The Royal Record

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Windsor Castle

Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Johnstone-Burt was received by The Queen this afternoon when Her Majesty conferred upon him the honour of Knighthood and invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning spoke to Ms Frances Macneil (Charge Nurse), St Brendan’s Hospital, Castlebay, Isle of Barra, via telephone.

His Royal Highness afterwards spoke to Mr Shamraze Zeb (Practice Manager), NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group, Walsall, West Midlands, via telephone.

The Duke of Cambridge later spoke to Ms Cherry Brennan (Senior Matron), Solent NHS Trust, Highpoint, Bursledon Road, Southampton, Hampshire, via telephone.

His Royal Highness subsequently spoke to Mr John Challenger (Assistant Director of Music), Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, via telephone.

The Duke of Cambridge afterwards spoke to Ms Ashley Ramsay (Professional Nurse and Service Improvement Lead for Community Nursing), Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Bretten Hall, Bush Road, Antrim, via telephone.

His Royal Highness later spoke to Dr Natalie Miller (Joint Clinical Lead General Practitioner), Great Chapel Street Medical Centre, 13 Great Chapel Street, London W1, via telephone.

The Duke of Cambridge subsequently spoke to Ms Jacqueline Seaton (Chief Pharmacist), Powys Teaching Health Board, Glasbury House, Bronllys Hospital, Brecon, via telephone.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Scottish Rugby Union, this morning held a Meeting via video link with Mr John Jeffrey (Chairman), Mr Mark Dodson (Chief Executive Officer) and Mr Dominic McKay (Chief Operating Officer).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, Sight Scotland, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Mark O’Donnell (Chief Executive) via telephone.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, Colonel, Scots Guards, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link with Lieutenant Colonel James Leask upon assuming his appointment as Regimental Lieutenant Colonel.

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Windsor Castle

The Queen today held a Meeting with Admiral Antony Radakin (First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff) via telephone.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this morning visited Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mr John Crabtree).

His Royal Highness this evening held a Meeting for the Sustainable Markets Initiative via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Chancellor, University of the Highlands and Islands, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link with Professor Crichton Lang upon relinquishing his appointment as Vice-Chancellor and Professor Todd Walker upon assuming the appointment.

Her Royal Highness later held a Meeting with Admiral Antony Radakin (First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff) via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, Black Country Living Museum, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Andrew Lovett (Chief Executive) via telephone.

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Windsor Castle

The Queen this afternoon held a Meeting with Dame Karen Pierce (Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States of America) via telephone.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning held a Meeting with Brigadier Phillip Prosser (Commander 101 Logistic Brigade) via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, the Foundling Museum, this afternoon held a Meeting with Ms Larissa Joy (Chairman) and Ms Caroline Howell (Director) via telephone.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Natural History Museum, afterwards held a Meeting with Dr Douglas Gurr (Director) via telephone.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, Victoria and Albert Museum, subsequently held a Meeting with Dr Tristram Hunt (Director) via telephone.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust, this morning held a Meeting via video link with Mr Ian Rushby upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman, and Air Commodore John Pye upon assuming the appointment.

Mrs Camilla Nichol (Chief Executive Officer) was present.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Not Forgotten Association, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link with Mr David Cowley (Chairman), Brigadier James Stopford (Chief Executive Officer) and Mrs Rosemary Thompson (Head of Events).

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Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, Colonel-in-Chief, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link.

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Clarence House

The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince’s Trust, this morning held a Meeting via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this afternoon held a Meeting with Secretary John Kerry (United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate) via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Royal Colonel, 7th Battalion The Rifles, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link with Lieutenant Colonel James Gayner upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer and Lieutenant Colonel James Baker upon assuming the appointment.

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Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning held a Meeting with Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic) via telephone.

His Royal Highness this evening held a Meeting for the Sustainable Markets Initiative via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning spoke to Mr Adrian Leggat (Technical Delivery Manager), St James’ Hospital, Locksway Road, Southsea, Hampshire, via telephone.

His Royal Highness afterwards spoke to Ms Candice Scott (Community Receptionist), the Royal United Hospital, Bath, Somerset, via telephone.

The Duke of Cambridge later spoke to Ms Claire Jukes (Patient Services Manager), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Devon, via telephone.

His Royal Highness subsequently spoke to Ms Jane Buchanan (Domestic Team Leader), Lings Bar Hospital, West Bridgford, Nottingham, via telephone.

The Duke of Cambridge afterwards spoke to Mr John Brown (Portering Supervisor), Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, County Armagh, via telephone.

His Royal Highness later spoke to Ms Jane Kennedy (Duty Manager), Borders General Hospital, Melrose, Roxburghshire, via telephone.

The Duke of Cambridge subsequently spoke to Ms Sally Owen (Head of Workforce: Recruitment and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion), Hywel Dda University Health Board, Carmarthen, via telephone.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Trustees, The Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Christopher Aitken (Secretary and Trustee) and Mr Ross Wilson (Treasurer) via video link.

His Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Wiltshire and Swindon Strategic Co-ordinating Group Meeting via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Save the Children UK, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Kevin Watkins (Chief Executive Officer) via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron-in-Chief, Scottish Veterans Residences, this morning held a Meeting with Brigadier George Lowder (Chairman) and Brigadier Martin Nadin (Chief Executive) via telephone.

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Windsor Castle

The Queen held a Council via video link at 2.30pm.

There were present: the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions), the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State) and the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (Secretary of State for Transport).

Mr Richard Tilbrook was in attendance as Clerk of the Council.

The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of Her Majesty via telephone this evening.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning spoke to Armed Forces personnel involved in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, via video link.

His Royal Highness, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, afterwards held a Meeting for the Earthshot Prize.

The Duke of Cambridge this afternoon joined Mrs Ann Radmore (Regional Director, NHS England and NHS Improvement, East of England) at her weekly leadership call with the East of England’s Clinical Commissioning Group Accountable Officers and Trust Chief Executive Officers via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning held a Meeting via video link with apprentices to mark National Apprenticeship Week.

His Royal Highness this afternoon held a Meeting with Assistant Chief Constable Mark Cooper (Chairman of Wiltshire Strategic Co-ordinating Group) via telephone.

The Earl of Wessex, Patron, Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society, the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute and the London Gardens Society, subsequently held a Meeting via video link.

The Countess of Wessex, Grand President, St John Ambulance in the Priory of England and the Islands, this morning held a Meeting with Mrs Ann Cable (Chief Commissioner) via video link.

Her Royal Highness this afternoon participated in a Meeting held by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Past Master, the Worshipful Company of Butchers and the Worshipful Company of Farmers, this evening attended the City Food Lecture via video link.

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Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, SafeLives, this morning held a Meeting via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this afternoon spoke via video link to nursing students from Ulster University’s School of Nursing, Newtownabbey, County Antrim.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this afternoon spoke via video link to parents who have been supported by Little Village.

Her Royal Highness, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, afterwards held an Early Years Meeting via video link.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, subsequently held a Meeting with Mr Jason Knauf (Chief Executive).

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning held a Meeting with Ms Caroline Glen (Director of Fundraising) via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, President, Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, this morning held a Meeting with Ms Alicia Chivers (Chief Executive) via telephone.