The Royal Record

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Villa Wolkonsky, Rome, Italy

The King and Queen left Royal Air Force Brize Norton this afternoon for the State Visit to Italy.

Their Majesties were received at the Station by the Lord Benyon (Lord Chamberlain) and His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (Mrs Marjorie Glasgow).

The King and Queen later arrived at Rome Ciampino Airport and were received by His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Italian Republic and San Marino (His Excellency the Lord Llewellyn of Steep) and Ministro Plenipotenziario Bruno Antonio Pasquino (Head of Protocol, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development).

The following were in attendance: the Rt Hon David Lammy MP (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs), the Rt Hon Sir Clive Alderton, Mr Theo Rycroft, Mr Tobyn Andreae, Miss Laura Sullivan and Mrs Belinda Kim.

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr René Rosager Dinesen at 55 Sloane Street, London SW1, this afternoon in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Kingdom of Denmark to the Court of St James’s.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, UK Fashion and Textile Association, this morning visited Toray Textiles Europe Limited, Crown Farm Way, Forest Town, Mansfield, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (Mrs Veronica Pickering).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Eric Liddell Community, this afternoon opened an Exhibition at 15 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh (Councillor Robert Aldridge, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

The Princess Royal, Patron, Haig Housing Trust, later visited Veterans Housing, Saughton Mains Street, Edinburgh.

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Buckingham Palace

The Hon Shirley Botchwey was received by The King this morning upon her appointment as Commonwealth Secretary-General.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Canadian Medical Service, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link with Major General Scott Malcolm (Surgeon General).

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Joint Patrons, Gloucester Cathedral “In Tune” Music and Organ Campaign, this evening attended Evensong followed by a Reception in Gloucester Cathedral in commemoration of the Two Hundred and Seventy Fifth Anniversary of John Stafford Smith’s birth and were received by Dr Roger Head (Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire).

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Buckingham Palace

His Excellency Mr Bader Almunayekh was received in audience by The King today and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the State of Kuwait to the Court of St James’s.

Mrs Manal Almahmeed was also received by His Majesty.

His Excellency Mr Guido Martinelli was received in audience by The King and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of Panama to the Court of St James’s.

Sir Oliver Robbins (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) was present.

Her Excellency Ms Betty Palaso was received in audience by His Majesty upon her appointment as High Commissioner for the Independent State of Papua New Guinea in London.

The King later visited Royal Air Force Northolt, West End Road, Ruislip, Middlesex, to mark the Eightieth Anniversary of Mission Aviation Fellowship and celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s Independence and was received by the Station Commander (Group Captain Jonathan Hough), the Chief Executive Officer of Mission Aviation Fellowship UK (Mr Donovan Palmer) and Her Excellency the High Commissioner for the Independent State of Papua New Guinea in London.

His Majesty met members of the Fellowship’s staff and volunteers and Papua New Guineans before unveiling the Fellowship’s new Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft.

The King this evening held a Reception at Windsor Castle to celebrate Music in Communities, at which The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Racing Welfare, this morning attended the Charity Luncheon at Aintree Racecourse, Ormskirk Road, Aintree, Liverpool, and was received by Mrs Julie Lawson (Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this morning visited Hypnos Beds, Longwick Road, Princes Risborough, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (the Countess Howe).

His Royal Highness this afternoon presented The King’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade to Cableflow International Limited, Windsor House, Abbey Barn Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

The Duke of Gloucester later visited Chiltern Rangers Community Tree Nursery, Winchmore Hill, Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

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Buckingham Palace

The King received the Bishop of Truro (the Right Reverend David Williams) this afternoon who did homage upon his appointment.

His Majesty received the Bishop of Coventry (the Right Reverend Sophie Jelley) who did homage upon her appointment.

The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice) administered the Oaths.

The Bishop of Hereford (Clerk of the Closet) was in attendance.

The King, Patron, the Royal Society, received Sir Tejinder Virdee and Sir Michael Stratton when His Majesty presented them with Royal Medals.

Professor Sir David Baulcombe (Biological Secretary) was present.

The King held a Council at 4.30pm.

There were present: the Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP (Secretary of State for Transport), the Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP (Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero) and the Baroness Smith of Basildon (Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal).

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

The Rt Hon Sir Clive Alderton (Principal Private Secretary to Their Majesties) was in attendance.

The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP had an audience of His Majesty before the Council.

Later, the Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The King.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Farms for City Children, this morning visited Lower Treginnis Farm, Lower Treginnis, St David’s, Haverfordwest, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed (Miss Sara Edwards).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Vice Royal Patron, the Almshouse Association, this morning officially opened the Elizabeth Twining Almshouses, 1-5 Mitre Mews, Richmond, and was received by Ms Gillian Norton (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Kent, President of the Board of Trustees, Imperial War Museums, this afternoon received Ms Caroline Howell (Director-General).

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Buckingham Palace

The King held an Investiture at Windsor Castle this morning.

The Queen, Joint President, Elephant Family, this afternoon viewed the “Green Man Humpty Dumpty Egg” installed outside The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, as part of Elephant Family’s “the Big Egg Hunt”.

Her Majesty, Patron, SafeLives, later received Mrs Isabel Boyer at Clarence House upon relinquishing her appointment as Chairman and the Rt Hon Dame Maria Miller upon assuming the appointment.

The Queen, Patron, SafeLives, afterwards held a Reception at Clarence House to mark the charity’s Twenty First Anniversary.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning received Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell (Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bailiwick of Guernsey).

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Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, President, Royal Academy of Music, this afternoon attended a Meeting of the Governing Body at the Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London NW1.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Kent, Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England, today attended a Lunch to commemorate the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Mount Edgcumbe Lodge at Freemasons Hall, 1 Cross Street, Camborne, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall (Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho).

His Royal Highness, Patron, International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, this afternoon attended the Spring Masterclasses at Porth-en-Alls, Prussia Cove, Penzance, Cornwall.

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