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Royal Diary of Engagements, 28th October 2009

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 28 October 2009

Royal Diary of Engagements, 28th October 2009

No. 86 28th October 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).

OCTOBER

Wednesday, 28th October

> The Prince of Wales
President, The British Asian Trust, will receive the President of India at Clarence House,
London, during Her Excellency's State Visit to the United Kingdom.

The Duchess of Cornwall
President the Brooke Hospital for Animals will host a conference, St. James's Palace
State Apartments, London SW1.

The Countess of Wessex
Colonel in Chief, the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, will attend the
Annual Reception at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3.

The Princess Royal
will attend the Maritime Media Awards at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall,
London, SW1.

The Princess Royal
President, RedR UK, will attend a Reception at the Institute of Engineering and
Technology, The Riverside Room, Savoy Place, London WC2.

The Princess Royal
will open St. George's Church, Long Furlong Drive, Britwell, Slough, Berkshire.

The Princess Royal
President, Victim Support, will attend the 2009 National Volunteer Awards at The
British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 195 Piccadilly, London, W1.

Thursday, 29th October

The Queen
will launch The Queen's Baton Relay from the Forecourt of Buckingham Palace. The
President of India and Mr. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat will be present.

The Queen
Patron, will visit the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket

> The Prince of Wales
will officially open Horseferry House, the global headquarters of Burberry, London.

The Countess of Wessex
Trustee, Royal National Institute for Deaf People, will visit Doncaster College for the
Deaf, Leger Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

x The Countess of Wessex
will NOT NOW visit Hesley Village, Hesley Hall, Tickhill, Hesley, Doncaster, South
Yorkshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Delicious Alchemy, Sheffield, Hallam University, City Campus, Howard
Building, Howard Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The British School of Osteopathy, will attend a Conferment and Awards
Ceremony at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London, SE1.

The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic Association, will attend the Olympic Gold Ball at the Natural
History Museum, South Kensington, London SW7.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Transaid, will attend a luncheon at Barclays Bank, Canary Warf, The Atrium, 1
Churchill Place, London, E14.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Awards at Hopetoun House,
Edinburgh.

Friday, 30th October

The Prince of Wales
will visit the newly restored Stanway Watermill, Stanway, Gloucestershire.

The Princess Royal
will visit Snugpak Limited, Waterloo Mills, Howden Road, Silsden, West Yorkshire.

The Princess Royal
will visit i plas Recycled Plastics, Hopwood Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

The Princess Royal
will visit the Cooking School, Dean Clough, Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, West
Yorkshire.

The Princess Royal
will attend the Forensic Science Society's 50th Anniversary Conference at the Majestic
Hotel, Springfield Avenue,
Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St John, will attend the Installlation of the Lord Prior,
Edinburgh.

NOVEMBER

Monday, 2nd November

The Queen
Patron, and The Duke of Edinburgh will attend a reception given by the Friends of the
Elderly at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, will hold a Charter Founder Members Lunch at Frogmore House.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit New Zealand from 2nd November to 6th November.

Tuesday, 3rd November

The Queen
will visit the Olympic Park in the Lower Lea Valley.

> The Duke of Edinburgh
President, the National Playing Fields Association (Fields in Trust), will hold a reception
for Ladies' Golf at Windsor Castle

The Duke of Edinburgh
will hold a Lunch for the Alliance of Religions and Conservation in St. George's Hall,
Windsor Castle.

The Countess of Wessex
Show President, will attend the Royal Bath and West of England Society Board Meeting,
Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

The Countess of Wessex
Show President, will visit the Royal Bath and West of England Society Show, Shepton
Mallet, Somerset.

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, will visit Wells Cathedral Girl Chorister Trust, The Cedars, Wells, Somerset.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend a Reception and Dinner for Global Heritage Fund at Asia House, London W1.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Royal Colonel, 7 Rifles, will visit G Company TA Centre in West Ham, London.

The Duke of Kent
President of the Council, will attend the King Edward VII's Hospital (Sister Agnes)
Friends Reception, at the City of London Club, 19 Old Broad Street, London EC2.

The Duke of Kent
will visit Wivelsfield Primary School, South Road, Wivelsfield Green, Haywards Heath,
East Sussex.

The Duke of Kent
will visit Plumpton College, Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Near Lewes.

The Duke of Kent
will officially re open Lewes Castle and the Barbican Museum, Barbican House, 169
High Street, Lewes.

The Duke of Kent
will visit East Sussex Record Office, The Maltings, Lewes.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend a Reception and Concert given by the Philharmonia Orchestra in aid of Life
Action Trust at St James's Palace, London SW1.

Wednesday, 4th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Honorary Life Member, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, will present the
2009 Prince Philip Award at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Master, Corporation of Trinity House, will attend a Civic Luncheon at Trinity House,
Tower Hill, London.

The Countess of Wessex
will attend a Reception in aid of PiggyBankKids at Taylor Bennett, 35 Queen Anne
Street, London W1.

The Princess Royal
Elder Brother, The Corporation of Trinity House, will attend a Civic Luncheon at Trinity
House, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London EC3.

The Princess Royal
President, Save the Children UK, will attend the International Save the Children Alliance
Meeting at Wokefield Park Hotel, Goodboys Lane, Mortimer, Reading, Berkshire.

The Princess Royal
President, Victim Support Scotland, will attend a 25th Anniversary Reception at
Edinburgh Castle, Castle Hill, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Opportunity International United Kingdom, will hold a Dinner at Palace of
Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.

The Duke of Gloucester
will present the Georgian Awards and attend a Dinner at Christie's, King Street, London
SW1.

Thursday, 5th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, will hold a Reception for The Game Conservancy Trust in The Queen's Gallery
at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Grand President, Royal Commonwealth Ex Services League, will chair a Meeting of the
Council and afterwards attend a Luncheon, at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London
SW1.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit the Trinity Hospital Almshouses, 50 Western Boulevard, Leicester.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit the Menphys Centre, Launceston Road, Wigston, Leicestershire.

The Countess of Wessex
will open the new Gateway Sixth Form College, Colin Grundy Drive, Hamilton,
Leicestershire.

The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will attend an Equestrian Awards Dinner at Royal
Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London W2.

The Princess Royal
Honorary Member, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and Patron,
Royal Highland Education Trust, will attend a Luncheon at Ingliston House, Royal
Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, will visit the Roslin Institute, The
University of Edinburgh, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Enham Trust, will attend The Enham 90th Anniversary Dinner at the Imperial
War Museum, London SE1.

The Duke of Kent
will present prizes at the Chatham House Award Ceremony, at the Banqueting House,
Whitehall Palace, Whitehall, London SW1.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open the newly refurbished Paddock Secondary School, Priory Lane, London SW15.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron, Action for Blind People, will attend a Reception at St James's Palace, London
SW1.

Friday, 6th November

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Tyne and Wear.

The Princess Royal
President, UK Fashion and Textile Association, will visit Walter Wright Limited, 29
Albion Road, Luton, Bedfordshire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Livability, will visit New Court Place Residential Home, 99 Whitehouse Avenue,
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

The Princess Royal
will open ApaTech Limited's new headquarters, 350/360 Centennial Park, Elstree,
Hertfordshire.

Saturday, 7th November

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington Gore, London SW7.

Prince William
Vice Patron, will attend the rugby match between Wales and New Zealand at the
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, CF10.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will attend the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington Gore, London SW7.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will attend the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore,
London SW7.

The Princess Royal
will attend The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington Gore, London SW7.

The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester
will attend the evening performance of the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert
Hall, London SW7.

Sunday, 8th November

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London SW1.

Prince William
will attend the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London SW1.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will attend the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London SW1.

Monday, 9th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Senior Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, will attend the New Fellows' Dinner at
Drapers' Hall, London, EC2.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit the Macmillan Christmas Market at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Vincent
Square, London SW1.

Tuesday, 10th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, will attend Receptions for young people who have reached the Gold Standard in
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, University of Cambridge will attend a Dinner, for Members of Boodle's Club
who are Cambridge Alumni, to mark the 800th Anniversary of the foundation of the
University of Cambridge at Boodle's Club, 28 St. James's Street, London SW.

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, will attend Tomorrow's People Awards for Achievements at Plaisterers' Hall,
One London Wall, London EC2.

The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will chair Industry Committee Meeting and the Council
of Management Meeting at Lanwades Hall, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk.

The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will open a Visitors' Centre at Lanwades Park, Kentford,
Newmarket, Suffolk.

The Princess Royal
Patron, South Georgia Heritage Trust, will attend a Reception at Royal Geographical
Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7.

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Whitley Fund for Nature, will attend a Dinner in London SW1.

The Princess Royal
will open Newmarket Leisure Centre, Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Construction Youth Trust will visit Sudbury Prison, Sudbury, Derbyshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Construction Youth Trust will visit Enterprise in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Sorbacal SP Production Plant, Buxton, Derbyshire.

Wednesday, 11th November

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend a Service to commemorate the passing of the World War I Generation, in
Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Honorary Life Member, British Sub Aqua Jubilee Trust, will present The Duke of
Edinburgh Prize at Buckingham Palace.

The Earl of Wessex
Royal Colonel, 2nd Battalion The Rifles, will attend the Armistice Day Service at the
National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, Dyslexia Action, will attend a Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, 53 Park Lane,
London W1.

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, the National Autistic Society, will attend a Business Leaders Lunch at Clifford
Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14.

The Princess Royal
President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will hold a 40th Anniversary Reception
at St. James's Palace.

The Princess Royal
President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will attend an Annual General Meeting at
Saddlers Hall, 40 Gutter Lane
London EC2.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Royal Wanstead Children's Foundation will attend the Annual Conference at
Credit Suisse, North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14.

The Duke of Kent
will lay a wreath at the Armistice Day Service at the War Memorial, Nelson, Lancashire.

The Duke of Kent
will officially open the ACE Centre, Cross Street, Nelson BB9.

The Duke of Kent
will attend the Royal Choral Society's Remembrance Day Concert at Southwark
Cathedral, London Bridge, London SE1.

Thursday, 12th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Box Hill School to mark their 50th Anniversary in Mickleham, Surrey.

The Duke of Edinburgh
President, The English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, will present Awards and
chair a Meeting of the English Language Council at Buckingham Palace.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex
Honorary Liveryman, the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, attends the Autumn Court
Dinner at Inner Temple, Temple, London EC4.

The Princess Royal
Royal Patron, The Wise Campaign, will attend the 25th Anniversary WISE Awards at
The Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.

The Princess Royal
President, World Horse Welfare, will attend an Annual Conference at Royal
Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7.

The Princess Royal
Commodore in Chief Portsmouth and Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal
Navy, will attend a Retired Admirals' and General Officers' Day at Ministry of Defence,
Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Deputy Colonel in Chief, Adjutant General's Corps, will attend a Corps Dinner for the
Adjutant General's Corps, Worthy Down, Winchester.

The Duke of Kent
President, the Royal Instituion of Great Britain, will attend the Mayfair Economic Forum
Salon at 21 Albemarle Street, London W1.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Honorary Patron, American Associates of the Royal Acedemy Trust, will attend a Gala
Dinner at the St Regis Hotel, 2 East 55th Street, New York, United State of America.

Friday, 13th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, Outward Bound Trust, will open the 'Carole Nash Building' at the Outward
Bound Trust, Aberdovey Centre, Aberdovey, Gwynedd, Wales.

The Princess Royal
attend NATO Parliamentary Assembly 55th Annual Session Dinner at Palace of
Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.

The Duke of Kent
will visit Royal Tunbridge Wells.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Honorary Patron, American Associates of the Royal Academy Trust, will attend a Board
Meeting at the University Club, One West 54th Street, New York, United State of
America.

Saturday, 14th November

The Princess Royal
will visit the 'Heart of the Great Alone. Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography'
Exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
will open an extension at Erskine Edinburgh Home, 468 Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Scottish Rugby Union, will attend the Scotland versus Fiji Rugby International
Match at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

Monday, 16th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will attend a Reception to celebrate 40 years of the work of Edinburgh
Research and Innovation in the Playfair Library at the University of Edinburgh.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Scottish Opera, will attend a Musical Reception at the City Inn, Westminster
SW1.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will attend The Torch Trophy Trust Annual Awards at the Army and Navy Club, 36 39
Pall Mall, London, SW1Y.

The Duke of Kent
will attend the Remembrance Ceremony at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole
Street, London W1.

Tuesday, 17th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will open the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the
Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will open the John Burnett House at The University of Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
will open the East Stand at the Sixways Stadium, Warriors Way, Hindlip, Worcester,
Worcestershire.

The Princess Royal
President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will visit Lowlands Farm Group,
Lowlands Farm, Shrewley, Warwickshire.

The Princess Royal
President, The United Kingdom Pony Club, will open the new offices at Stoneleigh Park,
Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

> The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend a Reception at The Langham
Hotel, 1C Portland Place, London W1.

The Princess Royal
President, Save the Children UK, will attend a Dinner in London SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester
Colonel in Chief, the Royal Army Medical Corps, will open the Gaza Barracks at
Catterick Garrison.

The Duke of Kent
will visit Telecare, 4 Woodhouse Court, Soskin Drive, Stantonbury Fields, Milton
Keynes.

The Duke of Kent
will visit Stadium MK, Stadium Way West, Milton Keynes.

The Duke of Kent
President, Edge, will officially open the new Milton Keynes Academy, Fulwoods Drive,
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Red Bull Racing Team, at Bradbourne Drive, Tilbrook, Milton Keynes.

Wednesday, 18th November

The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open Parliament.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will attend a Dinner to mark the opening of the new Centre for Human
Rights and Governance at Gonville and Caius College, the University of Cambridge,
Trinity Street.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will visit the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge,
Trumpington Street.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will open the Kavli Institute at the University of Cambridge.

The Countess of Wessex
President, Brainwave, will open the new North West Therapy Centre, Dewhurst Road,
Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire

The Countess of Wessex
will open the Day Unit at St. Rocco's Hospice, Bewsey, Warrington

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, the David Lewis Centre, will visit the Warford Centre, Alderley Edge, Cheshire

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

The Princess Royal
Patron, Sense International, will attend the 10th Anniversary Celebrations at the
Imagination Gallery, 25 Store Street, South Crescent, London WC1.

The Duke of Kent
President, The Stroke Association, will attend the Royal Lecture for the launch of The
Princess Margaret Fund, at the State Apartments, Kensington Palace, Kensington
Gardens, London W8.

Thursday, 19th November

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Cambridgeshire.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, will open the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge, 17
Charles Babbage Road.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit the Deafness Resource Centre Limited, St. Helens, Merseyside

The Countess of Wessex
will open the South Sefton Sixth Form College, Litherland, Merseyside

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, Tomorrow's People, will attendt the launch of the Employment Bond in the
Western Rooms at Liverpool Cathedral, Merseyside

The Princess Royal
President, Royal Yachting Association, will attend the Annual Awards Ceremony, 1
Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1.

The Princess Royal
Director, London Organising