The Royal Record

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Balmoral Castle

By command of The Queen, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Mohammad Nafees Zakaria at 36 Lowndes Square, London SW1, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as High Commissioner for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in London.

Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this morning held a Meeting at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

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

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, President, the Football Association, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Mark Bullingham (Chief Executive Officer) via telephone.

His Royal Highness, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this afternoon held a Meeting with Mr Daniel Alves (Professional Footballer) via telephone.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this morning received Mr Jason Knauf (Chief Executive).

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning attended a Trustees’ Meeting via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Riding for the Disabled Association, this morning visited the Shelley Centre, Shelley, on the occasion of their Thirtieth Anniversary and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk (Clare, Countess of Euston).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, English Rural Housing Association, this afternoon opened Glebe Meadow, Green Lane, Roxwell, and was received by Mr Vincent Thompson (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Essex).

The Princess Royal, Patron, the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, later visited Harlow Citizens Advice Bureau, 13-15 East Gate, Harlow, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex (Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst).

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, President, Royal Academy of Music, this morning held a Meeting with Professor Timothy Jones (Deputy Principal, Academic Studies) via telephone.

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Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this morning received an update on the Foundation’s future textiles programme, at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Foundation, afterwards held a Meeting at Dumfries House.

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

The Duchess of Rothesay this afternoon visited HMS Astute at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Dunbartonshire.

Her Royal Highness later visited the Seed Box Limited, Ballogie, near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.

Kensington Palace

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

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Northern Lighthouse Board, this morning attended a Managing Board Meeting via video link.

Her Royal Highness this afternoon held a Reception for the Woodland Trust.

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The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Venerable Luke Miller to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty in succession to the Reverend Hugh Palmer.

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Balmoral Castle

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

Clarence House

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

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, this morning visited Medical Detection Dogs, Greenway Business Park, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher, Bt).

Her Royal Highness, Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Halton, this afternoon received Group Captain Katherine Wilson at Clarence House upon relinquishing her appointment as Station Commander and Group Captain Daniel Startup upon assuming the appointment.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge today carried out the following engagements for Emergency Services Day.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Police College Northern Ireland Garnerville, 77-79 Garnerville Road, Belfast, and was received by Sir Nigel Hamilton (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast).

The Duke of Cambridge afterwards visited the Community Rescue Service at Cave Hill Country Park, Antrim Road, Belfast, and was received by Mr Mukesh Sharma (Deputy Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast).

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, this morning received Commodore Duncan Lamb upon relinquishing his appointment as Head of Service.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Guardian, Give Them a Sporting Chance, this morning held a management team meeting.

Her Royal Highness, Guardian, the Chaffinch Trust, later held a management team meeting.

The Princess Royal, Patron, Swinfen Telemedicine, this afternoon attended a meeting via a video conference call.

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The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Reverend Prebendary Nigel Guthrie to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty in succession to the Reverend Canon Anthony Shepherd.

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Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, this morning visited Ivydale Primary School, Ivydale Road, London SE15, on International Literacy Day, to launch the National Literacy Trust’s Virtual School Library and was received by Colonel Simon Duckworth (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, President, the Brooke Hospital for Animals, this afternoon received Mrs Petra Ingram upon relinquishing her appointment as Chief Executive.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this afternoon held an Emergency Responders Senior Leaders Board Meeting.

His Royal Highness, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, afterwards received Mr Jason Knauf (Chief Executive).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Save the Children UK, this morning participated in a Panel Discussion via a video conference call.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, the Arts Society, this morning held a Meeting with Dr Florian Schweizer (Chief Executive) via telephone.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Lullaby Trust, afterwards held a Meeting via telephone with Mrs Jennifer Ward upon assuming her appointment as Chief Executive.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, today held a Meeting with Mr Mark Dowie (Chief Executive) via video link.

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Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, Colonel-in-Chief, this morning visited 1st Battalion The Rifles, Beachley Barracks, Chepstow.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, this afternoon received Mr John May (Secretary General).

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St James’s Palace

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Thames Valley Air Ambulance, this morning visited White Waltham Airfield, Waltham Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, this afternoon attended the Premier Perspectives Lecture, “Safe and Secure — Britain’s Future Contribution to European Security”, via video link.

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Balmoral Castle

The Queen held a Council via telephone at 12.00 noon.

There were present: the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP (First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (Secretary of State for Transport) and the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP (Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy).

The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP took the Oath of Office as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, kissed hands upon appointment and received the Seals of Office.

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