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Buckingham Palace

The King this morning held a Meeting with Kīngi Tūheitia (Māori King) via telephone.

His Majesty later visited Helmsdale Railway Station to mark the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Sutherland and Caithness railway line and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland (Major General Patrick Marriott).

The King, escorted by Ms Catriona Whitfield (Deputy Lieutenant of Sutherland), met railway workers, representatives of Helmsdale Community Council and members of Sutherland Schools Pipe Band.

His Majesty afterwards laid flowers at Helmsdale War Memorial to mark its Centenary and met veterans and members of the local community.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, the Orpheus Centre Trust, and The Duchess of Edinburgh this evening attended a performance of “Starlight Express” at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, 3 Fulton Road, Wembley, Middlesex.