COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

Ms Jennifer Jordan-Saifi was received by The King this afternoon upon relinquishing her appointment as Assistant Private Secretary to His Majesty when The King invested her with the Insignia of a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.

His Majesty this afternoon attended a Handover Ceremony in Windsor Home Park for the Cedar of Lebanon gifted by The Pope to Queen Elizabeth II to mark Her late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, and was received by the Apostolic Nuncio (His Excellency Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía) and the Archbishop of Westminster (His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols).

St James’s Palace

The Duchess of Edinburgh this evening attended a Reception for Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas at Lancaster House, Stable Yard, St. James’s, London SW1.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Royal Yachting Association, this morning chaired the Annual General Meeting and presented Awards before attending a Luncheon at One Great George Street, London SW1.

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester this morning visited Sheffield Knives, J. Adams Limited, 124 Scotland Street, Sheffield, and were received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire (Professor Dame Hilary Chapman).

Their Royal Highnesses this afternoon visited the Snowdrop Project, 7 Castle Street, Sheffield City Centre.

The Duke of Gloucester afterwards visited the Archer Project in Sheffield Cathedral.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, Parkinson’s UK, visited the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield, 385A Glossop Road, Broomhall, Sheffield, and was received by Mr Anthony Pedder (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire).

His Royal Highness, Patron, Cathedrals in Pilgrimage, and Her Royal Highness, Royal Patron, Cathedral Music Trust, later visited Sheffield Cathedral.