The Royal Record

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, WISE, this morning received Dr Keith Purves (Chairman) and Miss Helen Wollaston (Chief Executive).

Her Royal Highness, President, World Horse Welfare, later attended a Reception at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, Home Park, Windsor.

The Princess Royal, President, Carers Trust, this afternoon attended a Luncheon and Auction at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, this morning visited North Berwick Lifeboat Station, 1 Victoria Road, North Berwick, and was received by Mr Patrick Gammell (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian).

His Royal Highness, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, afterwards visited Dunbar Lifeboat Station, Castlegate, Dunbar, and was received by Mrs Pauline Jaffray (Deputy Lieutenant of East Lothian).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Sussex, Patron, Invictus Games Foundation, this morning departed Heathrow Airport, London, for the Netherlands.

His Royal Highness later attended an Invictus Games the Hague 2020 Open Training Session at Zuiderpark, the Hague.

The Duke of Sussex this afternoon attended the official launch of Invictus Games the Hague 2020 at Zuiderpark.

His Royal Highness afterwards attended an Invictus Games the Hague 2020 Reception for competitors at Restaurant Parkoers, Zuiderpark.

The Duke of Sussex later arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from the Netherlands.

Ms Heather Wong and Ms Sara Latham were in attendance.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this morning visited the Zoological Society of East Anglia, Banham Zoo, Kenninghall Road, Banham, and was received by the Lady Fisher (Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Horstead Residential Centre, 35 Rectory Road, Horstead, Norwich, and was received by Mr Richard Butler (Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk).

The Earl of Wessex, Patron, Norwich Cathedral Music Appeal, this afternoon attended Evensong followed by a Fundraising Dinner in Norwich Cathedral.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Animal Health Trust, this morning chaired the Industry Committee Meeting and the Council or Management Meeting at the Kennel Club, Clarges Street, London W1.

Her Royal Highness, President, Scotch Beef Club, this afternoon received Mr James McLaren upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman, Quality Meat Scotland, and Mrs Katherine Rowell upon assuming the appointment.

The Princess Royal, Patron, Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, afterwards received Captain Duncan Glass MN upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman and Lieutenant Commander Philip Wake RNR upon assuming the appointment.

Commander Brian Boxall-Hunt RN (Chief Executive) was present.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Save the Children UK, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended the Centenary Dinner at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, today carried out the following engagements.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Anstruther Lifeboat Station, Middle Pier, Anstruther, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Fife (Mr Robert Balfour).

The Duke of Kent later visited Kinghorn Lifeboat Station, 30 St James’s Place, Burntisland, and was received by Mrs Fiona Robertson (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Fife).

His Royal Highness afterwards visited Queensferry Lifeboat Station, Hawes Pier, South Queensferry, and was received by Mr Valentine Tudball (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh).

The Duke of Kent this evening attended a Dinner given by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at Cannonball Restaurant, 356 Castlehill, Edinburgh.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards visited Halen Môn, the Anglesey Sea Salt Company Limited, Brynsiencyn, Isle of Anglesey, and were received by Mrs Victoria Gruffudd Jones (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Gwynedd).

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this afternoon joined representatives from 1st Menai Bridge Scouts Group, Surfers Against Sewage, the Isle of Anglesey County Council and Natural Resource Wales for beach exploration and clean-up activities at Newborough Beach, Isle of Anglesey.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Founder, Pitch@Palace, today held Pitch@Palace 11.0 Bootcamp for entrepreneurs and supporters at Imperial College, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12, and was received by Mr Kevin McGrath (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

His Royal Highness afterwards attended a Reception for the Cyber Security Alliance at Imperial College, White City Campus.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning held a Development Group Meeting.

His Royal Highness, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, this afternoon held a Meeting.

The Earl of Wessex later received Mrs Lisa Kerr (Principal, Gordonstoun).

The Countess of Wessex, Chairman, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Women’s Network Forum, this evening attended a Next Generation Event at Macquarie Offices, 28 Ropemaker Street, London EC2.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Women’s Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust, this morning attended the Annual General Meeting and Reception at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3.

Her Royal Highness, Chancellor, University of London, and Honorary Fellow, the Royal Veterinary College, this afternoon opened the renovated Hobday Building at the Royal Veterinary College’s Camden Campus, 4 Royal College Street, London NW1, and was received by Sir Ian Johnston (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

The Princess Royal, Warden, Gordonstoun School, this evening held a Reception at St James’s Palace to launch The Prince Philip Gordonstoun Foundation.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this morning visited the Old Stationhouse, Irlam Train Station, Irlam, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (Mr Warren Smith).

His Royal Highness today visited St Ann’s Hospice, Meadowsweet Lane, Little Hulton, Manchester.

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon visited Stockport Lads Club, Hempshaw Lane, Stockport, to mark their One Hundred and Thirtieth Anniversary.

Buckingham Palace

Princess Alexandra this afternoon visited the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at Shoreham Lifeboat Station, Kingston Beach, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex (Mrs Susan Pyper).

Her Royal Highness later visited the Worthing Branch of Samaritans, 2-4 Lennox Road, Worthing, West Sussex.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this morning departed from Royal Air Force Brize Norton for Germany and were received later upon arrival at Berlin Tegel Airport by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (His Excellency Sir Sebastian Wood), and subsequently undertook engagements in Berlin.

Their Royal Highnesses this afternoon called upon Dr Angela Merkel (Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany) at the Federal Chancellery Building.

The Prince of Wales was received later by The President of the Federal Republic of Germany at Schloss Bellevue.

The Prince of Wales, accompanied by The Duchess of Cornwall, subsequently laid a wreath at the Berlin Airlift Monument, Platz der Luftbrücke.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards visited the Brandenburg Gate.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this evening attended The Queen’s Birthday Reception given by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany at the Residence.

The Duchess of Cornwall this afternoon visited the Berlin Forensic Outpatient Clinic.

Mr Scott Furssedonn-Wood, Mr Julian Payne, Mrs Jilly Hurley, Dr Douglas Glass, Commander Iain Kearsley RN and Mrs Belinda Kim are in attendance.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning received Mr Mark Rose (Chief Executive Officer, Flora and Fauna International).

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this afternoon launched the King’s Cup Regatta at Cutty Sark, King William Walk, London SE10.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, the Peter Jones Foundation, this afternoon held a prize giving ceremony for the Tycoon Enterprise Competition at Buckingham Palace.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex this evening attended Historic Royal Palaces’ King’s Presence Chamber Dinner at Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Disability Initiative, this afternoon opened the new satellite service at Disability Initiative Fleet, 85 Clarence Road, Fleet, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Special Forces Club, this afternoon attended a Ceremony at the Special Operations Executive F Section Memorial, Valençay, France, and afterwards attended a Reception given by Libre Résistance and the Mayor of Valençay, and was received by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the French Republic (His Excellency the Lord Llewellyn of Steep).

Captain Russell Bond was in attendance.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, this afternoon held an Investiture in the Crypt of the Priory Church of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell, London EC1, followed by a Reception at the Museum of the Order of St John, St John’s Gate, 26 St John’s Lane, London EC1.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, the Stroke Association, this morning received Mrs Juliet Bouverie (Chief Executive) and Mr Stephen King (Chairman).

His Royal Highness, President, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, today received Mr Philip Brook (Chairman) and Mr Ian Hewitt (Vice-Chairman).

Afterwards The Queen gave a Reception at Windsor Castle for those who attended the Service.

The Queen held a Council at Windsor Castle at 3pm.

There were present: the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans), the Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal), the Rt Hon Edward Young (Private Secretary to The Queen) and the Rt Hon Penelope Mordaunt MP.

Mr Roderick Stewart MP was sworn in as a member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.

The Rt Hon Penelope Mordaunt MP took the Oath of Office, kissed hands upon appointment and received the Seals of Office as Secretary of State for Defence.

The Rt Hon Roderick Stewart MP took the Oath of Office, kissed hands upon appointment and received the Seals of Office as Secretary of State for International Development.

Mrs Ceri King was in attendance as Deputy Clerk of the Council.

The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP had an audience of Her Majesty before the Council.

Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, and Patron, The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, this morning visited The Prince’s Foundation’s Traditional Building Skills Programme’s live build on the Dumfries House estate, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

His Royal Highness, Patron, later visited the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Renfrew Street, Glasgow, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow (Councillor Eva Bolander, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, Patron, Macmillan Cancer Care, afterwards visited the Glasgow Life Project, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Commodore-in-Chief, Submarines, today attended a Service to recognise Fifty Years of Continuous At Sea Deterrence, Westminster Abbey, London SW1, and subsequently attended a Reception at The Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1, and was received by Commander Johnathan Herriman (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

St James’s Palace

The Countess of Wessex this morning visited Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya School, Geeta Colony Road, Gandhi Nagar, New Delhi, India.

Her Royal Highness this afternoon took a tour of historic New Delhi landmarks conducted by the Magic Tours charity and facilitated by the Women on Wheels charity.

The Countess of Wessex later visited Gandhi Smriti, 5 Tees January Marg, Tees January Road Area, New Delhi.

Her Royal Highness this evening attended a Reception for notable Indian women at the Residence of the British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in New Delhi.

Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of York, Colonel, Grenadier Guards, this morning held a Regimental Council Meeting.

His Royal Highness, Visitor, this afternoon was present at the inaugural parade of Air Cadets at Westminster Academy, 255 Harrow Road, London W2, and addressed the parade, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa).

The Duke of York, Colonel, Grenadier Guards, this evening held a Dinner for Officers of the Regiment.

St James’s Palace

The Countess of Wessex today carried out the following engagements in Delhi, India.

Her Royal Highness this morning attended a Women, Peace and Security Meeting at the United Service Institution, Rao Tula Ram Marg, opposite Signals Enclave, Anuj Vihar, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.

The Countess of Wessex today attended a Lunch with Indian and British women working in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda given by Brigadier Gavin Thompson (Defence Adviser).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping, Manekshaw Centre, Parade Road, Khyber Lines, Delhi Cantonment,
New Delhi.

The Countess of Wessex, Vice Patron, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, this evening attended a Reception given by the British High Commissioner to India (His Excellency Sir Dominic Asquith) at the Residence in New Delhi, followed by a Dinner.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Royal Yachting Association, this morning visited Emsworth Sailing Club, 55 Bath Road, Emsworth, to mark its centenary and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, International Students House, this afternoon attended a Garden Party at Park Crescent Gardens, Great Portland Street, London W1, and was received by Miss Avril McIntyre (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

The Princess Royal, President, Emerging Leaders’ Dialogues Canada (part of
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences), later received Mr Robert Taylor (Director, Commonwealth Study Conferences Canada), Mrs Agnes Di Leonardi (President, Emerging Leaders’ Dialogues Canada), Mr David Clarke (Director of the Emerging Leaders’ Dialogues Canada Presidents’ Council) and Mr Ian Anderson (Member of Commonwealth Study Conferences Canada).

Her Royal Highness, President, Emerging Leaders’ Dialogues Canada (part of
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences), this evening held a Dinner at St James’s Palace.

Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this morning opened the Granary, Castle of Mey, Thurso, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness (the Viscount Thurso).

His Royal Highness later received His Excellency Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of the State of Kuwait) at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

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

The Duchess of Cornwall, Royal Colonel, 4th Battalion The Rifles, this afternoon attended a medals parade at New Normandy Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, this morning opened the new Centre for Excellence, 4-8 Rodney Street, London N1, and was received by Colonel Jane Davis (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London).

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Royal Patron, Fight for Sight, this morning received Ms Michèle Acton upon relinquishing her appointment as Chief Executive and Ms Sherine Krause upon assuming the appointment.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited the Children’s Air Ambulance at Lambeth Palace, London SE1.

The Duke of York, Grand Master, the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, later received Mr Colin Cox upon relinquishing his appointment as Master and Mr Malcolm White upon assuming the appointment.

His Royal Highness, Royal Bencher, this evening held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace for the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this morning attended a Meeting at the London Regional Office, Victoria Charity Centre, 11 Belgrave Road, London SW1.

His Royal Highness, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, this afternoon attended a Meeting at Halcyon Gallery, 144-146 New Bond Street, London W1.

The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Trustees, The Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, later chaired a Meeting at Eton College, Windsor, and this evening attended a Dinner at the College.

The Countess of Wessex today carried out the following engagements in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Her Royal Highness this morning laid a wreath at the 26/11 Memorial, Taj Palace Hotel, Apollo Bandar, Colaba.

The Countess of Wessex afterwards visited the Sassoon Dock, Sassoon Dock Road, Azad Magar, Colaba.

Her Royal Highness later visited the Ambedkar Nagar Community, Kurla West, Kurla.

The Countess of Wessex, Vice Patron, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, this afternoon visited Sir Elly Kadoorie School, Shivdas Champsi Road, opposite Chaitya Temple, Tadwadi, Mazgaon.

Her Royal Highness, Vice Patron, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, afterwards visited the Padmanagar Apalya Health Centre, Road Number 14, Govandi Slums, Indira Nagar, Kamala Nagar, Govandi East.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, the City and Guilds of London Institute, this morning visited UKFast.Net Limited’s offices and education centre, Birley Fields, Manchester, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (Mr Warren Smith).

Her Royal Highness, President, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, this afternoon received Miss Victoria Heywood upon relinquishing her appointment as Chairman and Mr Timothy Eyles upon assuming the appointment.

The Princess Royal, Patron, this evening presented the Whitley Fund for Nature Annual Awards at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7, and was received by Sir Michael Dixon (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, today received Mr Paul Boissier upon relinquishing his appointment as Chief Executive and Mr Mark Dowie upon assuming the appointment.

His Royal Highness, Patron, London Philharmonic Orchestra, this evening attended a Gala Dinner at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, London SW1.