COURT CIRCULAR

Kensington Palace

The Prince of Wales this morning visited St Michael’s Church of England High School, Curral Road, Rowley Regis, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Sir John Crabtree).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Woodgate Valley Urban Farm, Watery Lane, Quinton, Birmingham, and was received by Mrs Louise Bennett (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands).
The Prince of Wales later opened Anchor Point, 58 Chester Street, Birmingham, for Betel of Britain and was received by Dr Derrick Anderson (Deputy Lieutenant of West Midlands).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, on behalf of The King, this morning attended the Anzac Day Dawn Service and laid a wreath at Wellington Arch, Apsley Way, London W1, and was received by Colonel Jane Davis (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London).

His Royal Highness, Patron, Gallipoli Association, later attended a Service and laid a wreath in St Paul’s Cathedral, London EC4.

The Duke of Edinburgh afterwards laid a wreath at the Anzac Memorial at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London SW1.

His Royal Highness today attended the Anzac Day Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Royal Colonel, The Queen’s Own Yeomanry, this morning received Lieutenant Colonel Neil Potter upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer and Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mackain-Bremner upon assuming the appointment.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this afternoon attended “DNA Day” at Illumina Centre, 19 Granta Park, Great Abington, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mrs Julie Spence).
Her Royal Highness later opened the National House Building Council’s Apprenticeship Training Hub at Histon Football Club, Bridge Road, Impington, Cambridgeshire.

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Royal College of Midwives, subsequently visited North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Hinchingbrooke Hospital Maternity Unit, Parkway Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Her Royal Highness, Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), later visited The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment at Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London SW7.

The Princess Royal, Chancellor, University of London, this evening attended an Institute of Commonwealth Studies Reception at the Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1, to mark its Seventy Fifth Anniversary and was received by Ms Roxanne Zand (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), was represented by Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles (former Commander, Household Cavalry) at the Memorial Service for General Sir Richard Vickers (former Commanding Officer, The Blues and Royals, Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons, and former Equerry to The late Queen) which was held at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London SW1, this afternoon.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Adjutant General’s Corps, this afternoon received Lieutenant Colonel Michael Cotton upon relinquishing his appointment as Corps Secretary.