ROYAL DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS - PART ONE OF FOUR PARTS

16 Oct 2002 12:15 PM

With the compliments of the Press Secretary to The Queen

DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS OF
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH,
THE PRINCE OF WALES,
THE DUKE OF YORK,
THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX,
THE PRINCESS ROYAL,
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER,
THE DUKE AND 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).

PART ONE - OCTOBER

OCTOBER

Wednesday, 16th October

The Duke of York 7:45p.m will address a meeting of the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, Cambridge.

The Earl of Wessex
to 17th October - Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Wales.

> The Earl of Wessex 12:25p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Trinity College, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire.

> The Earl of Wessex 4:20p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Carmarthen County Council, County Hall, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

> The Earl of Wessex 6:45p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit the National Botanic Garden, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire.

The Countess of Wessex 11:00a.m will formally open Christopher's Children's Hospice for CHASEat Artington, Surrey.

The Countess of Wessex 2:30p.m will open the final phase of the new Children's Centre at the White Lodge Centre, Holloway Hill, Chertsey, Surrey.

The Princess Royal 11:30a.m President, Save the Children Fund, will attend a Reception and Awards Ceremony at South Africa House, Trafalgar Square , London WC2.

The Princess Royal 4:30p.m Chancellor, University of London, will attend their Centenary Honorary Degree Ceremony at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1.

The Princess Royal 7:30p.m President, Animal Health Trust, will host a Dinner for the United States Fellowship at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Gloucester 2:45p.m Grand Prior, Order of St. John, will attend a meeting with the Priory in the United States of America at the Knickerbocker Club, Two East 62nd Street, Fifth Avenue, New York, United States of America.

The Duchess of Gloucester 7:00p.m Patron, National Asthma Campaign, will visit the Asthma Gift Fair at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8.

> The Duke of Kent 7:30eve President, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, will attend the evening lecture "Leukaemia: The Battle of the Blood Cells", 21 Albemarle Street, London W1.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy 12:00noo Deputy President, will visit the Headquarters of the British Red Cross at 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1.

Thursday, 17th October

> The Earl of Wessex 9:15a.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Llanelli Probation Centre, Lloyd Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.

> The Earl of Wessex 10:10a.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Bryn Gwyn School, Llanelli, Wales.

> The Earl of Wessex 12:00noo Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Llanelli Town Hall, Llanelli, Wales.

> The Earl of Wessex 1:45p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will visit Dinefwr Park, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire.

The Countess of Wessex 12:00noo will attend the Make-A-Wish Foundation's annual Luncheon and Fashion Show at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1.

The Princess Royal 10:25a.m President, UK Fashion Exports, will visit Philip Treacy Limited to mark their 10th Anniversary, 12 and 69 Elizabeth Street, London, SW1.

The Princess Royal 11:45a.m President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend a 10th Anniversary Gala Ceremony at Clothworkers' Hall, Dunster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3.

The Princess Royal 3:40p.m President, Royal Yachting Association, will attend a Commodores' Reception and chair an Annual General Meeting at the Commonwealth Institute Conference Centre, Kensington High Street, London W8.

The Princess Royal 7:45p.m Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal Navy, will attend a Trafalgar Night Dinner at HMS DRYAD, Southwick, Hampshire.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy a.m will visit The Queen's C.E. Primary School, Cumberland Road , Kew, Richmond, Surrey.

Friday, 18th October

x The Earl and Countess of Wessex eve will NOT NOW hold a dinner in support of the Gordonstoun Plus Campaign at Bagshot Park, Surrey.

The Princess Royal 10:05a.m Colonel in Chief, The Royal Corps of Signals, will visit 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade, Basil Hill Site, Joint Services Corsham, Park Lane, Corsham, Wiltshire.

The Duke of Gloucester 7:30p.m Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, will attend a Regimental Dinner at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Faringdon Road, Watchfield, Wiltshire.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit Egypt to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m will open The County Hospital, Union Walk, Hereford.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m Patron of Mind, will visit the Shires Nursing Home at 116 Aylestone Hill and Heffernan House, the new Day Centre, at 130 Widemarsh Street, Hereford.

Monday, 21st October

> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 6:00p.m will hold a Reception at Buckingham Palace for the winners of The Queen's Awards for Enterprise.

The Duke of Edinburgh 10:00a.m Patron of the Auto-Cycle Union, will open the East Anglia Super Trax at Crown Farm, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

The Duke of York Chairman of the Trustees, the Outward Bound Trust, will attend an Outward Bound USA 40th Anniversary Dinner in New York, United States of America.

The Princess Royal
President, British Horse Society, will attend the British Horse Society's National Instructors' Convention at Solihull Riding Club, Four Ashes Road, Dorridge, Solihull, West Midlands.

The Princess Royal 3:30p.m President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend the launch of the Barclays "Carers Speak Out" Reports, at the Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park, London, W1.

> The Duke of Kent 5:50eve will attend The Queen's Award's for Enterprise Reception, Buckingham Palace.

Tuesday, 22nd October

The Queen p.m accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London SW7.

The Duke of Edinburgh 11:00a.m will chair a judging session for The Prince Philip Designers Prize at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 1:30p.m President and Honorary Life Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, will present the Albert Medal for 2002 at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh eve Patron of The Air League, will attend a Banquet to celebrate His Royal Highness's 50th year as Patron at The Mansion House, London EC4.

The Earl of Wessex 5:30p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will attend a Drinks Reception at Wentworth, Berkshire

The Princess Royal
Patron, The National Autistis Society, will open a new Residential Service, Prospect House, Whalley Road, Altham West, Accrington, Lancashire.

The Princess Royal 11:00a.m President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will open the first Princess Royal Trust for Carers Centre in Lancashire, Link House, 23 King Street, Accrington, Lancashire.

The Princess Royal p.m will open the new Jubilee Function Room at Farington Lodge Hotel, Stanifield Lane, Farington, Leyland, Preston, Lancashire.

The Princess Royal p.m will open the Lancashire Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Centre at Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire.

The Princess Royal 7:30p.m President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend a Dinner for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers North West at Farington Lodge Hotel, Stanifield Lane, Farington, Leyland, Preston, Lancashire.

> The Duke of Gloucester 6:30p.m Patron, Friends of St. Bartholomew the Less, will attend an organ recital at St. Bartholomew the Less, West Smithfield, London EC1.

Wednesday, 23rd October

The Queen 11:00a.m will hold an Investiture at Buckingham Palace.

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh p.m will attend a reception for members of the Judiciary, at the Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London WC2.

The Duke of Edinburgh 12:00noo will attend a Service of Thanksgiving to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Second World War's Battle of El Alamein, at Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

> The Duke of Edinburgh 1:20p.m Patron of the Outward Bound Trust, will give a Patron's Company Lunch at Buckingham Palace.

The Earl of Wessex 7:30p.m Patron, London Mozart Players, accompanied by The Countess of Wessex, will attend a Concert at St. John's Smith Square , London

The Princess Royal
will inaugurate the new swimming pool at Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

The Princess Royal
will open the Ercol Factory, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.

The Princess Royal noo will attend the National Service of Thanksgiving to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein at Westminister Abbey, London SW1.

> The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester 11:55a.m will attend a Service in Westminster Abbey to mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein and afterwards, at 1.20 p.m., attend a reception given by the Army Board at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London SW1.

> The Duke of Kent 11:52a.m will attend the Service of Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Second World War Battle of El Alamein, Westminster Abbey, London.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy 12:00noo will attend the National Service of Thanksgiving to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein in Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

Thursday, 24th October

The Queen 11:15a.m will open the new Haberdashers' Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1.

The Duke of Edinburgh 11:30a.m and 4.00 p.m. - 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 12:50p.m Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will give a Charter Member Lunch at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 7:30p.m Patron, will present the prizes for The Duke of Edinburgh's Cup (International Golf for Youth) at a Prizegiving Dinner at Windsor Castle.

The Prince of Wales a.m will visit the Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Service meet staff, farmers and other representatives from the rural community, who use the service in Middleton, Teesdale

The Prince of Wales p.m will be invested as a Freeman of the City at an investiture ceremony at Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire

The Prince of Wales p.m President, Business in the Community, will visit the new Library at Ripon and discuss market town regeneration with business leaders. His Royal Highness will then launch Business in the Community's publication "Market Towns - Connecting Companies with Communities" as part of his Rural Action initiative in the Market Square, Ripon, North Yorkshire

The Prince of Wales p.m will visit Selby Abbey to view conservation work in progress and meet representatives of the Selby Abbey Appeal , Selby, Yorkshire

The Duke of York 10:00a.m will visit Connah's Quay High School, Golfton Lane, Golfton , Connah's Quay, Flintshire.

The Duke of York 11:25a.m Special Representative for International Investment and Trade, will visit Kaiku Ltd., Greenheys Centre, Pencroft Way, Manchester Science Park, Manchester.

The Duke of York 12:50p.m Special Representative for International Investment and Trade, will meet with Knowsley Business Leaders at the Huyton Suite, Civic Way, Huyton, Merseyside.

The Duke of York 2:20p.m Special Representative for International Investment and Trade, will open the Job Search Centre at Knowsley Community College, Rupert Road, Roby, Huyton, Merseyside.

The Duke of York 3:20p.m will open the new King George V Playing Fields complex, Longview Lane, Huyton, Merseyside.

The Princess Royal 12:15p.m Royal Patron, Opportunity International UK, will chair a 'Linking-up with the City' luncheon at Goldman Sachs, Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4.

The Princess Royal 5:30eve Royal Patron, Women Into Science and Engineering (WISE), will attend the Awards Presentation, Local Government House , Smith Square, London SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester 11:00a.m Honorary Air Marshal, will visit RAF Fylingdales, Pickering , North Yorkshire.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit the Queen's Awards Winner for International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development, Quasar Microwave Technology Ltd, Battle Road, Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon.

Friday, 25th October

The Queen 3:00p.m accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open an extension to Thames Valley Hospice, Pine Lodge, Hatch Lane, Windsor, Berkshire.

The Earl of Wessex 11:40a.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, accompanied by The Countess of Wessex, will visit the Oasis Centre, Newall Terrace, Dumfries

The Earl of Wessex 12:30p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, accompanied by The Countess of Wessex, will attend a Reception at the Dumfries and Galloway Council Headquarters, English Street, Dumfries , Scotland

The Earl of Wessex 2:15p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, accompanied by The Countess of Wessex, will visit Drumlanrig Estate, Thornhill , Dumfries, Scotland to watch Award Activities

The Earl and Countess of Wessex 7:30p.m will attend a Gala Concert performed by the Youth of Dumfries and Galloway in aid of the Macmillan Dumfries and Galloway Appeal in St. George's Church, George Street, Dumfries and Galloway

The Princess Royal
Patron, The Butler Trust, will visit HMP Bristol, Cambridge Road, Horfield, Bristol.

The Princess Royal a.m will visit the Wig Makers 'Owen-King-Turner' at 11 Hampton Lane, Redland, Bristol.

The Princess Royal
will visit the Life Education Centre, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Luckington Road, Monks Park, Bristol.

The Princess Royal a.m will open the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum at Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads, Bristol.

> The Duchess of Gloucester 6:30p.m Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Dental Corps, will visit the Officers' Mess, The Former Staff College, Slim Road, Camberley, Surrey.

> The Duchess of Gloucester 7:30p.m Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Dental Corps, will attend a Past and Present Regimental Guest Night at the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess, Duchess of Kent Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire.

Saturday, 26th October

The Prince of Wales p.m Patron, National Hedgelaying Society, will attend the 24th National Hedgelaying Championships, Cranmore Farm, Shipston Moyne, Nr. Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Sunday, 27th October

The Duke of Edinburgh 1:00p.m Patron of the Royal Southern Yacht Club, will attend a Lunch to mark His Royal Highness becoming Patron after 50 years as Admiral, at Rope Walk, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire.

Monday, 28th October

The Duke of Edinburgh a.m will open INTECH 2000 at the Hampshire Technology Centre Trust Limited, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal 10:05a.m President, International League for the Protection of Horses, will attend the Annual Seminar at Rowley Mile Grandstand, Newmarket Racecourse, The Links, Newmarket, Suffolk.

The Princess Royal 1:35a.m President, Animal Health Trust, will chair the Council of Management Meeting at Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk.

The Princess Royal 3:25p.m Patron, College of Occupational Therapists, open Dudley Integrated Community Equipment Service, Gibbons Industrial Park, Dudley Road, Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands.

The Princess Royal 4:40p.m President, Save the Children Fund, will visit a shop, 19 Peckingham Street, Halesowen, West Midlands.

The Princess Royal 6:00p.m Patron, Sense - The National Deafblind and Rubella Association, will attend the Alps Challenge Reception, at the Banking Hall, Wragge & Co., 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, West Midlands.

The Duke of Gloucester 6:30p.m Patron, North East Civic Trust, will open the Quayside Exchange, Wylam Wharf, Low Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and afterwards attend a dinner.

The Duke of Kent
President, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, will attend a lecture given by HM King Michael of Romania, entitled "Romania and NATO", Whitehall, London SW1.

Tuesday, 29th October

The Queen 11:00a.m will hold an Investiture at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 12:30p.m President of The Cutty Sark Trust, will attend a Lunch at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00p.m will present the UK Athletics Awards at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 7:30p.m Patron and Honorary Member of the City of London Club, will attend the 170th Anniversary Dinner at 19 Old Broad Street, London EC2.

> The Earl of Wessex 2:20p.m Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, accompanied by The Countess of Wessex, will visit The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Activity Day at the Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose , Helston, Cornwall.

x The Earl and Countess of Wessex 10:00a.m will NOT NOW open the new St Austell Community Fire Station , St Austell, Cornwall.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex 10:05a.m will visit Dolphin House Child Development Unit, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall.

> The Earl and Countess of Wessex 11:30a.m will open the new Portreath Millennium Community Hall, Portreath, Cornwall.

> The Earl and Countess of Wessex 12:40p.m will visit the Tremough Campus, Combined Universities in Cornwall, Penryn, Cornwall.

The Princess Royal 9:55a.m President of Patrons, Crime Concern, will attend 'Breaking Barriers' at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7.

The Princess Royal 12:30p.m Patron, RYA Sailability, will attend a National Development Board Luncheon at Deloitte and Touche, Stonecutter Court, 1 Stonecutter Street, London EC4

The Princess Royal 5:00p.m Commandant-in-Chief, (Ambulance and Nursing Cadets) St. John Ambulance, will host a Young Carers Reception at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal 7:00p.m Patron, The Institute of Logistics and Transport, will attend the Annual Awards Dinner at London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London W1.

The Duke of Gloucester 10:15a.m will open the reconstruction of the Commander's House and a barrack at the Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum, Baring Street, South Shields, Tyne and Wear.

The Duke of Gloucester 11:30a.m will visit Bede's World, Church Bank, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear.

Wednesday, 30th October

The Duke of Edinburgh 10:30a.m Senior Fellow, will present the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 11:30a.m Patron and Twelfth Man of The Lord's Taverners will present the County Championships Trophy at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 12:30p.m Life Member of the Variety Club of Great Britain, will attend a lunch in order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Sunshine Coach Programme at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3.

The Duke of Edinburgh 4:30p.m President of the National Playing Fields Association will present the President's Certificates at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal 11:20a.m Patron, Citizens Advice Scotland, will open the Arygll and Bute Citizens Advice Bureau at Campbeltown and Kintyre Enterprise, 2-4 Main Street, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute.

The Princess Royal 12:50p.m will attend a Lunch Reception to mark the Centenary of the sailing from Troon of SY Scotia at the 'Lookout' Restaurant , The Harbour, Troon, Ayrshire.

The Princess Royal 2:30p.m will open the Three Towns Centre for Enterprise, 12-14
Nineyards Street, Saltcoats, Ayrshire.

The Princess Royal 7:30p.m Fellow, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, will attend a SY Scotia Centenary Dinner at Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit Government Communications Headquarters, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Thursday, 31st October

> The Queen 7:30p.m Patron, will attend the British Red Cross Society Gala Performance of "Bombay Dreams" at the Apollo Theatre, Victoria, London SW1.

The Duke of Edinburgh 6:00p.m Colonel in Chief of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, will give a Corps Reception at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of York a.m Special Representative for International Investment and Trade, will visit Dents Accessories, Warminster, Wiltshire.

The Duke of York a.m Special Representative for International Investment and Trade will visit Audience Systems Ltd, Westbury, Wiltshire.

The Duke of York p.m Admiral, The Sea Cadet Corps, will visit Swindon Sea Cadet Unit, Upham Road, Swindon.

The Duke of York p.m Special Representative for International Investment and Trade will visit Leafield Engineering, Corsham, Wiltshire.

The Princess Royal 10:15a.m Patron, The Basic Skills Agency, will chair the Financial Literacy Conference 2002 at Le Meridien Russell Hotel, Russell Square, London WC1.

The Princess Royal 4:30p.m Patron, Transaid Worldwide, will attend the Annual Supporters Meeting at Museum in Docklands, West India Quay, London E14.

The Princess Royal 7:15p.m President, Animal Health Trust, will attend the Equestrian Awards Dinner at Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester
President, Cancer Research UK, will open the Cancer Research Centre at Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire.

The Duke of Gloucester p.m Patron, Society of Antiquaries of London, will attend a lecture at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1.

ENDS PART ONE OF FOUR PARTS