COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King this morning arrived at Burton upon Trent Railway Station and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire (Sir Ian Dudson) and the District Mayor of East Staffordshire (Councillor Shelagh McKiernan).

His Majesty drove to J.C.B. World Headquarters, Lakeside Works, Rocester, which is celebrating the company’s Eightieth Anniversary and was received by the Chairman (the Lord Bamford).

The King toured the factory, meeting members of staff, their families and apprentices.

His Majesty this afternoon visited Tower Brewery, the Old Water Tower, Walsitch Maltings, Glensyl Way, Burton upon Trent, and was received by the Owner (Mr John Mills), before meeting members of local businesses.

The Queen this morning attended a Meeting of the “Ending Violence Against Women and Girls” Wiltshire Coalition at Bowood House Hotel, Old Road, Derry Hill, Calne, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire (Dame Sarah Troughton).

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Robert Ondrejcsak at 25 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Slovak Republic to the Court of St James’s.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Vice Patron, the British Horse Society, today visited the Stable Mates Plus (Wales) Programme at Lower Stockland Competition and Livery Centre, Croft y Gennau Road, St Fagans, Cardiff, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan (Mrs Morfudd Meredith).

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, Parkinson’s UK, this afternoon held a Reception at St James’s Palace to celebrate the Thirty Fifth Anniversary of the introduction of Parkinson’s Nurses.