COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King this afternoon held a Reception at Buckingham Palace and presented The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

His Majesty afterwards received the Chief Rabbi (Sir Ephraim Mirvis).

Kensington Palace

The Prince of Wales and The Princess of Wales, Patron, SportsAid, this morning visited athletes and parents taking part in a mental fitness workshop at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Marlow Road, Bisham, and were received by Mrs Felicity Rutland (Deputy Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire).

His Royal Highness, President, the Earthshot Prize, this afternoon received Prince Rahim Aga Khan (Chairman, Aga Khan Development Network’s Environment and Climate Committee) at Windsor Castle.

The Prince of Wales, Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, was represented by Mrs Rebecca Priestley (Extra Equerry to His Royal Highness) at the Memorial for Mr Alan Rind (Trustee, the Rind Foundation) which was held at Bushey Old Cemetery, Little Bushey Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, this morning.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, today attended the International Council at Missenden Abbey, London Road, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, this morning attended World Sight Day at Berhanena Selam Printing Enterprise, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Her Royal Highness afterwards called upon The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia at the Presidential Palace, Addis Ababa, and remained to Luncheon.

The Duchess of Edinburgh this evening departed Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for the United Kingdom.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Campaign for Gordonstoun, this morning chaired a Cabinet Meeting at the Lansdowne Club, 9 Fitzmaurice Place, London W1.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, English Rural Housing Association, this afternoon attended a Parish Council Rural Housing Conference at Eversholt Hall, Church End, Eversholt, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (Mrs Susan Lousada).

The Princess Royal later visited the Aircraft Research Association, Manton Lane, Bedford, and was received by Mr Christopher Sharwood-Smith (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire).

Her Royal Highness, Grand Master, the Royal Victorian Order, this evening attended Evensong and a Reception at The King’s Chapel of the Savoy, Savoy Hill, London WC2.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester today visited Kelvatek, Camlin Group, 31 Ferguson Drive, Lisburn, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim (Mr David McCorkell).

His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this afternoon attended the Investiture and Awards Ceremony of the Commandery of Ards at Hillsborough Castle and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Down (Mr Gawn Rowan Hamilton).

The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, this evening attended a Dinner at the Royal Army Medical Corps, Hydebank Army Reserve Centre, 4 Hospital Road, Belfast, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast (Dame Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle).

The Duchess of Gloucester this afternoon visited Action Cancer’s Big Bus at Hillsborough Castle to mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of Action Cancer and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Down.

Her Royal Highness later visited Mourne Stimulus, 1 Council Road, Kilkeel, and was received by Dr Robert Logan (Deputy Lieutenant of County Down).

The Duchess of Gloucester afterwards visited Kilkeel Harbour, Rooney, Road, Kilkeel.

Her Royal Highness subsequently visited the Schomberg Society, Reivers House, 8-12 Newcastle Street, Kilkeel, to commemorate the Twenty Fifth Anniversary.