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Royal Diary of Engagements, 31st March 2010

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 31 March 2010

Royal Diary of Engagements, 31st March 2010

No. 106 31st March 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).

MARCH

Wednesday, 31st March

The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the new cancer hospital at the
London Clinic, 22 Devonshire Place, London W1.

The Prince of Wales
President, The National Trust, will visit the Wordsworth House Museum, Cockermouth,
Cumbria.

The Prince of Wales
will visit Ambleside.

The Prince of Wales
will visit the James Walker Factory, Cockermouth Business Centre, Cockermouth,
Cumbria.

The Duchess of Cornwall
will visit the Bath Cancer Unit and attend a reception at the Royal United Hospital, Bath.

The Duchess of Cornwall
will open the Julian House charity shop and meet the residents of the sheltered
accommodation on site, Walcot Street, Bath

The Duchess of Cornwall
Patron, will open the newly refurbished Chapel House, St John's Hospital, Bath.

The Princess Royal
will open Cambridge Central Library, 7 Lion Yard, Cambridge.

> The Princess Royal
Commandant In Chief (Youth), St John Ambulance, will hold a Grand Prior's Reception
at Buckingham Palace, London, SW1.

The Princess Royal
Commandant In Chief (Youth), St John Ambulance, will open new county Headquarters,
Crusader House, Mayfield Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

The Princess Royal
President, Save The Children UK, will attend a 90th Anniversary Reception at Churchill
College, Storey's Way, Cambridgeshire.

The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic Association, will host a Team 2012 Appeal Dinner at St.
James's Palace, London SW1

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Alfriston School, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Axell Wireless Limited, Chesham.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend a Reception to celebrate the Centenary of the forming of the Voluntary Aid
Detachment Nurses at the New Cavendish Club, 44 Great Cumberland Place, London
W1.

APRIL

Thursday, 1st April

The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the Royal Derby Hospital, Derby.

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will be present at the Maundy Service in Derby Cathedral. Her Majesty will distribute
the Royal Maundy during the Service.

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend a Luncheon given by the Mayor of Derby at the Cathedral Quarter Hotel,
Derby.

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

Tuesday, 6th April

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will give a reception to mark the launch of the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
project, at Windsor Castle.

Prince Henry
Patron, Cadet 150 Expedition to Lesotho, will visit a Cadets training day in the Brecon
Beacons, Powys.

> The Duke of Kent
Honorary Air Commodore, will visit Royal Air Force Leuchars, St Andrews, Fife.

Wednesday, 7th April

> The Duke of York
will visit St. Helen's Hospital, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens, Merseyside.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit Corus UK,
Shotton Works, Deeside, Clwyd.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit the Science and
Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, Warrington.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit Mersey
Multimodal Gateway 3 MG, West Bank Dock Estate, Widnes.

The Earl of Wessex
Royal Honorary Colonel, will visit the Royal Wessex Pre Deployment Training at
Netharavon Camp, Wiltshire

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Butler Trust, visit Portland Young Offenders' Institute, 104 The Grove,
Easton, Portland, Dorset.

> The Princess Royal
President, Royal Yachting Association, will visit its Performance Unit, Unit 26, Portland
Marina, Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset.

> The Princess Royal
President, the Royal Yachting Association will attend the Volvo Youth National
Championships and Trials at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Osprey
Quay, Portland Marina, Portland, Dorset.

> The Princess Royal
President, Royal Yachting Association, will open Portland House, Mulberry Avenue,
Portland, Dorset.

Thursday, 8th April

The Duke of Edinburgh
Admiral of the Fleet, will inspect the Lord High Admiral's Passing Out Parade at
Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

> The Prince of Wales
will attend a reception to mark the opening of the Qur'anic Garden Exhibition, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey.

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

> The Duke of York
Patron, will visit the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, 45 51 Bolsover Street,
London, W1.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit Prudhoe Community Allotment, Prudhoe, Northumberland.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit Nafferton Farm, Brancepeth, County Durham, Northumberland.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit IHC Engineering Business Limited, Broomhaugh House, Riding Mill,
Northumberland.

Friday, 9th April

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit South
Yorkshire.

> The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, willl visit West
Yorkshire.

Monday, 12th April

x The Earl of Wessex
Honorary Chairman, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadian's Challenge
Charter for Business, will NOT NOW hold a Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

> The Duke of Gloucester
will open Berrywood Hospital, Duston, Northampton.

> The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the new bridge made to cross the Mill Stream into the Water Meadows,
Towcester.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, The Worshipful Company of Drapers, will attend the Annual Tea Party for the
three Drapers Almshouses at Drapers' Hall, Thogmorton Avenue, London EC2.

Tuesday, 13th April

The Princess Royal
Patron, Opportunity International United Kingdom, will attend a Luncheon at the High
Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania, 3 Stratford Place, London, W1.

The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic Association, will hold a Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal
Guardian, Give Them A Sporting Chance, will attend a Management Team Meeting in
Piccadilly, London W1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend a dinner for Yad Vashem at the Guildhall, London.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Papworth Hospital, will visit the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Papworth Hospital and
afterwards open the new extension of the Critical Care Unit, Papworth Everard,
Cambridge.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will open the Eatons Community Centre, St Neots.

> The Duke of Kent
will officially open Graham Court at Morden College, 19 St. Germans Place, Blackheath,
London SE3.

Wednesday, 14th April

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 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

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 visit
London 2012 Olympic Sailing venues in Weymouth, 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 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 and
attend the opening of the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for Islamic Studies, in
Cambridge.

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

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 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 the Queen's Award Winner for Enterprise, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited,
Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire.

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

Wednesday, 21st April

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 Gloucester
will open the Crown Agents International Management Training Centre, St Nicholas
House, St Nicholas Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1EL.

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 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 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, will attend the College of St. George (Bray
Fellowship) annual Dinner at the Waterside Inn, Ferry Road, Bray.

Sunday, 25th April

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 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.

Wednesday, 28th April

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 officially open the new village games court in Bancfelin, 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 EOD 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 Badminton Horse Trials, Badminton,
Gloucestershire.

MAY

Saturday, 1st May

The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Clewer Scout and Guide Headquarters and officially 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'