COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King and Queen this afternoon visited Bradford Live, 1 Thornton Road, Bradford, and were received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (Mr Edmund Anderson), the Venue Director (Mr Darren Moore), the Chairman of Trustees, Bradford 2025 (Ms Kersten England), the Lord Mayor of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Councillor Beverley Mullaney) and the Mayor of West Yorkshire (Ms Tracy Brabin).

Their Majesties viewed a short rehearsal of “Sing, Dance, Leap” before being received by the Executive Director, Bradford 2025 (Mr Daniel Bates) and Ms Shanaz Gulzar (Creative Director) and attending a Reception with artists and contributors to the Bradford 2025 City of Culture programme and opening Bradford Live.

The King, Royal Founding President, The King’s Trust, was received by the Chief Executive Officer, The King’s Trust (Mr Jonathan Townsend) and met Trust Ambassadors and others supported by the Trust.

Their Majesties then met members of the public outside Bradford Live.

The King afterwards attended a Reception at Impact Hub Bradford, 34 Peckover Street, Bradford, and, having been received by the Chief Executive Officer (Mr Kamran Rashid), renamed the Hub “Impact Hub Yorkshire”.

His Majesty subsequently visited the David Hockney gallery at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Lister Bank, Bradford, and was received by Mr James Steward (Head of Service, Bradford Museums and Galleries) and Ms Jill Iredale (Curator).

The King afterwards met local people involved in cultural activities and community groups in the City and viewed a performance by the Bantam of the Opera choir.

The Queen, Patron, the National Literacy Trust, accompanied by Mrs Helen Thomson (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire), attended a Reception for volunteer Literacy Champions and afterwards a schools poetry performance as part of Bradford Literacy Hub’s contribution to the Year of Culture, at Fountains Church, Glydegate Square, Bradford.

Her Majesty later officially opened the Brontë Birthplace, 72-74 Market Street, Thornton, during the City of Culture year.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning arrived at the City of Derry Airport and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Londonderry (Mrs Alison Millar).

Her Royal Highness afterwards visited the Cathedral Youth Club, 96-98 the Fountain, Londonderry, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry (Mr Ian Crowe).

The Princess Royal this afternoon attended a Reception at the Ebrington Hotel, 69-72 Ebrington Square, Londonderry, to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.

Her Royal Highness later visited the Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Glenshane Road, Londonderry.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this morning attended a Service at the Priory Church of St John, St. John’s Gate, St. John’s Lane, Clerkenwell, London EC1.

His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, afterwards attended the Conference of the Sovereign Order of Malta with the Alliance of the Orders of St. John at St John’s Gate.

The Duchess of Gloucester this evening held a Concert and Reception for Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust at Buckingham Palace.