The Royal Record

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Windsor Castle

The Queen held a Council via video link at 11.30am.

There were present: the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon George Eustice MP (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), the Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal) and the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP (Secretary of State for International Development).

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

Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, President, WOW — Women of the World Festival, this morning held a Meeting with Ms Jude Kelly (Founder) via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning participated in a Meeting, via video link, to discuss the Covid-19 vaccine trial with representatives from Astrazeneca, the University of Oxford, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

His Royal Highness, Colonel, Irish Guards, this afternoon spoke to soldiers from 1st Battalion via video link.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge later spoke to members of staff from Surrey Memorial Hospital, British Colombia, Canada, via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Royal Colonel, 2nd Battalion The Rifles, this morning held a Meeting with Lieutenant Colonel Sam Cates (Commanding Officer) via telephone.

The Countess of Wessex, Grand President, St John Ambulance in the Priory of England and the Islands, this morning visited the St John Ambulance Operational Support Hub at Unit 32, Regents Trade Park, Barwell Lane, Gosport, Hampshire.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief, The King’s Royal Hussars, this morning inspected the Regiment on public duties at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3, via video link.

Her Royal Highness, Fourth Warden, the Fishmongers’ Company, this afternoon participated in a Court Meeting via a video conference call.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Logistic Corps, this morning held a Meeting with Colonel Jonathan West (Corps Colonel) via telephone.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, SeeAbility, this morning held a Meeting with Ms Lisa Hopkins (Chief Executive) via telephone.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, St John’s School, afterwards held a Meeting with Mrs Rowena Cole (Headteacher) via telephone.

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Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall this morning held a Meeting with Mrs Suzanne Jacob (Chief Executive Officer, SafeLives) via telephone.

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Windsor Castle

By command of The Queen, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) telephoned His Excellency Mr Mark Regev this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the State of Israel to the Court of St James’s.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning visited Smiths the Bakers, 1 High Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

St James’s Palace

The Countess of Wessex this afternoon attended a Meeting for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict via a video conference call.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Fellow, Council for Awards for Royal Agricultural Societies, this morning held a Meeting, via a video conference call, with Professor Malcolm Stansfield upon relinquishing his appointment as Secretary and Mrs Camilla Fyfe upon assuming the appointment.

Her Royal Highness, President, Victim Support Scotland, today held a Meeting, via a video conference call, with Mr Alastair MacDonald upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman and Mr Jon Turner upon assuming the appointment.

Mrs Kate Wallace (Chief Executive) was present.

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Windsor Castle

The Queen spoke to The President of the French Republic this afternoon via telephone.

The Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Baroness in Waiting) was present at Royal Air Force Northolt this afternoon upon the Arrival of The President of the French Republic and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this afternoon received The President of the French Republic and afterwards, to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of the formation of the French Resistance during the Second World War, attended a wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial statues of the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the Mall, London SW1, and subsequently laid a wreath at the statue of General de Gaulle in Carlton Gardens, having been received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa).

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Cambridge this afternoon visited Fakenham Garden Centre, Mill Road, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Patron, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, this afternoon spoke to students from the Orchestra’s Virtual Academy via video link.

The Countess of Wessex, Honorary President, Linking Environment And Farming, this morning visited New Forest Fruit Company, Newhouse Farm, Church Lane, East Boldre, Hampshire.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Animal Health Trust, this morning participated in a Board Meeting with the Trustees via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Vice President, Lepra, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Geoffrey Prescott (Chief Executive) via telephone.

The Duchess of Gloucester, President, Royal Alexandra and Albert School, this afternoon held a Meeting with Mr Mark Dixon (Headmaster) via telephone.

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Windsor 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.

By command of Her Majesty, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) telephoned Her Excellency Pengiran Rooslina Weti Pengiran Kamaludin this morning in order to bid farewell to Her Excellency upon relinquishing her appointment as High Commissioner for Brunei Darussalam in London.

Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, Children’s Hospice South West, and Patron, Helen and Douglas House, and The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, East Anglia Children’s Hospices, this afternoon attended a Meeting via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this morning attended a Trustees’ Meeting via video link.

His Royal Highness, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, afterwards held a Meeting via video link.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, Family Action, this afternoon held a Meeting with Mr David Holmes (Chief Executive) and other members of the organisation via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this morning attended the Surrey Local Resilience Forum at Surrey Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, Croydon Road, Reigate, Surrey.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, this morning visited the Childline Call Centre, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2.

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, “Thinking the Unthinkable”, via video link.

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Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this morning visited Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (Mr Edward Gillespie).

The Prince of Wales, Royal Founding Patron, the Royal Drawing School, this afternoon held a Meeting via telephone.

His Royal Highness this evening held a Meeting with The President of the Republic of Chile via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Godric Smith (Chairman, Heads Up Campaign) via video link.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust Ambulance Station, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gayton Road, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

St James’s Palace

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 a video conference call.

Her Royal Highness, Chairman, Women’s Network Forum, this afternoon opened “the Lifeboat Process”, the second of a series of Women’s Network Forum Webinars, via a video conference call.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Logistic Corps, this morning met personnel involved in support of Covid-19 operations at The Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney, Gloucestershire.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Royal Patron, Global Heritage Fund UK, this morning held a Meeting with Mr James Hooper (Director) via telephone.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, Shine, this morning held a Meeting with Ms Kate Steele (Chief Executive Officer) via telephone.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Enham Trust, afterwards held a Meeting with Professor Khalid Aziz (Chairman of the Board of Trustees) and Mr Heath Gunn (Chief Executive) via a conference call.

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Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall this morning held a Meeting with Madame Brigitte Macron (wife of The President of the French Republic) via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Patron, Tusk Trust, this afternoon held a Meeting with Mr Charles Mayhew (Chief Executive Officer) via telephone.

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