COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King held a Council at 10.30am.

There were present: the Rt Hon Penelope Mordaunt MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care), the Rt Hon Alister Jack MP (Secretary of State for Scotland) and the Lord True (Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords).

Mr Richard Tilbrook was in attendance as Clerk of the Council.

The Rt Hon Sir Clive Alderton (Principal Private Secretary to Their Majesties) was in attendance.

The Rt Hon Penelope Mordaunt MP had an audience of His Majesty before the Council.

The King, President, The Prince’s Trust, received Mr John Booth upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman and Mr Thomas Ilube upon assuming the appointment.

Palace of Holyroodhouse

The Duke of Edinburgh, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and The Duchess of Edinburgh this morning attended the General Assembly at Assembly Hall, Mound Place, Edinburgh.

His Royal Highness, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended the Closing Sederunt of the General Assembly at Assembly Hall.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, this morning visited Hornet Services Sailing Club to mark its Sixtieth Anniversary and, having been received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson), opened the Army Sailing Association Offshore Centre at Haslar Road, Gosport.

The Princess Royal, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, held an Afternoon Party in the garden of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bicentenary.

The Duke of Kent was present.

His Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and The King’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty.

The Band of the Royal Marines (Portsmouth) played selections of music during the afternoon.

Her Royal Highness, accompanied by Admiral Laurence, this evening visited the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Royal Patron, this evening attended a Reception at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Adjutant General’s Corps, this afternoon received Colonel Victoria Whiting upon relinquishing her appointment as Corps Colonel and Colonel Stuart Allen upon assuming the appointment, and Warrant Officer Class One Christopher Hastings upon assuming his appointment as Corps Sergeant Major.

Major Benjamin Culleton (Assistant Corps Secretary) was present.