COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King and Queen this afternoon received members of the Military Wives Choirs.

His Majesty afterwards spoke to The President of Ireland via telephone.

Later the Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The King.

The Queen, Patron, Royal Voluntary Service, this morning visited a Festive Spread Christmas Lunch at the Amadeus, 50 Shirland Road, London W9, and was received by Mr Stuart Shilson (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Majesty, Patron, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, this afternoon received Mr Montagu Don (Garden Designer).

St James’s Palace

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, Wellbeing of Women, this evening attended a Reception for the Big Give Christmas Challenge at the Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Shaftesbury, this morning visited Netteswell Rectory, Manston Road, Harlow, and was received by Mr Vincent Thompson (Deputy Lieutenant of Essex).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited Brightlingsea Museum, Dove House, Station Road, Brightlingsea, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex (Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst).

The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief, Intelligence Corps, later visited 1 Military Intelligence Battalion at Merville Barracks, Colchester, Essex.

Her Royal Highness, President, Racing Welfare, this evening attended a Carol Concert at Tattersalls, Terrace House, 125 High Street, Newmarket, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk (Clare, Countess of Euston).

The Princess Royal, President, Racing Welfare, afterwards attended a Dinner at the Jockey Club Rooms, 101 High Street, Newmarket, and was received by the Hon Peter Stanley (Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, President, Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, this afternoon received Mr John Stanley (Chairman of the Trustees) and Ms Alicia Chivers (Chief Executive).

The Duchess of Gloucester, Royal Patron, Missing People, this afternoon visited People’s Postcode Lottery, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, to mark Fifteen Years of partnership and was received by Mr Ian Robertson (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, later visited Scottish Opera Production Studios, 40 Edington Street, Glasgow, and was received by Dr Nina Baker (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow).

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, later attended Cerebral Palsy Scotland’s Christmas Family Party at Bradbury House, 10 High Craighall Road, Glasgow.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Kent this morning visited the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London SE1, to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Royal Highness’s appointment as President of the Board of Trustees.

The Duke of Kent, Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England, this evening attended the Meeting of the Royal Alpha Lodge No. 16 at Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2.