency upon relinquishing her appointment as High Commissioner for the United Republic of Tanzania in London.

By command of The King, the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps this afternoon called upon His Excellency Mr Genaro Vicente Pappalardo Ayala at 81-83 Cromwell Road, London SW7, in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Paraguay to the Court of St James’s.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Chancellor, this morning presided at a Degree Congregation for the University of Bath at Bath Abbey, Somerset.

His Royal Highness later visited the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, and was received by Mr Edward Allen (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset).

The Duchess of Edinburgh, President, the Driffield Agricultural Society, this morning visited the Driffield Show and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire (Mr James Dick).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, this morning visited Citizens Advice Cardiff and Vale, 119-121 Broad Street, Barry, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan (Mrs Morfudd Meredith).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Butler Trust, this afternoon visited HM Prison Cardiff, Knox Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon visited Costello Medical Centre, 50-60 Station Road, Cambridge, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mrs Julie Spence).

His Royal Highness afterwards visited Lower Valley Farm, Longfield Farm, Newmarket Road, Cambridge.

The Duke of Gloucester subsequently opened Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust’s Resource Centre at Elizabeth House, Fulbourn Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge.

His Royal Highness later visited Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, to mark the One Hundredth Anniversary of the University of Cambridge International Summer Programmes and the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Institute of Continuing Education.