COURT CIRCULAR

Upolu, Samoa

The King, accompanied by The Queen, this morning drove to Tuanaimato Sports Complex, Apia, Upolu, Samoa, and was received by the Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa (the Hon Fiame Naomi Mata’afallency) and the Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Commonwealth Secretary-General) and opened the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

His Majesty this afternoon gave a Reception for new Commonwealth Heads of Government at Taumeasina Island Resort, Beach Road, Apia.

Later, the Rt Hon Christopher Luxon MP (Prime Minister of New Zealand) was received in audience by The King at Taumeasina Island Resort.

His Majesty subsequently held an Investiture at Taumeasina Island Resort.

The King afterwards opened The King’s Garden, Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, Vailima.

The King and Queen this evening gave a Dinner for Commonwealth Heads of Government at Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.

The Queen this afternoon visited Samoa Victims Support Group and toured the Group’s Campus of Hope facility, before opening The Queen Camilla Pre-School of Hope.

The King was represented by Mr Alan Simpson (His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk) at a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Stirling of Garden (formerly Her late Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk) which was held in Dunblane Cathedral this afternoon.

The Princess Royal was represented by Mrs Celia Innes.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were represented by Mr Simon Mackintosh.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning opened the British Standards Institution International Electrotechnical Commission Annual Meeting at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, the Exchange, 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh (Councillor Robert Aldridge, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).