COURT CIRCULAR

Villa Wolkonsky, Rome, Italy

The King and Queen left Royal Air Force Brize Norton this afternoon for the State Visit to Italy.

Their Majesties were received at the Station by the Lord Benyon (Lord Chamberlain) and His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (Mrs Marjorie Glasgow).

The King and Queen later arrived at Rome Ciampino Airport and were received by His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Italian Republic and San Marino (His Excellency the Lord Llewellyn of Steep) and Ministro Plenipotenziario Bruno Antonio Pasquino (Head of Protocol, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development).

The following were in attendance: the Rt Hon David Lammy MP (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs), the Rt Hon Sir Clive Alderton, Mr Theo Rycroft, Mr Tobyn Andreae, Miss Laura Sullivan and Mrs Belinda Kim.

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr René Rosager Dinesen at 55 Sloane Street, London SW1, this afternoon in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Kingdom of Denmark to the Court of St James’s.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, UK Fashion and Textile Association, this morning visited Toray Textiles Europe Limited, Crown Farm Way, Forest Town, Mansfield, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (Mrs Veronica Pickering).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Eric Liddell Community, this afternoon opened an Exhibition at 15 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh (Councillor Robert Aldridge, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

The Princess Royal, Patron, Haig Housing Trust, later visited Veterans Housing, Saughton Mains Street, Edinburgh.