COURT CIRCULAR
Buckingham Palace
The Emir of the State of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani today commenced a State Visit to The King and Queen.
The Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed Their Highnesses at their residence in London W1, on behalf of The King.
The Emir of the State of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses, drove to Horse Guards and were met by The King.
The Emir of the State of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani, accompanied by The King, with The Prince and Princess of Wales, drove in a Carriage Procession to Buckingham Palace with a Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry, and were greeted by The Queen.
Gun Salutes were fired in Green Park by The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, and at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company.
Guards of Honour were provided at Horse Guards by 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and at Buckingham Palace by 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
His Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The King’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard and a Detachment of Household Cavalry were on duty.
The King presented The Emir with the Insignia of an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
The Emir of the State of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani this afternoon visited Westminster Abbey.
The Emir afterwards drove to the Palace of Westminster and was received by the Lord Speaker (the Lord McFall of Alcluith) and the Speaker of the House of Commons (the Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP).
The Speaker welcomed The Emir of the State of Qatar and His Highness delivered an Address.
The Emir subsequently attended a Reception with Peers, Members of Parliament and other guests.
The Emir of the State of Qatar afterwards called upon The Prince of Wales at Kensington Palace.
The King and Queen gave a State Banquet this evening in honour of The Emir of the State of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani at which The Prince of Wales, The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present.
The following had the honour of being invited:
Suite of The Emir of the State of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani: His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs), His Excellency Mr Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Khulaifi (Chief of the Amiri Diwan), His Excellency Mr Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari (Minister of Finance), His Excellency Mr Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi (Minister of State for Energy Affairs), Her Excellency Ms Lolwah bint Rashid Al-Khater (Minister of Education and Higher Education), His Excellency Sheikh Faisal bin Thani Al Thani (Minister of Commerce and Industry), Her Excellency Ms Maryam bint Ali Al Misnad (Minister of State for International Co-operation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani (Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United Kingdom), His Excellency Lieutenant General (Pilot) Jassim bin Mohammed Al Mannai (Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces) and His Excellency Mr Saad bin Nasser Al Kaabi (Director of the Department of Studies and Research at the Amiri Diwan).
Members of the Qatari Delegation and Guests: His Excellency Badr Mohammed Al Meer (Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Airways), Mr Mohammed Saif Al-Sowaidi (Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Investment Authority), His Excellency Sheikh Abdulrahman Khalid HA Al-Thani (Assistant Director of European Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the Lord Levy (Member of the House of Lords), His Excellency Hassan Al Thawadi (Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy), His Excellency Fahad Mohammed Al-Attiyah (former Qatari Ambassador to the United Kingdom), Mr Nasser Al-Khelaifi (Chairman, beIN Sports), Mr Ali Abdulla Al-Thawadi (Director, ARQ Advisors Limited), Mr Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri (Owner, the Ritz Hotel), Sir John Sawers (former Chief of the Secret Service), the Viscount Rothermere (Chairman, Daily Mail and General Trust plc), Sir Ronald Cohen (Businessman and Philanthropist), the Lord Leigh of Hurley (Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Cavendish Corporate Finance), Mr Patrick Thomson (Chief Executive Officer, JP Morgan, Europe, Middle East and Africa), Mr Robert Thomson (Chief Executive Officer, News Corporation), Mr Amit Bhatia (Chairman, Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club), Mr Manoj Badale (Co-Founder, Blenheim Chalcot) and His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al-Thani (Founder, Heritage Advisors Limited).
Specially attached to The Emir of the State of Qatar and Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani: The Viscount Hood (Lord in Waiting) and the Viscountess Hood, and Mr Neerav Patel (His Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar) and Mrs Patel.
Diplomatic Corps: His Excellency the Ambassador of the Republic of Honduras and Mrs de Romero.
The Cabinet and Government: The Prime Minister and Lady Starmer, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and Ms Nicola Green, the Leader of the House of Lords, the Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP (Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero) and the Hon Mrs Justice Thornton, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade and Mrs Reynolds, the Rt Hon John Healey MP (Secretary of State for Defence), and Mr Hamish Falconer MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan) and Dr Elizabeth Nally.
Special Invitations: Her Excellency Sheikha Asma Al Thani, His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani, Mr and Mrs Dominic Armstrong, Mrs Felicity Aston and Mr Gísli Jónsson, the Leader of the Opposition and Mr Hamish Badenoch, Mr Andrew Bailey and Professor Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Sir Philip and Lady Barton, Mr and Mrs David Beckham, Professor Dame Carol Black and Dr Christopher Morley, Sir Francis Brooke, Bt and the Hon Lady Brooke, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the Lady Carrington, Professor Sir Mark and Lady Caulfield, Mr Matthew and Dr Emily Clifford, the Lord and Lady Darzi of Denham, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Lady Davey, Major General and Mrs Arthur Denaro, Mr and Mrs Sean Doyle, Dame Amelia Fawcett, Dame Anita Frew and Mr Michael van Hemert, Dr Siân and Major Nicholas George, Ms Cressida Hogg and Mr Henry Legge, the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lady Hoyle, Professor Raihan Ismail and Mr Andrew Chapman, Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis and Dr Penelope Gordon, Ms Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, Dame Ann Limb and Mr Michael Jary, the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Professor and Mrs Geoffrey Maitland, the Lord Speaker (the Lord McFall of Alcluith), Sir Richard and Lady Moore, Dr and Mrs Farhan Nizami, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London and Lady Olisa, the Chief of the Defence Staff and Lady Radakin, Mr Shabir Randeree, the Lord and Lady Reed of Allermuir, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon, Sir Mark and Lady Rowley, the Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia and Mr Ian Shackleton, Professor Sir Steven and Lady Smith, Ms Shoshana Stewart and Mr Rory Stewart, the Lord and Lady Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords and the Lady True, and Sir Nigel Wilson and Ms Katherine Liddell.
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