COURT CIRCULAR

Balmoral Castle

The King was represented by the Lord Soames of Fletching at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of the Baroness Boothroyd OM (former Speaker of the House of Commons) which was held at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, this morning.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning visited Windsor Girls’ School, Imperial Road, Windsor, and received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire (Mr Andrew Try).

The Duchess of Edinburgh this morning visited Katherine Low Settlement, 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11, to mark its Centenary and was received by Mrs Colleen Harris (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Chartered Management Institute, this evening visited the “Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto” Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7.

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, Dispensaire Français — Société Française de Bienfaisance, later attended a Gala Dinner at the Residence of the French Ambassador in London.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Police Treatment Centres, this morning visited Castlebrae Treatment Centre, Castleton Road, Auchterarder, Perth, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross (Mr Stephen Leckie).

Her Royal Highness, Vice President, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and Former Patron, Heart of Arabia Expedition, this afternoon attended a Reception at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Lord John Murray House, 15-19 North Port, Perth, and a Presentation at Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth.

The Princess Royal later opened the Vertical Farm Engineering Innovation Centre, Intelligent Growth Solutions Limited, Unit 19, Belleknowes Industrial Estate, Admiralty Road, Inverkeithing, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Fife (Mr Robert Balfour).