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Royal Diary of Engagements, 14th April 2010

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 14 April 2010

Royal Diary of Engagements, 14th April 2010

No. 108 14th April 2010

With the compliments of the Press Secretary to The Queen

DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS OF
THE QUEEN & THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH,
THE PRINCE OF WALES & THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL,
PRINCE WILLIAM,
PRINCE HENRY,
THE DUKE OF YORK,
THE EARL & COUNTESS OF WESSEX,
THE PRINCESS ROYAL,
THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER,
THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF KENT,
AND PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.

> = Additions and amendments since the previous list.
x = Cancellations since the previous list.

This Diary of Engagements can also be viewed on the Royal web site, www.royal.gov.uk
(news section).

APRIL

Wednesday, 14th April

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit Italy.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit Italy.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit the Rivermead Community Centre,
Fuscia Way, Rogerstone, Newport, Gwent.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit the Info Shop, 133 Commercial
Street, Newport, Gwent.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Bisley Office Furniture, Caswell
Way, Liswerry, Newport, Gwent.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Wales National Velodrome,
Newport International Sports Village, Velodrome Way, Newport, Gwent.

The Princess Royal
Director, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), will attend a
Dinner in Evershot, Dorchester, Dorset.

The Princess Royal
will visit a Custody Suite at Eastbourne Investigation and Detainee Handling Centre,
Sussex Police, Hammonds Drive, Eastbourne, Sussex.

The Princess Royal
will attend a Sussex Integrated Offender Management Programme Seminar at Sussex
Police Headquarters, Malling House, Malling, Lewes, Sussex.

The Duke of Kent
Patron, will attend a Concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, South Bank Centre,
Belvedere Road, London.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open Cornwall's Regimental Museum at The Keep, Bodmin and visit students from
Cornwall College at Newquay Zoo.

Thursday, 15th April

Prince William
Patron, ‘A Positive View’ will attend a Royal Gala Reception for the 'A Positive View 2010' exhibition at Christie's, King Street, London.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit The Republic of
Turkmenistan.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will attend the Grace Kelly Exhibition and Dinner at the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Cromwell Road, London SW7.

The Princess Royal
Director, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), will attend
Working Sessions at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Osprey Quay,
Portland, Dorset and subsequently visit Portland Marina, Portland Dorset.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Injured Jockeys Fund, will attend a Race Meeting at Cheltenham
Racecourse, Evesham Road, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

The Duke of Kent
Chancellor, University of Surrey, will present Higher Degrees, at Guildford Cathedral,
Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey.

Friday, 16th April

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit The Republic of
Kazakhstan.

The Earl of Wessex
will open Rosewell House (Care Home), 194 King's Gate, Aberdeenshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will attend a Reception at Haddo House, Methlick, Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Meldrum Academy, Colpy Road,
Oldmeldrum, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society, will attend a performance of
"Iolanthe" and meet the cast, at Haddo House, Methlick, Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

The Princess Royal
will open an Extra Care Scheme at The Manors, Adderlane Road, West Wylam,
Prudhoe, Northumberland.

The Princess Royal
President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will open The Pegasus Centre, Tranwell,
Morpeth, Northumberland.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, will open the refurbished
Wansbeck Citizens Advice Bureau at 89 91 Station Road, Ashington, Northumberland.

Monday, 19th April

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, University of Cambridge, will attend the Guild of Benefactors Ceremony at
the Senate House, King's Parade, Cambridge.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, the University of Cambridge, will open the new Library and IT Centre at
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

> The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will attend the opening of the HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre of
Islamic Studies at The University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit The Republic of
Kazakhstan.

The Princess Royal
Patron, College of Occupational Therapists, will attend the launch of the 'Regaining
Independence Support Service', at West Sussex County Council, County Hall, Tower
Street, Chichester.

The Princess Royal
will open a new manufacturing facility at Northshore Yachts Limited, Northshore
Shipyard, Itchenor, Chichester, West Sussex.

Tuesday, 20th April

The Duke of Edinburgh
will present the Polar Medal at the British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road,
Cambridge.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, University of Cambridge, will open the Hauser Forum development, West
Cambridge Site, Madingley Road, Cambridge.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit The Republic of
Kazakhstan.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Scottish Opera, accompanied by The Duke of Gloucester, will attend a
performance of La Boheme at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit Greenham Common Trust, Liberty House, The Enterprise Centre, New
Greenham Park, Newbury.

The Duke of Kent
will visit Polehampton Church of England Infant School, Hermitage Drive, Twyford,
Reading, Berkshire.

Wednesday, 21st April

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit The Republic of
Kazakhstan.

The Princess Royal
as Colonel in Chief, Canadian Forces Medical Services, will attend a Dinner at Juno
Tower, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron in Chief, Scottish Veteran's Residences, accompanied by The Duchess of
Gloucester, will attend a lunch to mark the Centenary of Scottish Veteran's Residences at
the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association, accompanied by The Duchess of
Gloucester, will visit Ancaster House, Crieff.

The Duke of Kent
Patron, Army Historical Research, will present the Templer Medal Book Prize, at the
Cavalry and Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, London W1.

Thursday, 22nd April

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit Ukraine.

> The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, Canadian Forces Medical Services, will visit the Canadian Forces
Health Services Centre (Atlantic), Stradacona, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

> The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, will attend a Dinner at Government
House, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Crown Agents International Management Training Centre, St Nicholas
House, St Nicholas Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend a Seminar on Skills for Life, hosted by the Building Centre Trust at the
Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Royal Marine Special Boat Service Headquarters, Poole, Dorset.

The Duke of Kent
President, will visit the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at West Quay Road, Poole,
Dorset.

Friday, 23rd April

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit Ukraine.

The Countess of Wessex
President, Girlguiding UK, will visit Le Rondin School, Rue des Landes, Forest,
Guernsey.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Specsavers Opticial Group Limited, La Villiaze, St. Andrew, Guernsey.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Guernsey Clematis Nursery Limited, Route Militaire, Vale, Guernsey.

> The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, will attend a Reception at
Government House, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the Society of Antiquaries of London Anniversary Meeting at Burlington
House, Piccadilly, London W1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre, Cutty Sark Gardens, London SE10.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend a Royal Society of St. George Annual Lunch in celebration of St. George's
Day at the Officer's Mess, Woolwich Barracks, London.

The Duke of Kent
Patron, will attend an Opera by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, at
Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3.

Saturday, 24th April

> The Duke of Edinburgh
Senior Fellow, The Bray Fellowship (College of St. George), will attend the annual
Dinner in Bray.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment will visit Ukraine.

> The Princess Royal
will visit the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland,
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

> The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, will visit Branch 56 Royal Canadian
Legion, Pleasantville, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

> The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, will attend a 215th Birthday Dinner at
Delta St. John's Hotel, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

> The Princess Royal
will attend an Australian New Zealand Army Corps Day Service at Stobb's Camp,
Pleasantville, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Sunday, 25th April

> The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, will attend a Regimental Church
Service at the Anglican Cathedral of St. John, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

> The Princess Royal
will attend a Contemporary Veterans' Reception at Bowring Park, St. John's,
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

> The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, will attend the Caribou Memorial
Parade at Bowring Park, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the ANZAC Service at Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

Monday, 26th April

The Duke of Edinburgh
Trustee of Council, St. George's House, will attend the Spring Council Meeting, at St.
George's House, Windsor Castle.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Trustee, Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead,
will chair a Meeting of the Trustees at Frogmore House.

The Earl of Wessex
will attend the Worshipful Company of Actuaries Banquet at Mansion House, London
EC4.

The Earl of Wessex
President, will attend the International Youth Arts Festival Reception in Kingston,
Surrey.

The Earl of Wessex
will open a new wing at the Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability, West Hill, Putney,
London SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Malbank School and Sixth Form College to celebrate their 450th Anniversary,
Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open Beechmere Extra Care Housing Development, Crewe, Cheshire.

The Duke of Kent
Chancellor, will pay his Annual Visit to the University of Surrey, together with officially
opening the Guildford School of Acting, Guildford, Surrey.

Tuesday, 27th April

> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will journey on the Welsh Highland Railway from Caernarfon Railway Station to Dinas
Railway Station, Gwynedd.

> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend a lunch given by Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd at Bangor
University, Dean Street, Bangor, Gwynedd.

> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Venue Cymru, The Promenade, Llandudno, Clwyd.

The Duke of York
Chairman of the Trustees, Outward Bound Trust, will hold a Patron's Company Lunch at
Buckingham Palace.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, will attend The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Golfing Society Dinner at
Wentworth Club, Wentworth Drive, Virginia Water, Surrey.

The Princess Royal
Sponsor, HMS ALBION, will visit the Ship at HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

The Duke of Kent
will offically open the newly refurbished police stables at The Old Police House, Hyde
Park, London W2.

Wednesday, 28th April

> The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the Market Village, Welshpool Town
Hall, Broad Street, Welshpool, Powys.

> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Welshpool Livestock Market, Buttington Cross, Buttington, Welshpool,
Powys.

> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend a lunch given by Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Powys at the Royal Oak
Hotel, The Cross, Welshpool, Powys.

The Earl of Wessex
will hold a Dinner for Film Without Borders at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Wooden Spoon Society, will open a play room at Camp Mohawk, Highfield
Lane, Crazies Hill, Wargrave, Berkshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Lattitude Global Volunteering, visit its Head Office, 42 Queens Road, Reading,
Berkshire.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron, Fairbridge, will attend a Reception prior to the Film and Animation Awards at
BFI London IMAX, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, South Bank, Waterloo, London SE1.

Thursday, 29th April

The Duke of Edinburgh
Honorary Fellow, will attend The Royal Institution of Naval Architects' 150th
Anniversary Dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will attend a Local Authority Conference and
Lunch at the Mansion House, Cardiff.

The Duke of Edinburgh
will open the new village games court in Bancyfelin, Carmarthen, Wales.

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, Lions Clubs International, Multiple District 105, British Isles & Ireland, will
attend a Reception at the Lions Clubs International Conference at the Queens Hotel, City
Square, Leeds.

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, will visit Caring for Life, Crag House Farm, Smithy Lane, Cookridge, Leeds,
West Yorkshire.

The Princess Royal
will hold the High Constables and Guard of Honour of Holyroodhouse Annual Dinner at
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, The Royal Logistic Corps, will visit 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Regiment at Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot, Oxfordshire.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance Headquarters, Hazel
House, Burnthurst Lane, Princethorpe, Warwickshire.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Bradby Club, East Union Street, Rugby.

Friday, 30th April

The Earl of Wessex
will visit Shakespeare Primary School, 400 Honicknowle Lane, Plymouth, Devon.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit the Dartmouth Apprentice, Training for Life Dartmouth Prospect Centre, St
Barnabas Church, Newcomen Road, Dartmouth.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (UK), will open the new Air Training Cadet
Unit, Cowick Barton Playing Fields, Old Vicarage Road, St Thomas, Exeter.

> The Princess Royal
President, World Horse Welfare, will attend a Reception and Horse Trials at Badminton
House, Badminton, Gloucestershire.

MAY

Saturday, 1st May

The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Clewer Scout and Guide Headquarters and open their new car park in Windsor.

Tuesday, 4th May

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Norwich.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Farms for City Children, will visit Treginnis Isaf to commemorate its 20th
anniversary at St. Davids, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, will hold a 70th
Anniversary Reception at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Huyton Churches Training Service and Liverpool College Cadet Corps,
Liverpool.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Liverpool One complex, 5 Wall Street, Liverpool L1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Liverpool College to mark their 150th Anniversary, at Liverpool College,
Mossley Hill, Liverpool L18.

Wednesday, 5th May

The Duke of Edinburgh
will present the 2009 Templeton Prize, at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
President, will chair the Prince Philip Lecture at the Royal Society for the encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2.

The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will chair the Industry Committee Meeting and the
Annual General Meeting of the Council of Management at the Kennel Club, 1 5 Clarges
Street, London W1.

The Princess Royal
will hold a StareheFuture Appeal Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal
Chancellor, University of London, will open the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative
Care at King's College London, Bessemer Road, London SE5.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit two new Nursing Homes at St George's Retirement Village, Ditchling
Common, Ditchling, East Sussex,

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit Anne of Cleves House, Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex.

Thursday, 6th May

The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the United Kingdom and
Multi national Joint Headquarters Building, Sandy Lane, Northwood, Middlesex.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Founder and Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Association, will
attend a Reception for new Trustees at Award House, St Matthew Street, London, SW1.

The Princess Royal
Royal Patron, HF Trust Limited, will launch IDEA 'Inventing Dishes European Art'
Recipe Book at Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7.

The Princess Royal
Royal Patron, Motor Neurone Disease Association, will hold a 30th Anniversary
Volunteers' Reception at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of Gloucester
Colonel in Chief, the Royal Anglian Regiment will visit Oakham School to mark the
100th Anniversary of the founding of the Combined Cadet Force.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Out of the Rut, Oakham, Rutland.

Friday, 7th May

The Princess Royal
will open Cobalt House Breast Clinic at Linton House Clinic, Thirlestaine Road,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

The Princess Royal
will attend the Malvern Spring Gardening Show at The Showground, Malvern,
Worcestershire.

Saturday, 8th May

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Royal Colonel, Third Battalion The Rifles, will take the salute at the Homecoming
Parade on the Royal Mile, attend a Reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and present
medals at Redford Infantry Barracks, Edinburgh.

Sunday, 9th May

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, Ten Tors, will visit Okehampton Camp, Dartmoor, Devon.

> The Duke of Gloucester
will take the Salute at the Calvary Memorial Parade, Hyde Park, London.

Monday, 10th May

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award World Fellowship, will hold a Dinner to mark
the 23rd Anniversary of the founding of the World Fellowship, at Buckingham Palace.

The Earl of Wessex
will attend a performance of The Real Thing at the Old Vic, The Cut, London SE1.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit the Alfreton Leisure Centre, Church Street, Alfreton, Derbyshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will open the Chesterfield Birth Centre, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Stanton Vale School, Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

The Princess Royal
President, Save the Children UK, will visit a Shop, 18 High Street, Lymington,
Hampshire.

The Princess Royal
will visit Lymington New Forest Hospital and open the new Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) Suite, Wellworthy Road, Lymington, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal
Honorary Fellow, The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
(IMarEST), will attend a Dinner at H M Naval Base, Portsmouth.

Tuesday, 11th May

The Queen
Colonel in Chief, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel, will present new
Colours to 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace. Afterwards Her