The Royal Record

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Buckingham Palace 

Lady Bennett (Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex) was present at Gatwick Airport, London, today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Buckingham Palace 

The Earl and Countess of Wessex today visited the Olympic Games.

His Royal Highness, Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, accompanied by Her Royal Highness, later visited RFA Mounts Bay, Portland Port, Weymouth, Dorset.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today visited the Olympic Games.

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St James’s Palace 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Official Ambassadors, today visited the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace

The Earl and Countess of Wessex today visited the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today visited the Olympic Games.

Kensington Palace 

The Duchess of Gloucester, Honorary President, the Lawn Tennis Association, today visited the Olympic Games.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent today visited the Olympic Games.

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Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of Edinburgh today visited the Olympic Games.

The Lord Petre (Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex) was present at Stansted Airport today upon the Arrival of The President of the Russian Federation and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

St James’s Palace 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, Official Ambassadors, today visited the Olympic Games.

Prince Henry of Wales, President, the School Games, this morning attended a Reception at Clarence House.

His Royal Highness, Official Ambassador, the Olympic Games, this afternoon met Canadian athletes and volunteers at Canada House, 5 Trafalgar Square, London SW1.

Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of York today visited the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace 

The Earl and Countess of Wessex today visited the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today visited the Olympic Games.

Kensington Palace 

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester this afternoon visited the Royal Watercolour Society’s Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, “Royal Watercolour Society: Picturing Britain 2012”, at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent this afternoon attended a Reception at the conclusion of the Global Business Summit on Life Sciences at Lancaster House, London SW1.

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Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of Edinburgh today visited the sailing competition of the Olympic Games in Weymouth, Dorset.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, Official Ambassadors, today attended the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this morning attended the Global Health Policy Forum at Guildhall, London EC2.

His Royal Highness this afternoon received Mr William Winters (Member of the Independent Commission on Banking).

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today visited the Olympic Games.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this afternoon visited Olympic Armed Forces Security Personnel at the Defence Geographic Centre, Feltham, Middlesex.

The Princess Royal, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended a British Equestrian Federation Reception onboard the Cutty Sark, King William Walk, Greenwich, London SE10.

St James’s Palace 

The Duke of Kent this afternoon visited the Olympic Games.

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Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of Edinburgh today visited the sailing competition of the Olympic Games in Weymouth, Dorset.

Clarence House 

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, the British Equestrian Federation, today visited the Olympic Games.

St James’s Palace 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, Official Ambassadors, today visited the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace

Mr Alastair Watson was received by The Duke of York today upon relinquishing his appointment as Private Secretary and Treasurer to His Royal Highness.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today visited the Olympic Games.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended a Reception for National Olympic Committee Members at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London WC2.

Kensington Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester this afternoon visited the Olympic Games at Lee Valley White Water Centre, Station Road, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.

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The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Reverend Hugh Palmer to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty in succession to the Reverend William Mowll.

The Duke of York has been pleased to appoint Mrs Amanda Thirsk to be Private Secretary and Treasurer to His Royal Highness in succession to Mr Alastair Watson.

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Buckingham Palace 

Colonel Michael Dudding (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at London City Airport today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of France and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Clarence House 

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Regeneration Trust, this morning opened the Flagstone Cottage (the Backies), Castletown, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness (Miss Anne Dunnett).

His Royal Highness afterwards visited the offices of the North Highland Initiative in Wick, Caithness, and subsequently visited Wick Harbour.

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, this afternoon visited a farm in Sibster, Wick.

His Royal Highness later received Mr David Whiteford (Chairman, the North Highland Initiative) and Mr Thomas Campbell (Chief Executive).

The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay this evening received Mr Gregory Barker MP (Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change).

His Royal Highness afterwards held a Reception at the Castle of Mey to mark the launch of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Marine Energy Park.

The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron, the British Equestrian Federation, this morning visited the Olympic Games.

St James’s Palace 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, Official Ambassadors, today visited the Olympic Games.

The Duchess of Cambridge this evening attended the United Kingdom’s Creative Industries Reception at the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today visited the Olympic Games.

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Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of Edinburgh this morning visited the Equestrian Eventing competition of the Olympic Games in Greenwich Park, London SE10.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Cambridge, Official Ambassador, today visited the Olympic Games.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, today visited the Olympic Games.

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Buckingham Palace 

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this morning visited the XXX Olympic Games at the Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20, and were received by the Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (the Lord Coe), the Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (Sir John Armitt) and the Mayor of London (Mr Boris Johnson).

Her Majesty and Their Royal Highnesses, escorted respectively by the Lord Coe, Sir John Armitt and Mr James Bulley (Director of Venues and Infrastructure, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games), met Orbit Tower designers and London Ambassadors before visiting the Aquatics Centre and meeting staff and athletes and viewing swimming heats in the pool.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, with The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, afterwards visited the Athletes’ Village, were received by the Chairman of the British Olympic Association (the Lord Moynihan) and met members of the Association’s staff.

Her Majesty and His Royal Highness subsequently visited an apartment in the Village and met athletes and Team GB athletes.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, with The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence then visited the Canteen and, having been received by Mr Nigel Garfitt (Director of London 2012 Villages) and the Mayor of the Olympic Village (Sir Charles Allen), met athletes, the Villages team and catering staff.

The Queen this afternoon visited London City Airport, Newham, London E16, to mark the Airport’s Twenty Fifth Anniversary, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir David Brewer), the Chairman of London City Airport (Mr Roy Griffins), Mr Declan Collier (Chief Executive Officer) and the Mayor of the London Borough of Newham (Sir Robin Wales).

Clarence House 

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall today visited the Olympic Games.

His Royal Highness this morning received Mrs Melinda Gates (Co-Chairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).

The Prince of Wales this afternoon visited members of the Armed Forces on duty for the Olympic Games at Royal Air Force Northolt.

The Duchess of Cornwall today visited the Exhibition Road Show in South Kensington, London SW7, and was received by Mr Richard Walker-Arnott (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, this afternoon visited the Olympic Games.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester, Honorary President, the Lawn Tennis Association, today visited the Olympic Games at the All England Club, Wimbledon, London SW19.

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Buckingham Palace 

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh gave a Reception at Buckingham Palace this afternoon for Heads of State and Government attending the Opening Ceremony of the XXX Olympic Games.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Henry of Wales, The Duke of York, accompanied by Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke and Duchess of Kent, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent were present.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh this evening arrived at the Olympic Stadium, Stratford, London E20, and were received by the Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (the Lord Coe) and the President of the International Olympic Committee (Count Rogge).

Her Majesty and His Royal Highness viewed the Opening Ceremony of the Games and the Parade of Athletes, before The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, opened the XXX Olympic Games and viewed the lighting of the cauldron by the Olympic Flame.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Henry of Wales, The Duke of York, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke and Duchess of Kent, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent also attended.

The Lord Petre (Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex) was present at Stansted Airport today upon the Arrival of The President of the Czech Republic, The President of the Federal Republic of Germany and The President of the Slovak Republic and welcomed Their Excellencies on behalf of The Queen.

Wing Commander Michael Dudgeon (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at Heathrow Airport, London, today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Bulgaria, The President of the Republic of Finland, The President of the Republic of Hungary and The President of the Portuguese Republic and welcomed Their Excellencies on behalf of Her Majesty.

Mr Nigel Atkinson (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire) was present at Farnborough Airport today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Montenegro and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Sir Kenneth Knight (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at Royal Air Force Northolt today upon the Arrival of The Queen of Denmark and welcomed Her Majesty on behalf of The Queen.

Lady Bennett (Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex) was present at Gatwick Airport, London, today upon the Arrival of The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning received Mr Howard Graham Buffett (President, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation) and Mr Howard Warren Buffett (Executive Director).

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

The Prince of Wales this afternoon received the Rt Hon David Cameron MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury).

His Royal Highness, Colonel-in-Chief, The Mercian Regiment, received Lieutenant Colonel Colin Marks upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Gilby upon assuming the appointment, and Lieutenant Colonel Giles Woodhouse upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, and Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Davies upon assuming the appointment.

Major General Andrew Sharpe (Colonel, The Mercian Regiment) was present.

The Prince of Wales, President, Business in the Community, received Princess Badiya El Hassan of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan who is relinquishing her appointment as Chairman of Mosaic.

Buckingham Palace 

The President of the Republic of Gabon this morning called upon The Duke of York.

The President of Mongolia called upon His Royal Highness.

The Chief Minister of Nagaland today called upon The Duke of York.

His Royal Highness this afternoon received the Prime Minister of Algeria.

The Duke of York received Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, today attended the XXX Olympic Games.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, this afternoon visited temporary accommodation for Olympic Armed Forces security personnel at Tobacco Dock, London E1.

Kensington Palace 

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, Scottish Society of Architect Artists, this morning visited the Summer Exhibition at the House of an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, Glasgow, and was received by Dr Rajan Madhok (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow).

His Royal Highness, Honorary Fellow, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, afterwards visited Shettleston Housing Association Headquarters, 65 Pettigrew Street, Glasgow.

The Duke of Gloucester, Joint President, this afternoon visited the Cancer Research UK Formulation Unit at Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, Strathclyde University, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow.

The Duchess of Gloucester this morning took the salute at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment Balaklava Kit Ride at Hyde Park Barracks, London SW7.

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Buckingham Palace 

The Rt Hon Mark Francois MP (Vice Chamberlain of the Household) was received in audience by The Queen today and presented Addresses from the House of Commons to which Her Majesty was graciously pleased to make reply.

Miss Patricia Lloyd was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested her with the Insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

Mr Alastair Watson was received by The Queen upon relinquishing his appointment as Private Secretary and Treasurer to The Duke of York.

Mr Alan Christian was received by The Queen when Her Majesty decorated him with a Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver).

The Duke of Edinburgh this morning received the Governor-General of Canada (His Excellency the Rt Hon David Johnston).

The Queen was represented by Field Marshal the Lord Bramall KG (formerly Aide-de-Camp General) at the Funeral of General Sir David Fraser (formerly Aide-de-Camp General) which was held at the Church of the Holy Cross, Binsted, near Alton, Hampshire, this afternoon.

The Duke of Edinburgh was represented by Major General George Norton.

Mrs Susan Pyper (Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex) was present at Gatwick Airport, London, today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Latvia and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Sir David Brewer (Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at Heathrow Airport, London, today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Cyprus, The President of Kenya, The President of Mongolia, The President of the Republic of Mozambique and The President of the Republic of Singapore and welcomed Their Excellencies on behalf of Her Majesty.

The Lord Petre (Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Essex) was present at Stansted Airport today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Armenia, The President of Azerbaijan, The President of the Italian Republic and The President of Panama and welcomed Their Excellencies on behalf of The Queen.

Wing Commander Michael Dudgeon (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at Heathrow Airport, London, today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Croatia, The President of the Republic of Kosovo, The President of the Republic of Macedonia, The President of the Republic of Slovenia and The President of the Tunisian Republic and welcomed Their Excellencies on behalf of Her Majesty.

Mr Gordon Tregear (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex) was present at Gatwick Airport, London, today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Serbia and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Colonel Colin Mason (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire) was present at Luton Airport today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Rwanda and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of Her Majesty.

Sir Kenneth Knight (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at Royal Air Force Northolt today upon the Arrival of The President of Georgia and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The Queen.

Colonel Michael Dudding (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London) was present at London City Airport today upon the Arrival of The President of the Republic of Lithuania and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of Her Majesty.

Clarence House 

The Prince of Wales this morning received Mrs Portia Simpson-Miller (Prime Minister of Jamaica).

His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Trust, held a Meeting at Clarence House.

The Prince of Wales, President, the British Asian Trust, this afternoon held a Meeting at Clarence House.

His Royal Highness received Mr Laurent Lamothe (Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti).

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall received the Governor-General of New Zealand (His Excellency Lieutenant General the Rt Hon Sir Jeremiah Mateparae) and Lady Mateparae.

Their Royal Highnesses received the Governor-General of Canada (His Excellency the Rt Hon David Johnston) and Mrs Johnston.

The Prince of Wales this evening held a Reception at Clarence House for delegates of the British Government’s Global Investment Conference.

St James’s Palace 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales, Patrons, the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, today launched the Coach Core programme at Bacon’s College, Timber Pond Road, Rotherhithe, London SE16.

Their Royal Highnesses, Olympic Ambassadors, this evening witnessed the exchange of the Olympic Torch in the Forecourt of Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace 

The Duke of York this afternoon received Mr Mukesh Ambani (Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited), Mrs Nita Ambani (Founder, Dhirubhai Ambani International School) and Mr Nikhil Meswani (Executive Director, Reliance Industries Limited).

The President of the Republic of Panama called upon His Royal Highness.

The Duke of York this evening attended a Reception at Clarence House for delegates of the British Government’s Global Investment Conference.

His Royal Highness afterwards attended a Dinner given by British Petroleum plc onboard MV Silver Sturgeon.

Buckingham Palace 

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, this morning attended the International Olympic Committee Session at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London W1.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended a pre-Olympic Reception given by the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor and the Lord Mayor of London at Mansion House, London EC4.

Kensington Palace 

The Duchess of Gloucester, Honorary President, the Lawn Tennis Association, this evening held a Reception at Kensington Palace, given by the Lawn Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation on the occasion of the XXX Olympic Games.

St James’s Palace 

The Duke of Kent, President, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, this evening attended a Reception at Kensington Palace, given by the Lawn Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation on the occasion of the XXX Olympic Games.