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Royal Diary of Engagements, 21st October 2009

Royal Diary of Engagements, 21st October 2009

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 21 October 2009

Royal Diary of Engagements, 21st October 2009

No. 85 21st 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, 21st October


The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will give a tea for former members of the Women's Land Army and Timber Corps, at
Buckingham Palace.


The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden, London.


The Duchess of Cornwall
will attend a reception for the Women's Land Army and Timber Corps, Buckingham
Palace, London.


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


The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will attend a Dinner
given by Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Foundation, will hold a Dinner at
Buckingham Palace.


The Princess Royal
will open a new extension at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham,
Portsmouth, Hampshire.


The Princess Royal
Commodore in Chief, Portsmouth, will visit HMS SULTAN, Military Road, Gosport,
Hampshire.


The Princess Royal
will open Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's new facilites at Portsdown
West, Portsdown Hill Road, Fareham, Hampshire.


The Princess Royal
Commodore in Chief, Portsmouth, will attend a Trafalgar Night Dinner onboard HMS
VICTORY, Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire.


The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the Women's Land Army Tea at Buckingham Palace, London SW1.


The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Engine House Visitor and Education Centre, Highley, Shropshire.


The Duke of Kent
Colonel in Chief, The Rifles, will attend the 2nd Battalion Thanksgiving and Memorial
Church Service at the Regimental Church, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1.

Thursday, 22nd October


The Queen
will open the new Sports Hall at St. John's Beaumont Preparatory School, Old Windsor,
Surrey.


The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit the Topolski Century, at Hungerford Bridge, London, SE1.


The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, will present the prizes for The Duke of Edinburgh's Cup (International Golf for
Youth) at a World Finals Presentation Dinner at Windsor Castle.


The Duchess of Cornwall
will visit the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Headley Court, Headley, Epsom,
Surrey.


The Duchess of Cornwall
Patron, Theatre Royal Bath will visit Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, Salisbury District Hospital,
Salisbury, Wiltshire to mark the 25th Anniversary of the centre.


The Earl of Wessex
will open the new Salisbury Law Courts, Wilton Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire.


The Earl of Wessex
will open the new Minerva Building at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory,
Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire.


The Princess Royal
will open Highbury Campus at Highbury College, Dovercourt Road, Cosham,
Portsmouth, Hampshire.


The Princess Royal
will open new facilities at The Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra Park, Twyford Avenue,
Portsmouth, Hampshire.


The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief, The Royal Logistic Corps, will attend 17 Port and Maritime
Regiment's Homecoming Parade and Freedom of the City at Southampton Guildhall,
West Marlands Road, Southampton, Hampshire.


The Princess Royal
Patron, British Quality Foundation will attend the 2009 UK Excellence Award
Ceremony at InterContinental Hotel, 1 Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1.


The Duke of Kent
will reopen Aston Hall and Park, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham.


The Duke of Kent
will present awards at the Birmingham Post Enterprise Awards Lunch, at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham.


The Duke of Kent
will open the new International Pier at Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham.

Friday, 23rd October


The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Gloucestershire.


The Prince of Wales
will open the Llandovery Police Station, Llandovery, Dyfed


The Prince of Wales
will visit Abaca Organic, an organic mattress factory, Ammanford, Dyfed.


The Prince of Wales
President, will visit the Tafarn Cwmdu National Trust holiday homes run by the Cwmdu
community, Cwmdu, Dyfed


The Prince of Wales
will visit the Llandeilo Transition Town project, Civic Hall, Llandeilo, Dyfed


The Princess Royal
will attend the Global Sport Summit at Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, 252 High
Holborn, London WC1.


The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St John will attend the Investiture of the Princess Royal at
Buckingham Palace, London SW1.

Sunday, 25th October


The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, will attend The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Association Forum in
Sydney, Australia from 25th October to 2nd November.


The Duke of Gloucester
will attend an evensong service for the Normandy Veterans Association 65th
Anniversary at Westminster Abbey, London, SW1.

Monday, 26th October


The Princess Royal
will open the new Global Radiodata Communications Limited Facilities, Wyevale
Business Park, Wyevale Way, Stretton Sugwas, Hereford, Herefordshire.


The Princess Royal
will visit MilSys (UK) Limited, Ramsden Road, Rotherwas, Hereford, Herefordshire.


The Princess Royal
will attend the Herefordshire Chamber of Commerce Business Forum, MilSys (UK)
Limited, Ramsden Road, Rotherwas, Hereford, Herefordshire.


The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Pestalozzi, will attend the Pestalozzi Annual Reception at the Vintner's Hall,
London.

Tuesday, 27th October


The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
to 29th October The President of India and Mr. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat will
pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom and stay at Windsor Castle.


The Duke of Kent
to 1st November will pay an official visit to Oman.

Wednesday, 28th October


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


The Countess of Wessex
will 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 (operating as 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 1NS.


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 7NN.


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 Institution 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

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