COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

Her Honour the Hon Bernadette McIntyre was received by The King this afternoon upon her appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.

His Honour Richard McIntyre was also received by His Majesty.

The following were received in audience by The King and kissed hands upon their appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassadors: Mrs Laura Davies (the Republic of Finland), Mr Angus McKee (the Republic of Mali) and Mr Hugo Shorter (the Islamic Republic of Iran).

Mr Charles Davies was also received by His Majesty.

Mr Giles Enticknap was received in audience by The King upon his appointment as British High Commissioner to the Republic of Botswana.

Mrs Enticknap was also received by His Majesty.

Mr Kanbar Hossein-Bor was received in audience by The King upon his appointment as British High Commissioner to the Republic of Fiji, non-resident British High Commissioner to the Republic of Kiribati and non-resident Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Dr Samineh Khaneh Zaei was also received by His Majesty.

The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP (Speaker of the House of Commons), with a Delegation of Speakers of Legislatures of United Kingdom Overseas Territories, was received in audience by The King.

The King and Queen gave an Afternoon Party in the garden of Buckingham Palace to celebrate and recognise those working in Education and Skills.

His Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and The King’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty.

The British Army Band Catterick and the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment played selections of music during the afternoon.

The Queen, Patron, the Westminster Abbey Sacristy Project, this morning unveiled the foundation stone for The King Charles III Sacristy at Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

St James’s Palace

The Duchess of Edinburgh this morning attended a Ministry of Defence Human Security in Military Operations Course at Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, this morning visited 4th Battalion at Bourlon Barracks, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire.

Her Royal Highness, Chief, the Highland Society of London, this afternoon received Mr Duncan Byatt (President) and the Viscount Younger of Leckie (Past President).

The Princess Royal, President, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, this evening attended a Meeting at Brunswick Group, 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Adjutant General’s Corps, today attended the Triple Crown Military Skills Challenge Competition at Worthy Down, Winchester, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Kent, Chancellor, University of Surrey, this evening attended a Dinner at Stag Hill Campus, Guildford, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey (Mr Michael More-Molyneux).