COURT CIRCULAR

Buckingham Palace

The King this morning visited Chatfield Health Centre (a medical centre offering specialist services to Armed Forces veterans), 50 Chatfield Road, London SW11, and was received by Miss Patricia Windsor (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London), the Senior Partner of the Centre (Dr Waqaar Shah) and Dr Shane Barker (General Practitioner).

His Majesty met veterans, members of staff and representatives of local veteran health services and veteran support charities.

Later, The King spoke to The President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana via telephone.

The following were received in audience by The King this afternoon and kissed hands upon their appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassadors: Ms Juliana Correa (the Republic of Guatemala and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras), Mr Bilal Zahid (the Slovak Republic), Ms Joanne Olivier (the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) and Mr Alexander Pinfield (the Kingdom of Morocco).

Mr Andrew Whitfield, Mr Joshua Tyler Dillard and Mrs Pinfield were also received by His Majesty.
Mr Nicholas Low was received in audience by The King upon his appointment as British High Commissioner to the Republic of Maldives.

Mrs Karita Bezerra de Araujo Low was also received by His Majesty.

The Rt Hon Dr Gordon Brown was received by The King when His Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Member of the Order of Companions of Honour.

The King this evening held a Reception for The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering at St James’s Palace and presented the 2024 and 2025 Prizes.

The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present at the Reception.

The Queen, Honorary Member, National Association of Care Catering, this morning held a Reception at Clarence House to mark Meals on Wheels Week.

Her Majesty, Patron, Royal Voluntary Service, held a Reception at Clarence House for the Charity’s Role of a Lunchtime initiative to encourage volunteering.

The Queen, Colonel-in-Chief, The Special Reconnaissance Regiment, this afternoon received the outgoing Commanding Officer and incoming Commanding Officer upon the change of command.

Kensington Palace

The Prince of Wales today carried out the following engagements in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

His Royal Highness this morning visited the Capela de Nossa Senhora Aparecida Estrada do Corcovado — Santa Teresa.

The Prince of Wales, Founder and President, the Earthshot Prize, afterwards held a Meeting at the Christ the Redeemer with the finalists of the 2025 Awards.

His Royal Highness, Founder and President, today attended the Earthshot Prize Summit: Impact Assembly at Pier Maua — Armazem 3, Avenida Rodrigues Alves.

The Prince of Wales, Founder and President, the Earthshot Prize, this afternoon received Mr and Mrs Paul Edgerley (Founders, Edgerley Family Foundation) at Pier Maua — Armazem 3.

His Royal Highness, Founder and President, this evening attended the Earthshot Prize Awards at the Museum of Tomorrow, Praca Maua, 1 — Centro.

The Prince of Wales, Founder and President, the Earthshot Prize, afterwards held a Reception for local and international ministers and mayors at the Museum of Tomorrow.

St James’s Palace

The Duchess of Edinburgh today attended The Duchess of Edinburgh Competition at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey, which involves all Service organisations affiliated to Her Royal Highness and held this year by The Royal Army Medical Service.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, this morning visited Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, to mark the Twentieth Anniversary of its Partnership with Budongo Conservation Field Station Uganda and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh (Councillor Robert Aldridge, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Pony Club, this afternoon attended a Conference at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, and was received by Mr James Thomson (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh).