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Royal Diary of Engagements, 2nd September 2009

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 02 September 2009

Royal Diary of Engagements, 2nd September 2009

No. 78 2nd September 2009

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).

SEPTEMBER

Thursday, 3rd September

The Duke of York
Past Captain, Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, will give a Tea for the Great
Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will give a Dinner for the
Singapore British Business Council at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of Kent
President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, will attend the Ceremony of Dedication
for the Memorial Sculpture at the Lifeboat College, West Quay Road, Poole, BH15.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Superior Group Limited and launch the Superior Apprenticeship Scheme, at
Nimrod Way, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset.

The Duke of Kent
Patron, will attend a Concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Royal Albert
Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7.

Friday, 4th September

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit the West
Midlands.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit Warwickshire.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit the Cambridge Cancer Help Centre

Sunday, 6th September

The Duke of Kent
Colonel, will attend the Scots Guards Gathering in Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock,
Ayrshire.

Monday, 7th September

The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.

The Princess Royal
will open Scottish Borders Campus at Borders College and Heriot Watt University,
Nether Road, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.

The Princess Royal
will visit Abbotsford House, Melrose, Roxburghshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
President, RAPID UK, will open the Headquarters at Norton's Piece, Bristol Way,
Hardwicke.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Robert Raikes' House, Southgate Street, Gloucester.

Tuesday, 8th September

The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, Tomorrow's People, will hold a Dinner at Bagshot Park, Bagshot, Surrey.

The Princess Royal
will visit Fife Constabulary to commemorate its 60th Anniversary at Police
Headquarters, Detroit Road, Glenrothes, Fife.

The Princess Royal
will visit the Scottish Fisheries Museum to commemorate its 40th Anniversary at St.
Ayles, Harbourhead, Anstruther, Fife.

> The Princess Royal
will visit the High School of Dundee to commemorate its 150th Royal Charter
Anniversary at Euclid Crescent, Dundee.

The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will visit Fife Carers Centre at 157
Commercial Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Unicorn Preservation Society, will attend a Dinner onboard Her Majesty's
Frigate Unicorn, Victoria Dock, Dundee.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, BLESMA, will visit the Blackpool Home to celebrate the 60th Anniversary.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit St Cuthbert's Church to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the present church,
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the new premises of Tangerine Holdings Ltd, Dock Road, Lytham St Annes,
Lancashire.

The Duke of Kent
will visit IOG Saltex 2009 at Royal Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor,
Berkshire.

Wednesday, 9th September

The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit Inverness.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit the premises of the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust at Saddlers House,
100 Reading Road, Yateley, Hampshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will chair a Charities Forum at Bagshot Park, Bagshot, Surrey.

The Princess Royal
will open Wick Marina, Wick Harbour, Wick, Caithness.

The Princess Royal
will visit Tain Royal Academy to commemorate its Royal Charter Bicentenary at
Scotsburn Road, Tain, Ross shire.

The Princess Royal
will visit Tain Rose Gardens, High Street, Tain, Ross shire.

The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will visit a Young Carers Art Workshop
at Tain Parish Church Hall, Queen Street, Tain, Ross shire.

The Princess Royal
will visit the Gatehouse Centre Glass Project at Cambusavie Unit, Lawson Memorial
Hospital, Station Road, Golspie, Sutherland.

The Princess Royal
will visit Sutherland Schools Pipe Band at Cambusavie Unit, Lawson Memorial
Hospital, Station Road, Golspie, Sutherland.

The Duke of Kent
President, Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, will visit Princess Marina House, Seafield
Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, West Sussex.

The Duke of Kent
will present The Queen's Award for Enterprise to Sprint Electric Limited, Rudford
Industrial Estate, Ford, Arundel, West Sussex.

x Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
President, The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, will attend a Garden Party to celebrate
the Home's Ninetieth Anniversary, at Eastlands Estate, West Chiltington Lane,
Billingshurst, West Sussex.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open a new extension at Donnington House Care Home, Chichester, West Sussex .

Thursday, 10th September

The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit the Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright.

The Countess of Wessex
Trustee, the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, will NOT NOW attend the
Co operative's Awards Dinner at the Hilton Metropole, 225 Edgeware Road, London
W2.

The Princess Royal
will open the new Largs Pier, Largs, Ayrshire.

The Princess Royal
will open Port Askaig Pier, Port Askaig, Isle of Islay, Argyll.

The Princess Royal
will visit Jura Care Centre Group at Kinuachdrachd, Inverlussa, Isle of Jura, Argyll.

The Princess Royal
will visit Tarbert Conservation Initiative at Tarbert, Argyll.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Broad Street, Oxford.

The Duke of Kent
Chancellor, University of Surrey, will attend the British Association for the
Advancement of Science Festival Dinner, Guildford, Surrey.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron of CORDA, will attend a Reception on board HQS Wellington, Victoria
Embankment, London WC2.

Friday, 11th September

> The Prince of Wales
The Duke of Cornwall will open the new Princetown Village Centre, Tavistock Road,
Princetown, Yelverton.

> The Prince of Wales
The Duke of Cornwall will visit the new Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, Tavistock
Road, Princetown, Yelverton, Devon

> The Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales, Patron Exeter Cathedral's Third Millennium Campaign, will visit
The Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter.

> The Prince of Wales
will visit the Operations Centre at the Met Office Headquarters, FitzRoy Road, Exeter.

> The Duchess of Cornwall
will present the Village Church for Village Life Award at Mercers' Hall, Ironmongers
Lane, London.

The Countess of Wessex
Colonel in Chief, will visit the Corps of Army Music at Kneller Hall, Twickenham,
Middlesex.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The British Nutrition Foundation, will attend a Regional Scottish Education
Conference at Our Dynamic Earth, 112 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
Patron, International Sheep Dog Society, will attend International Sheep Dog Trials at
Lowther Park, Penrith, Cumbria.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit the James Hopkins Trust at Kites Corner, Gloucester

Saturday, 12th September

The Queen
Colonel in Chief, will visit The Queen's Royal Lancers.

> The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall
will visit Seaton Delaval Hall, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland. His Royal Highness is
President of The National Trust.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Canine Partners, will attend the Canine Partners' Grand Clay Challenge,
Holywell.

Monday, 14th September

> Prince William
will attend The Princes' Charities Forum at Clarence House, London.

> Prince William
will open the second phase of the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London, SW7.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will attend a Dinner
given by the Wolfe Society at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Hospital Road, London,
SW3.

The Princess Royal
will attend the annual conference of the International Federation of Consulting
Engineers, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster,
London, SW1.

The Princess Royal
Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), will visit the
Household Cavalry Regiment, Combermere Barracks, Windsor, Berkshire.

Tuesday, 15th September

The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the new Sports Hall at Gordonstoun
School, Elgin, Morayshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will view Clackmannan Tower, Clackmannanshire.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (United Kingdom) will attend a Dinner at
Drum Castle, Drumoak, Banchory, Aberdeenshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit Alloa Community Enterprises, Unit D, Carlsberg Depot, Greenfield Street,
Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit Alloa Tower, Earn Court, Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit Lornshill Academy, Tullibody Road, Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

> The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Dollar Academy, Clackmannanshire
and meet students preparing for their Duke of Edinburgh's Awards.

The Princess Royal
will visit the Northern Racing College to commemorate its 25th Anniversary, The
Stables, Rossington Hall, Great North Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

The Princess Royal
will open Fusion@Magna and tour the Business Centre, Magna Way, Rotherham, South
Yorkshire.

The Princess Royal
will visit Second Nature Life Support's Winthrop Park, Second Lane, Wickersley,
Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, the Westminster Society will attend the Society's second Golden Jubilee Event at
Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, Breadmarket Street, Lichfield,
Staffordshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St John, will attend the dedication of the Memorial to the
Order of St John at the National Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, TR14ers, will today attend a Royal Gala Performance by a number of youth
bands and choirs from Cambourne, Cornwall.

The Duke of Kent
will visit GKN Aerospace Services, Ferry Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend a Reception for the Zimbabwe Farmers' Trust Fund to be held in the Vintners
Hall, Upper Thames Street, London.

Wednesday, 16th September

The Earl of Wessex
will open the Grampian Transport Museum new building at Alford, Aberdeenshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will re open the new Montgarrie Bridge, over the River Don, Alford, Aberdeenshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit the rennovated Tullynessle and Forbes Hall, Tullynessle, Alford,
Aberdeenshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit the Bennachie Centre, Pitcaple, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The College of Emergency Medicine, will attend the Autumn Conference
Reception at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7.

The Princess Royal
will open Phase 1 of the Ceramics Galleries in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Cromwell Road, London, SW7.

The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic Association, will attend an Executive Board meeting, 1
Wandsworth Plain, London, SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St John, accompanied by The Duchess of Gloucester will
attend a concert in aid of the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, Cadogan Hall, London
SW1.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend the Quincentenary Celebrations of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, West
Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit Lancaster University to attend the University's Forty Fifth Anniversary Dinner.

Thursday, 17th September

The Princess Royal
will open the new accommodation block and dining room at YMCA Fairthorne Manor,
Curdridge, Southampton, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, RYA Sailability, will attend the pre departure Trans Atlantic Reception for Mr.
Geoff Holt, Southampton International Boat Show, Mayflower Park, Southampton,
Hampshire.

The Princess Royal
Commandant In Chief (Youth), St John Ambulance, will open the new St. John
Ambulance Youth Training Centre, 99 Hawley Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal
Honorary Freeman, The Worshipful Company of Butchers, will attend a Court Meeting
and a Court Dinner, Butchers' Hall, 87 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will unveil the Dundee Submarine Memorial, City Quay, Dundee.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, SeeAbility, will attend an Open Day at Heather House,Tadley, Hampshire.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend a Duchy of Lancaster Dinner at Lancaster Castle.

> Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Company Limited, Ravenglass, Cumbria.

Friday, 18th September

The Duke of York
Chairman of the Trustees, Outward Bound Trust, will attend the Board Meeting at the
Gate House, Eskdale Green, Cumbria.

The Princess Royal
will open British Ceramic Tile's new factory, Old Newton Road, Heathfield, Newton
Abbot, Devon.

The Princess Royal
Patron of Centenary Congress, British Hardware Federation, will attend the International
Federation of Hardware and Housewares Association Centenary Congress at the Queen
Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Honorary President, will attend the Opening Ceremony of the Davis Cup Tie, Great
Britain v Poland in Liverpool

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Joint President, will visit the Cancer Research UK Lancaster Shop to celebrate its
Twentieth Anniversary.

Saturday, 19th September

The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit St John's Hospice, The Wirral

The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit The Manor House, The Wirral

The Duchess of Gloucester
Honorary President, will attend the Davis Cup Tie, Great Britain v Poland in Liverpool

The Duke of Kent
will unveil the Polish War Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall
Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire.

Monday, 21st September

The Princess Royal
Patron, Wooden Spoon Society, will open a new facility at Greatwood, Rainscombe Hill
Farm, Clench Common, Marlborough, Wiltshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Injured Jockeys Fund, will open Oaksey House, Oxford Street, Lambourn,
Berkshire.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron, will visit the Queen Mary's Clothing Guild Packing Week at St James's Palace,
London SW1.

Tuesday, 22nd September

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Butler Trust, will visit HMP Kirkham, Freckleton Road, Kirkham, Preston,
Lancashire.

The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will open Enterprise Plc, Gordon House,
Sceptre Way, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire.

The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will visit Blackpool Carers Centre,
Norman House, Robson Way, Blackpool, Lancashire.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the Citizenship Ceremony at Crawley Register Office, Southgate Avenue,
Crawley.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Reeve Art School at Lancing College, Lancing.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Broadfield Stadium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Crawley Community
Voluntary Service.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Base Project, Dorsten Square, Bewbush, Crawley.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the 100th concert in the Story of Christmas Appeal series at the Cadogan
Hall, Chelsea, London SW10.

The Duke of Kent
Colonel, will attend the Scots Guards Colonel's Fund Dinner in New York.

Wednesday, 23rd September

The Princess Royal
Patron, The British School of Osteopathy, will attend a Dinner at the British School of
Osteopathy Clinic, 98 118 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1.

The Princess Royal
will open Lowestoft Fire Station, Stradbroke Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

The Princess Royal
will visit the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club to commemorate its 150th
Anniversary, Royal Plain, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

The Princess Royal
will visit The SLP Group, Hamilton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Intensive Care Society, will attend a Patient Care and Safety Reception at
The Royal Society, 6 9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Centre of Excellence in biomechanics and bioengineering at Cardiff
University, Cardiff.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, will visit The Royal London School for the Blind at Dorton House, Sevenoaks,
Kent.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit The Heart of Kent Hospice, Aylesford, Kent

Thursday, 24th September

The Princess Royal
President, RYA Sailability, will open new facilities at Grafham Water Centre, Perry,
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, RNVR Youth Sail Training Trust, will attend a Trustees Meeting at Manches
LLP, Aldwych House, 81 Aldwych, London WC2.

The Princess Royal
Director, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), will attend a
Board Meeting at 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14.

The Princess Royal
President, Save the Children UK, will hold a 90th Anniversary Reception at The Queen's
Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

The Duchess of Gloucester
President, will today attend a meeting of the Governing Body at the Royal Academy of
Music, Marylebone, London, NW1.

The Duke of Kent
President, Wellington College, will attend the 150th Anniversary Service, at St. Paul's
Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard,
London EC4.

Friday, 25th September

The Princess Royal
will visit Nailsworth Youth Club, The Haven, Northfield Road, Nailsworth, Stroud,
Gloucestershire.

The Princess Royal
will visit Bottlegreen Drinks Company, Frogmarsh Mill, South Woodchester, Stroud,
Gloucestershire.

The Princess Royal
will visit Stroud Common Wealth Limited at The Exchange', Brick Row, Stroud,
Gloucestershire.

The Duke of Kent
Colonel in Chief, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, will visit the Fusiliers' Museum, Moss
Street, Bury, Lancashire.

The Duke of Kent
will attend a Concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Royal Festival Hall,
Belvedere Road, London SE1.

Monday, 28th September

The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will attend a Dinner at Broncroft Castle, Broncroft,
Craven Arms, Shropshire.

The Princess Royal
will open the Royal Air Force Association Remembrance Garden at the National
Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire.

The Princess Royal
will open a Distribution Hub at Palletforce Plc, Callister Way, Centrum West,
Burton On Trent, Staffordshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The National Association of Citizen Advice Bureaux, will visit Stafford Citizen
Advice Bureau to commemorate its 70th Anniversary at Staffordshire County Buildings,
Martin Street, Stafford.

Tuesday, 29th September

The Princess Royal
Patron, Columba 1400, will hold a Reception at St. James's Palace.

The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic Association, will hold a Team 2012 Luncheon at St. James's
Palace.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will vist Northampton General Hospital, Cliftonville, Northampton