COURT CIRCULAR

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The King this morning departed Royal Air Force Marham for the United Arab Emirates and was received this evening at Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai, by His Majesty’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (His Excellency Mr. Edward Hobart) and the Ambassador from the United Arab Emirates to the United Kingdom (Mansoor Abdullah Khalfan Juma Abulhoul).

The following are in attendance: the Rt. Hon. Sir Clive Alderton, Mr. Christopher Fitzgerald, Dr. Nathan Ross, Mr. Tobyn Andreae, Mrs. Laura King, Professor Richard Leach and Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Thompson.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Past Master, the Worshipful Company of Fuellers, this morning attended The Duke of Edinburgh Future Energy Conference at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1.

The Duchess of Edinburgh this morning visited Trópicos Frutos de Esperanza Coffee Farm, Vereda El Jardin, Corregimiento de Yotoco, Colombia.

Her Royal Highness, Honorary President, Linking Environment and Farming, this afternoon attended a Luncheon in support of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Palmira, Valle del Cauca.

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Honorary President, Linking Environment and Farming, afterwards visited Humboldt Laboratories and Future Seeds Seed Bank at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.

Her Royal Highness later attended a Reception with women peacebuilders and survivors of conflict related sexual violence at Hotel Casa Movich del Alferez, Granada, Cali, Valle del Cauca.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, National Coastwatch Institution, this morning visited Canvey Island Station and subsequently attended a Reception at the Island Yacht Club, Point Road, Canvey Island, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex (Mrs. Jennifer Tolhurst).

Her Royal Highness later opened Huntingdon Fire Station and Service Training Centre, 7 Percy Road, Huntingdon, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mrs. Julie Spence).

The Princess Royal this afternoon opened North Cambridgeshire Training Centre, Metalcraft House, 1 Engineers Way, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.

Her Royal Highness, Honorary Member, the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, this evening attended the Annual General Meeting and Discussion Dinner, One Great George Street, London SW1, and was received by Captain John Herriman RN (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).