The Royal Record

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Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, Vice Patron, the Royal Commonwealth Society, this morning held a Meeting for The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning spoke to members of the Muslim community in Christchurch, New Zealand, via video link.

His Royal Highness afterwards spoke to representatives from the social care sector across England via video call.

St James’s Palace

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association, this afternoon held a Meeting with Mr James Irvine (Chairman of the Trustees) via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Fourth Warden, the Fishmongers’ Company, this morning participated in a Committee of Wardens Meeting via video link.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, this afternoon participated in the Executive Board Meeting via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Medical Corps, this morning held a Meeting with Major General Alan Hawley (Representative Colonel Commandant) via telephone.

His Royal Highness, Patron, British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association, afterwards held a Meeting with Mr Jonathan Bryant (Chief Executive) 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.

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Patrons, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this afternoon spoke to volunteers from Shout via video link.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Patron, International Real Tennis Professionals Association Limited, this morning held a Meeting with Mrs Susie Falkner (Chief Executive) via video link.

His Royal Highness, Chairman of the Trustees, The Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, this afternoon participated in a video conference with the Trustees.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Opportunity International UK, this afternoon participated in a Panel Discussion with Opportunity International UK staff and global partners via a video conference call.

Kensington Palace

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

The Duchess of Gloucester, Chief Patron, Hope for Youth Northern Ireland, this morning held a Meeting with Ms Rois Kelly (Project Leader of the Creative Arts and Social Team) via telephone.

Her Royal Highness, Chief Patron, Fleming Fulton School, afterwards held a Meeting with Mrs Karen Hancock (Principal) via telephone.

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Windsor Castle

Professor Kathleen McCourt (President, Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation, and Fellow, Royal College of Nursing) had an audience of The Queen, Patron, Royal College of Nursing, via telephone today on the occasion of International Nurses Day.

Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall this morning joined the judging session for BBC Radio 2’s 500 Words creative-writing competition via video link.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this afternoon held a Meeting with the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) and Dame Louise Casey (Chairwoman, HM Government’s Covid-19 Rough Sleeping Response Taskforce) via a conference call.

His Royal Highness, Patron, Centrepoint, later talked to young people who are supported by the charity, and members of staff, via video link.

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.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, Leuchie Forever Fund, this morning held an Audience via a conference call with Sir David Tweedie upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman of Leuchie House and Mr Stephen Pearson upon assuming the appointment.

Mr Mark Bevan (Chief Executive) was present.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Chancellor, University of Worcester, this morning held a Meeting with Professor David Green (Vice Chancellor) via telephone.

The Duchess of Gloucester this morning held a Meeting with the Reverend Canon Simon Butler (Senior Treasurer and Chairman of Trustees, Clergy Support Trust) via telephone.

St James’s Palace

Princess Alexandra, Patron, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, this afternoon held a Meeting via telephone with Captain Lisa Taylor (Head of the Naval Nursing Service) to mark International Nurses Day.

Her Royal Highness, Patron and Air Chief Commandant, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, later held a Meeting via telephone with Group Captain Fionnuala Bradley (Matron-in-Chief) to mark International Nurses Day.

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Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning held a Meeting with Mr Simon Coveney (the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for Ireland) via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex this afternoon held conference calls with nurses from around the Commonwealth in advance of International Nurses Day on 12th May.

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex, Global Ambassador, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, talked to nurses from LV Prasad Eye Institute and Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards talked to nurses from Gidgee Healing, Queensland, Australia.

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex later talked to nurses from Phalombe District Hospital, Malawi.

The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex, Colonel-in-Chief, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, subsequently talked to nurses from the Corps in Cyprus.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards talked to nurses from Aberdeen Women’s Centre, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and The Countess of Wessex later talked to nurses from the Hospital in London.

Their Royal Highnesses subsequently talked to nurses from Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre, Nassau, the Bahamas.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this afternoon opened the Nightingale Hospital Wing of Jersey General Hospital via video link.

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St James’s Palace*

The Princess Royal, Patron, Save the Children, this morning held a Meeting via a conference call to discuss the role of Nurses in Save the Children programmes in advance of International Nurses Day on 12th May.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Vine Trust, later held a Meeting via a conference call to discuss the role of Nurses in Vine Trust programmes in advance of International Nurses Day on 12th May.

*Addendum:

The Princess Royal’s engagements were added to the Court Circular on May 12th.

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Clarence House

The Prince of Wales, accompanied by The Duchess of Cornwall, this morning led the Nation’s two-minute silence at Balmoral to mark the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of VE Day.

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Windsor Castle

By command of The Queen, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) telephoned His Excellency Mr Fesseha Shawel Gebre this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Court of St James’s.

Clarence House

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, the Desert Rats Association, today spoke to veterans via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, President, the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, this morning talked to hospital staff via video link.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, National Portrait Gallery, this afternoon held a Meeting with Dr Nicholas Cullinan (Director) via telephone.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this afternoon spoke to veterans supported by the Royal British Legion via video link.

The Countess of Wessex this afternoon spoke to veterans supported by the Royal British Legion via video link and telephone.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Tenovus Cancer Care, this afternoon held a Meeting with Professor Malcolm Mason (Chairman) and Mrs Claudia McVie (former Chief Executive) via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, the Grange Centre for People with Disabilities, this morning held a Meeting with Mrs Eloise Appleby (Chief Executive Officer) 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.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning held a Meeting with the Rt Hon Arlene Foster MLA (First Minister of Northern Ireland) via telephone.

His Royal Highness afterwards held a Meeting with Mrs Michelle O’Neill MLA (deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland) via telephone.

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this morning talked to residents and staff at a Royal British Legion Care Home, Mais House, 18 Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, via video link.

The Duke of Cambridge, Joint Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, this afternoon participated in a Roundtable Discussion via video link with charities and organisations working in the bereavement sector.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Vice Royal Patron, the Almshouse Association, this morning held a Meeting with Mr Nicholas Phillips (Chief Executive Officer) via telephone.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, this morning held a Meeting with Professor John Wallwork (Chairman of the Board of Directors) and Mr Stephen Posey (Chief Executive) via a conference call.

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Windsor Castle

The Hon Scott Morrison MP (Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia) had an audience of The Queen via telephone this morning.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this morning delivered a message of support to the Royal Mail.

The Prince of Wales later held a Meeting with the Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) via telephone.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, formerly Patron, the Woodland Trust’s First World War Centenary Woods Project, this morning held a Meeting with the Baroness Young of Old Scone (Chairman), Dr Darren Moorcroft (Chief Executive Officer) and Mr Karl Mitchell (Director of Development) via a conference call.