The Royal Record

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Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay and The Duchess of Rothesay this morning visited Portree, Isle of Skye, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty (Mrs Joanie Whiteford).

Their Royal Highnesses this afternoon visited Dunvegan Castle and gardens, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this morning held a Meeting for the Earthshot Prize.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this afternoon attended a Meeting with representatives from Birmingham Emergency Services and Birmingham City Council at West Midlands Police, 199 Park Lane, Aston, Birmingham, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mr John Crabtree).

His Royal Highness afterwards met the Police Commissioner and Police Cadets, and launched the charity, Youth Organisations in Uniform West Midlands, at West Midlands Police.

The Earl of Wessex later opened the newly renovated Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham, and was received by Ms Fiona Allan (Deputy Lieutenant of West Midlands).

His Royal Highness, Patron, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, this evening attended a Concert at the Symphony Hall.

The Countess of Wessex this morning held a Meeting with the Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict) via video link.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, this afternoon held a Reception for Vision Foundation.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, former President, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, this morning presented the Royal Dairy Innovation Award.

Her Royal Highness, Royal Patron, the Honourable Company of Gloucestershire, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended the Annual Dinner in Tewkesbury Abbey and was received by Ms Margaret Austen (Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this morning visited the Leaves of Southwell project in Southwell Minster and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (Sir John Peace).

His Royal Highness this afternoon officially opened the Artists’ Trail at Patchings Arts Centre, Oxton Road, Calverton, Nottinghamshire.

The Duke of Gloucester later visited Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottingham, to mark its Bicentenary.

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Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this afternoon held a Meeting for the Earthshot Prize.

The Duchess of Cambridge this afternoon met those involved in the United Kingdom’s evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan at Royal Air Force Brize Norton and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (Sir Timothy Stevenson).

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this afternoon visited the Lift Youth Hub, 45 White Lion Street, London N1, and was received by Mr Michael Messinger (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

His Royal Highness, Master, the Worshipful Company of Fuellers, this evening chaired the Annual Ezra Lecture at Haberdashers’ Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1.

The Countess of Wessex, Grand President, St John Ambulance in the Priory of England and the Islands, this morning received Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis (Prior) and Mrs Carole Lawrence-Parr (Chief President).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Lunch with Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Ambassadors at Clarke’s Restaurant, 121 Kensington Church Street, London W8.

The Countess of Wessex, Chairman, Women in Business Committee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, later chaired a Meeting via video link.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, afterwards attended a Meeting via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, this evening attended the Civil Service Sports Council Centenary Reception at Kensington Palace State Apartments.

St James’s Palace

Princess Alexandra, Patron, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, this evening attended the Royal Brompton and HarefieldHospitals Charity Reception at Chelsea Physic Garden, London SW3, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa).

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Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay this afternoon held a Meeting for the Sustainable Markets Initiative via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Joint Patron, NHS Charities Together, this evening attended the Who Cares Wins Awards at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1.

St James’s Palace

The Countess of Wessex, Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, this evening attended a Reception for the Orbis Surgical Fund at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning opened the Paediatric Emergency Department at Northampton General Hospital, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Cliftonville, Northampton, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (Mr James Saunders Watson).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited Northgate School Arts College, Harborough Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, and was received by Mr James Lowther (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire).

The Princess Royal later visited the Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation, Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, to mark its Twenty Fifth Anniversary and the Fifth Anniversary of the Chai and Chat Ladies Group.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this morning officially opened the Hold, Suffolk Archive Centre, 131 Fore Street, Ipswich, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk (Clare, Countess of Euston).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited the University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, 19 Neptune Quay, Ipswich.

The Duke of Gloucester afterwards visited Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, the Army and Navy Club, this evening attended a Reception at 36-39, Pall Mall, London SW1, to welcome new members from the former Naval Club.

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Balmoral Castle*

Mr Peter Troughton was received by The Queen this evening when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, Patron, the National Trust for Scotland, this morning visited House of Dun and Montrose Basin Nature Reserve, Dun, near Montrose, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Angus (Mrs Patricia Sawers).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Murray McBay and Company, Fore Street, Johnshaven, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (Mr Alastair Macphie).

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay afterwards visited Castleton Fruit Farm, Fordoun, Kincardineshire.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning witnessed the ship’s company of HMS ALBION undertaking the Ceremony of the Constable’s Dues and attended a Reception at HM Tower of London.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Maritime UK, this afternoon attended a London International Shipping Week Reception at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3.

*Addendum:

The Queen’s engagement was added to the Court Circular on September 14th.

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St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, Colonel, Scots Guards, this afternoon took the salute at the Regimental Gathering at Somme Barracks, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire.

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Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, and The Princess Royal, President, the City and Guilds of London Institute, this morning attended a Reception at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire, when Her Royal Highness presented the City and Guilds Heritage Craft Skills Awards.

His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this afternoon attended a Reception at Dumfries House for education programme graduates.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this evening held a Dinner at Dumfries House.

The Duchess of Rothesay this morning attended the Nairn Book and Arts Festival at Nairn Community Centre, King Street, Nairn, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Nairnshire (Mr George Asher).

Her Royal Highness subsequently met representatives from Green Hive at Nairn Community Centre.

The Duchess of Rothesay this afternoon opened Team Hamish Splashpad, the Links, Marine Road, Nairn.

Her Royal Highness, President, the Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust, later visited Maggie’s Highlands, Raigmore Hospital, Old Perth Road, Inverness, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness-shire (Mr James Wotherspoon).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, the City and Guilds of London Institute, this morning visited Dumfries House Estate, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, International Sheep Dog Society, this afternoon attended the International Sheep Dog Trials at Tancastell Fields, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed (Miss Sara Edwards).

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Balmoral Castle

The Earl of Lytton (Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex) was present at Gatwick Airport, London, this evening upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Chile and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, and The Duchess of Rothesay this morning unveiled a knitted art installation at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire, in celebration of the Foundation’s Knitwise training programme.

Their Royal Highnesses later joined a gathering of local food and craft producers at Alloway Village Hall, Ayr, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran (Sheriff Iona McDonald).

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, Patron, the National Trust for Scotland, and The Duchess of Rothesay afterwards visited Burns Cottage, 16 Alloway, Ayr.

His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this afternoon officially opened the artists’ retreat at Coachford Cottage on Dumfries House Estate.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, later received His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin (Spiritual Leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community) at Dumfries House.

His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this evening held a Dinner at Dumfries House.

The Duchess of Rothesay this afternoon visited South Ayrshire Women’s Aid.

Her Royal Highness later held a Reception at Dumfries House for Women in Journalism.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this afternoon visited Dockhead Fire Station, 8 Wolseley Street, London SE1, to mark Emergency Services Day.

His Royal Highness, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, later held a Meeting at Kensington Palace with emergency responders.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this afternoon attended a Meeting at Gulliver House, Madeira Walk, Windsor, Berkshire.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations, this morning attended the Westmorland County Show, Crooklands, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria (Mrs Peter Hensman).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning attended the Westmorland County Show, Crooklands, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria (Mrs Peter Hensman).

Her Royal Highness, President, Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, this afternoon attended the Annual General Meeting at Westmorland County Agricultural Showground, Crooklands.

The Princess Royal, President, the City and Guilds of London Institute, this evening attended a Dinner held by The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Vice Royal Patron, the Almshouse Association, this morning visited St Mary Magdalen House, Simons Lane, Colchester, to celebrate St Mary Magdalen Hospital Almshouse charity’s Nine Hundredth Anniversary and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex (Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst).

His Royal Highness, Vice Royal Patron, the Almshouse Association, afterwards visited the Winnocks and Kendall Almshouse development, Military Road, Colchester.

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon visited Open Road, 12 North Hill, Colchester.

His Royal Highness subsequently visited Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, to celebrate their Tenth Anniversary.

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Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay and The Duchess of Rothesay this morning visited Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow (Councillor Philip Braat, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay this afternoon visited Govan Home and Education Link Project, 840-860 Govan Road, Govan, Glasgow.

His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Foundation, later launched the Food for the Future Programme, Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay and The Duchess of Rothesay subsequently held a Reception for Scottish Lord-Lieutenants at Dumfries House.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this evening held a Dinner at Dumfries House.

St James’s Palace

The Earl and Countess of Wessex this morning visited Harborough Indoor Market, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire (Mr Michael Kapur).

Their Royal Highnesses later visited Harborough Museum, the Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex subsequently visited the Old Grammar School,
40 the Square, Market Harborough.

Their Royal Highnesses today visited Corona Kitchen, Cornmarket Hall, 42 London Road, Kettering, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (Mr James Lowther).

The Earl and Countess of Wessex this afternoon visited Kingswood Neighbourhood Centre, Alberta Close, Corby, Northamptonshire.

Their Royal Highnesses later visited Home Start Corby, Pen Green Lane, Corby.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, this morning attended the Global Leadership Seminar at Coutts, 440 Strand, London WC2.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Save the Children UK, this afternoon attended the International Financing Review Awards Reception at Haberdashers’ Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1.

The Princess Royal, President, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this afternoon invested Dr Gillian Willmore as Dame Grand Cross and subsequently installed her as Chancellor of the Order.

His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, later held an Investiture at the Priory Church of St John, St John’s Square, London EC1.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, this afternoon unveiled the Royal Army Dental Corps Centenary Stone at the National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire (Mr Ian Dudson).

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St James’s Palace

The Countess of Wessex this afternoon attended The Countess of Wessex Cup between Royal Air Force Wittering, 5th Battalion The Rifles, Royal Corps of Army Music, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, South Alberta Light Horse, and The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, of which Her Royal Highness is Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Colonel, Colonel-in-Chief, Colonel-in-Chief, Colonel-in-Chief and Colonel-in-Chief respectively, and HMS Daring, at Royal Air Force Wittering, Peterborough, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mrs Julie Spence).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this evening attended a Dinner at Chapter Hall, St John’s Gate, St John’s Lane, London EC1.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, Royal Colonel, 1st Battalion The Rifles, this morning visited the Battalion at Nesscliffe Training Camp, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.