The Royal Record

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Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, Joint Patrons, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, this morning officially opened the Global Academy in support of the Heads Together London Marathon Campaign at the Old Vinyl Factory, 1 Record Walk, Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex, and were received by Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin Traverse-Healy (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Buckingham Palace

The Countess of Wessex this morning visited Surrey Wildlife Trust, Nower Wood, Mill Way, Leatherhead, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey (Mr Michael More-Molyneux).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited Ridgeway Community School, Frensham Road, Farnham, and was received by the Reverend Canon Nigel Nicholson (Deputy Lieutenant
of Surrey).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent this morning visited Prometheus Medical Limited, the Old Rectory, Hope-under-Dinmore, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire (the Countess of Darnley).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Hergest Croft Gardens, Ridgebourne Road, Kington, Herefordshire.

The Duke of Kent afterwards met local producers and pioneering companies at Next End Farm, Lyonshall, Herefordshire.

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Windsor Castle

The Duke of Edinburgh this afternoon received a Daoist delegation from the Alliance of Religions and Conservation at Windsor Castle.

His Royal Highness, Senior Fellow, the Bray Fellowship, this evening attended the Annual Dinner at the Waterside Inn, Ferry Road, Bray, Berkshire.

The Duke of Cambridge, on behalf of The Queen, held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace this morning.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this evening attended a Reception for the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, the Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, this afternoon received Heads Together London Marathon runners.

Kensington Palace

Prince Henry of Wales this morning opened the 2017 London Marathon Expo, ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16, and was received by Mr John Barber (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex this evening attended a Dinner for the Resident Land Agents Club, at Vicar’s Hall, Windsor Castle.

The Countess of Wessex, Patron, St Mary’s Wrestwood Children’s Trust, this morning visited St Mary’s School and College, Wrestwood Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex (Mr Peter Field).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited Crossways Community, Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kent (the Viscount de L’Isle).

The Countess of Wessex later visited Abigail’s Place, Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, President, Riding for the Disabled Association, this morning attended the South Region Supra Regional Conference, Newbury Racecourse, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire (Mr James Puxley).

The Princess Royal, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended the Naval Intelligence Division Zimmerman Dinner onboard HMS Victory, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Buckingham Palace

Princess Alexandra, Royal Honorary Colonel, The Royal Yeomanry, this afternoon received Lieutenant-General Sir Barnabas White-Spunner upon relinquishing his appointment as Honorary Colonel and Major-General Simon Brooks-Ward upon assuming the appointment, and Lieutenant-Colonel Simon McMenemy upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer and Lieutenant Colonel Conn MacEvilly upon assuming the appointment.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, received Mr Luke Rittner upon relinquishing his appointment as Chairman and the Rt Hon Shaun Woodward upon assuming the appointment.

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Windsor Castle

The Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel-in-Chief, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, this afternoon received a regimental delegation at Windsor Castle.

The Lord Petre (Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex) was present at Stansted Airport, London, this afternoon upon the Arrival of The President of Ukraine and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales, Patron of the former Chindits Old Comrades’ Association, was represented by the Viscount Slim (President, the Burma Star Association) at the Funeral Service of Mr Ronald Hadley (formerly Chairman of the former Chindits Old Comrades’ Association, and President, the Burma Star Association, Birmingham Branch), which was held at Sandwell Valley Crematorium, West Bromwich, West Midlands, this afternoon.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Cambridge this morning attended a screening of the documentary Mind Over Marathon at BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1.

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Windsor Castle

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh this morning arrived at Leicester Railway Station and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire (Jennifer, Lady Gretton).

Her Majesty and His Royal Highness drove to Leicester Cathedral and were received at the South Door by the Bishop of Leicester (the Right Reverend Martyn Snow), the Dean (the Very Reverend David Monteith) and the Residentiary Canons.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh attended the Maundy Service at which Her Majesty distributed the Royal Maundy.

The Right Reverend Dr John Inge (Lord High Almoner) and the Reverend Canon Paul Wright (Sub-Almoner) were present.

The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty.

Her Majesty and His Royal Highness afterwards joined representatives of the Chapter, the Diocese and the Royal Almonry at St Martin’s House and were received by the Lord Mayor of Leicester (Councillor Stephen Corrall).

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were subsequently entertained to Luncheon in the Grand Hall of St Martin’s House by the Bishop of Leicester.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York today received students and staff from Prince Andrew High School, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Second Warden, the Fishmongers’ Company, this morning attended the Committee of Wardens Meeting and General Court Meeting at Fishmongers’ Hall, London Bridge, London EC4.

Her Royal Highness, President, Royal Yachting Association, this afternoon attended the Youth National Championships at Hayling Island Sailing Club, Sandy Point, Hayling Island, and was received by Mr Hallam Mills (Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire).

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Windsor Castle

The Queen held a Council at 12.40pm.

There were present: the Rt Hon David Lidington MP (Lord President), the Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer) and the Rt Hon Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster).

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

The Rt Hon David Lidington MP had an audience of Her Majesty before the Council.

By command of The Queen, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Mahmud Mohammed Nacua at 15 Knightsbridge, London SW1, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from Libya to the Court of St James’s.

By command of Her Majesty, the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps afterwards called upon His Excellency Mr Alisher Kurmanov at 41 Holland Park, London W11, in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Court of St James’s.

Clarence House

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, Patron, this afternoon held a Meeting at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire, for the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism.

His Royal Highness, Founder and President, afterwards held a Meeting for The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, the Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, this evening held a Dinner for supporters.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Vice-Admiral, this morning took the salute at the Lord High Admiral’s Divisions at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon (Mr David Fursdon).

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this morning visited Charlie Miller Hairdressing Limited, Charlie Miller Training Academy, Holy Corner, 2 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, to mark its Fiftieth Anniversary, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh (Councillor Donald Wilson, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

Her Royal Highness, Chancellor, the University of Edinburgh, afterwards opened O’Shea Hall, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal this afternoon visited an Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, to mark the Centenary of the Scottish Women’s Rural Institutes.

Her Royal Highness, President, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening held a Dinner at St James’s Palace.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, President, the Britain-Nepal Society, was represented by Mr Roger Potter (Chairman) at the Funeral of Colonel James Evans (former Vice-President) which was held at St Mary’s Church, Froyle, Hampshire, this afternoon.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, this morning officially opened Scarborough Lifeboat Station at Foreshore Road, Scarborough, and named the new Shannon Lifeboat Frederick William Plaxton and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (Mr Barry Dodd).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Lovat Mill, Hawick, Roxburghshire, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale (the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry).

The Duke of Kent, Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), this evening attended a Regimental Dinner at Edinburgh Castle.

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The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Reverend Prebendary Jonathan Osborne to be a Deputy Priest in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

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Windsor Castle

The Queen, Patron, the Zoological Society of London, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, Honorary Fellow, this morning opened the Centre for Elephant Care at Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (Mrs Helen Nellis), the President of the Zoological Society of London (Sir John Beddington) and Mr Ralph Armond (Director General).

Her Majesty and His Royal Highness, escorted respectively by Professor David Field (Zoological Director) and Mr Lee Sambrook (Head Elephant Keeper), viewed the Elephant Enclosure and the elephant team carrying out nail filing, footcare and dental checks.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh viewed the feeding of an elephant and Her Majesty fed an elephant.

The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, this afternoon opened Priory View, Church Street, Dunstable, and was received by Central Bedfordshire Council (Councillor David Bowater) and the Mayor of Dunstable (Councillor Peter Hollick).

Her Majesty, escorted by Ms Julie Ogley (Director of Social Care and Housing), and His Royal Highness, escorted by Councillor Carole Hegley (Executive Member for Social Care and Housing), viewed the hair salon, activities room, spa and accommodation and met residents
and carers.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were entertained to Luncheon by the Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, this evening attended a Dinner to mark the Fortieth Anniversary of the Fund, Windsor Guildhall, High Street, Windsor, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire (Mr James Puxley).

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning attended a Post-Flood Recovery Reception at the Sands Methodist Hall, the Sands, Appleby-in-Westmorland, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria (Mrs Peter Hensman).

His Royal Highness afterwards met members of Cows and Company at Appleby Creamery Limited, Crosscroft Industrial Estate, Appleby-in-Westmorland.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, the Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, this evening held a Dinner at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this morning received the Ambassador from the People’s Republic of China (His Excellency Mr Liu Xiaoming).

Buckingham Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Trustees, The Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, this evening chaired a Meeting, followed by Dinner, at Windsor Guildhall, High Street, Windsor, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire (Mr James Puxley).

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal this afternoon opened an Exhibition and attended a Reception to celebrate the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of St Andrews Ladies’ Putting Club at the British Golf Museum, Bruce Embankment, St Andrews, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Fife (Mr Robert Balfour).

Her Royal Highness, Honorary Member, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, later visited the Clubhouse, St Andrews.

The Princess Royal, Patron, Opportunity International United Kingdom, this evening attended a Dinner at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.

Buckingham Palace

Princess Alexandra, Patron, this evening held a Reception at St James’s Palace to mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of Crisis UK.