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Royal Diary of Engagements, 10th March 2010

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 10 March 2010

Royal Diary of Engagements, 10th March 2010

No. 103 10th 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, 10th March

The Duke of Edinburgh
Freeman and Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, will attend the Court
Dinner to Masters and Clerks, at Fishmongers' Hall, London Bridge, London EC4.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, Wildscreen, will hold a Luncheon at Buckingham Palace.

The Prince of Wales
President, The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, will attend The Prince of
Wales's Building Crafts Apprentice Graduation Ceremony, The Prince's Foundation for
the Built Environment, London.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall
will attend the Birmingham Royal Ballet's 20th Anniversary Gala, Birmingham
Hippodrome, Birmingham. The Prince of Wales is President, Birmingham Royal Ballet
and The Duchess of Cornwall is Patron, Elmhurst School for Dance.

The Princess Royal
President, RedR UK, will attend the Commonwealth Engineers' Council and the
Institution of Civil Engineers Conference on 'the contribution of the civil engineer to
humanitarian assistance and international development', at the Institution of Civil
Engineers, 1 George Street, London SW1

The Princess Royal
President, Royal Yachting Association, will chair a Council Meeting at the Royal
Thames Yacht Club, 60 Knightsbridge, London SW1.

The Princess Royal
President, Save the Children, will attend a Dinner in Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire.

The Duke of Gloucester
Chancellor, University of Worcester, will give the 2010 Annual Lecture of the College of
Fellows, at the University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester.

The Duke of Gloucester
Chancellor, University of Worcester, will unveil a locomotive named University of
Worcester at Shrub Hill Station, Worcester.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Royal School of Needlework, will visit Foundation Degree, Certificate and
Diploma Students at The Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Embroiderers Guild, will visit the Embroiderers Guild at Hampton Court Palace,
Surrey.

The Duke of Kent
Fellow, will attend the Royal Society Hauksbee Awards Ceremony at 6 Carlton House
Terrace, London SW1.

Thursday, 11th March

The Queen
Patron, and The Duke of Edinburgh will visit the St. Loye's Foundation, Exeter, Devon.

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Wyvern Barracks, Exeter, to launch Cadet150 in the County of Devon.

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend a lunch at Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon.

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit the Wrigley Company Limited, Plymouth, Devon.

The Prince of Wales
Patron, Combat Stress will attend a fund raising appeal launch 'The Enemy Within The
Combat Stress Appeal' St. James's Palace State Apartments, London SW1.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit Birkenhead School, 58 Beresford Road, Oxton, The Wirral, to mark the
School's 150th Anniversary.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit Liverpool Personal Service Society to mark its 90th Anniversary at 18 Seel
Street, Liverpool, Merseyside.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit Woodlands Hospice's Outpatient Unit at University Hospital Aintree Campus,
Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside.

The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will attend a Luncheon at Vestra Wealth, Fourteen
Cornhill, London, EC3V.

The Princess Royal
Honorary Assistant, The Worshipful Company of Loriners, will visit the 750th
Anniversary Treasures, History and Art Exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall,
Gresham Street, London EC2.

The Princess Royal
President, Royal Yachting Association, will attend a Dinner at the Royal Thames Yacht
Club, 60 Knightsbridge, London SW1.

The Princess Royal
will present the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers' Princess Royal Award at
Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal
Patron, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, will visit staff and
beneficiaries of the Transformation Fund Project and Bookbite Programme at City of
Westminster Archive Centre, 10 St. Ann's Street, London SW1.

> The Duke of Gloucester
will attend a Service to rededicate the Basra Wall at the National Memorial Arboretum,
Alrewas, Staffordshire.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Association for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus, will visit the Chelsea and
Westminster Adult Spina Bifida Clinic, London SW10.

The Duke of Kent
President, The Engineering Council, will visit the Big Bang Fair at Manchester Central,
Petersfield, Manchester.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Queen's Award Winner Wireless CCTV Limited, at Michell Hey Place,
College Road, Rochdale.

Friday, 12th March

The Countess of Wessex
will attend the Kempsford Literary Festival at Kempsford Village Hall, High Street,
Kempsford, Gloucestershire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Paternoster School, Watermoor Road, Cirencester, Gloucstershire.

> The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will visit Kingston Carers Centre,
Kingston Carers Network, The Noble Centre, 109 Blagdon Road, New Malden, Surrey.

The Princess Royal
will present the Gold Cup at the Grand Military Meeting at Sandown Park Racecourse,
Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey.

> The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, the Japan Society, will receive the Chief Executive.

Saturday, 13th March

The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend the Mayoral Charity Ball for the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research at
Ascot Racecourse, Sunninghill, Windsor and Maidenhead.

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

Monday, 15th March

The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit the motorised submersible canoe known as Sleeping Beauty and unveil a
plaque to recognise the part played by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during
World War II at Queen Mary Reservoir, Staines.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, Book Aid International, will give a Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal
Honorary President, Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association, will launch a new
Glasgow Branch and open a Patient and Carer Unit at 76 Firhill Road, Glasgow.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Medical Research Scotland, will attend an Open Day at Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons,
232 242 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend a lecture from the series 'Flood Risk and the Urban Environment' at the Royal
United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Whitehall, London SW1A.

Tuesday, 16th March

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will give a Reception for the British Clothing Industry, at Buckingham Palace.

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 Countess of Wessex
will attend a Reception for the British Clothing Industry at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Heritage of London Trust, will attend a Reception to mark the 30th Anniversary
of the Heritage of London Trust at the Lansdowne Club, London W1.

> The Duchess of Gloucester
will attend the Clothing Industry Reception at Buckingham Palace, London.

Wednesday, 17th March

> The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh, will be present for the opening of the HRH
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World,
George Square, Edinburgh.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Honorary Air Commodore, will visit Royal Air Force Kinloss, Forres, Morayshire.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will attend the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Cre8aspace, Centre 18, 18 Symonds Street, Hereford, Herefordshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Hope Family Centre, Hereford Road, Bromyard, Herefordshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will attend a Dinner for Breast Cancer Haven at the Castle House Hotel, Castle Street,
Hereford, Herefordshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Growing Point, Holme Lacy College, Holme Lacey, Herefordshire.

The Countess of Wessex
President, Breast Cancer Haven Guardians, will visit Breast Haven, 37 St. Owen Street,
Hereford, Herefordshire.

x The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Lichfield InSpires, will not now attend a Lichfield Cathedral Reception at St. James's
Palace, London.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will open the new extension to the LOROS Hospice, Groby Road, Leicester.

The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit the Leicester Animal Aid, Elmwood Farm, Leicester.

Thursday, 18th March

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, The Britain Australia Society, will hold a Reception at St. James's Palace.

The Earl of Wessex
Honorary Deputy Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, will visit the
Integrated Security Unit for the Vancouver Paralympic Games, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will visit the Vancouver Organising Committee
Protocol Operations Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will meet the British Wheelchair Curling Team
at the Vancouver Olympic Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will attend a Reception at Manitoba House,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, will attend a Dinner for the Canadian and British Paralympic Associations at the
Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit What's Your Point, Bryant Place, Bengrove Close, Woodrow North, Redditch,
Worcestershire.

The Countess of Wessex
will attend a Reception for Great Ormond Street Hospital at Buckingham Palace.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Batchley Support Group, Batchley Community Centre, Cherry Tree Walk,
Batchley, Redditch, Worcestershire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Hewett Recruitment, 1 4 Bridge Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Morden Park House, Morden Park House, Morden Park, London Road,
Morden SM4.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon, Merton, London.

Friday, 19th March

The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit the National Grid Control Centre at Wokingham, Berkshire.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will visit the Athletes' Village, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Foundation, will attend a Gold
Award Ceremony and Reception at Point Grey High School, East Boulevard, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will attend the Sledge Hockey game at the
Thunderbird Sports Arena, University of British Columbia, Thunderbird Boulevard,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
will attend a Dinner hosted by The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, at the
Terminal City Club, West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Royal Colonel, 7th Battalion The Rifles, will attend the Ladies' Dinner Night in the
Officers' Mess, Davies Street, London.

Saturday, 20th March

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will attend the Cross Country Skiing
Competition at Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will meet British Athletes at the Whistler
Paralympic Village, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will meet Canadian Forces Athletes at their
Olympic Base, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will attend a Dinner at the Squamish Lil'Wat
Cultural Centre, Blackcomb Way, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Sunday, 21st March

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will meet the British Athletes at the Alpine
Skiing Venue, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Honorary Deputy Commissioner, Royal Canadia Mounted Police, will attend a Dinner at
the Whistler Four Seasons Hotel, Blackcomb Way, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will attend the Paralympic Closing Ceremonies
at Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, British Paralympic Association, will attend the Canadian Paralympic Association
Reception at Whistler Library, Main Street, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Monday, 22nd March

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, Outward Bound Trust, will hold a Dinner at Frogmore House.

The Earl of Wessex
Patron, will attend the British Paralympic Association and Team Reception and Lunch at
the Whistler Four Seasons Hotel, Blackcomb Way, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Tuesday, 23rd March

The Duke of Edinburgh
President, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce,,
will attend the exhibition 'Victoria and Albert, Art and Love' at The Queen's Gallery,
Buckingham Palace.

The Countess of Wessex
Royal Colonel, will visit 5th Battalion The Rifles, Paderborn, Germany.

Wednesday, 24th March

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will give a reception for Civil Service Commissioners, at Buckingham Palace.

The Countess of Wessex
Royal Colonel, will visit 5th Battalion The Rifles, Paderborn, Germany.

The Duke of Gloucester
President, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, will attend a Reception for Barts and The London
Charity at St. James's Palace, London.

Thursday, 25th March

The Countess of Wessex
Patron, the Meningitis Trust, will attend a Conference at the Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole Street, London W1.

The Princess Royal
will open Medway Campus at MidKent College, Medway Road, Gillingham, Kent.

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 Duke of Kent
President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, will visit the Lifeboat Station at The
Promenade, Sheringham, Norfolk.

The Duke of Kent
will visit Sheringham Museum at The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham, Norfolk.

The Duke of Kent
Patron, Royal British Legion Norfolk County Committee, will visit the Royal British
Legion care home Halsey House, 31 Norwich Road, Cromer, Norfolk.

The Duke of Kent
will attend the 10th Anniversary Dinner for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, at Caius
College, Trinity Street, Cambridge.

Friday, 26th March

> The Duke of Gloucester
President, Clubs for Young People, will visit Norbrook Youth Club, Bordley Walk,
Manchester.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Bury Black Pudding Company Limited, Bridgehall Lane, Bury.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Wardleworth and Hamer Medical Centre, Belfield Road, Rochdale.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Kashmir Youth Project, Belfield Road, Rochdale.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Manchester Law Library, 14 Kennedy Street, Manchester.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open Bury Transport Museum, Bolton Street Station, Bury.

The Duke of Kent
President, will attend the Royal Institution of Great Britain Friday Evening Discourse
entitled "The Great Ideas of Biology" given by Professor Sir Paul Nurse, at 21 Albemarle
Street, London W1.

Sunday, 28th March

The Duke of Gloucester
Deputy Coloneil in Chief, 6RIFLES, will attend the Annual Skill at Arms competition,
at Bulford Ranges, Salisbury.

Monday, 29th March

The Duke of Edinburgh
will hold a Reception for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal
will open Haymarket Metro Station, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Princess Royal
will visit Ovington Boats Limited, 31 Tanners Bank, North Shields, Tyne and Wear.

The Princess Royal
will visit Beacon Hill School and Specialist College for Business and Enterprise, Rising
Sun Cottages, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, National Association for Gifted Children, will attend the Awards Ceremony and
Reception at Trinity House, London EC3N.

Tuesday, 30th March

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will hold a Local Authority Conference and
Lunch at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, will hold a Dinner at Buckingham
Palace.

The Princess Royal
Patron, United Kingdom Firefighters Memorial Trust, will attend a reception onboard
HMS BELFAST, Morgan's Lane, London SE1.

The Princess Royal
President, UK Fashion and Textile Association, will open the new manufacturing unit at
Alan Hannah Limited, 18 Riverwalk Business Park, Riverwalk Road, Enfield,
Middlesex, Greater London.

The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will visit Haringey Carers at the Haynes
Centre, 151 Park Road, London N8.

> The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic Association, will attend a National Olympic Committee
Meeting at 60 Charlotte Street, London W1.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Commandant in Chief, will open Ferryside Boathouse, Ferryside Marine, West Wales.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Commandant in Chief, will open the Headquarters at Haverfordwest, Wales.

The Duke of Kent
will visit the Queen's Award Winner RF Engines Limited at St. Cross Business Park,
Newport, Isle of Wight.

The Duke of Kent
will visit PhysE Physical Environment Limited, at The Harbour Offices, The Quay,
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

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

The Princess Royal
Commandant In Chief (Youth), St John Ambulance, will hold a 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, 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
will be present at the Maundy Service in Derby Cathedral. Her Majesty will distribute
the Royal Maundy during the Service.

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.

Wednesday, 7th April

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 open Portland House, Mulberry Avenue,
Portland, Dorset. Her Royal Highness will later visit the Performance Unit, Unit 26,
Portland Marina, Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset and subsequently attend the Volvo
Youth National Championships and Trials at Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy,
Osprey Quay, Portland Marina, 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.

Monday, 12th April

The Earl of Wessex
Honorary Chairman, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadian's Challenge
Charter for Business, will hold a Dinner at Buckingham Palace.

> The Duke of Gloucester
will open Berrywood