ROYAL DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS - PART TWO

18 Jun 2003 06:15 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 TWO OF TWO PARTS

Thursday, 10th July

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
and 11th July - will carry out engagements in Herefordshire and Shropshire.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 10:20 a.m.
will visit and open an exhibition marking the 25th Anniversary of the Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath, Somerset.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 11:25 a.m.
will visit Bath Abbey, Kingston Parade, Bath, Somerset.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 11:50 a.m.
will visit the Roman Baths and Pump Room, Stall Street, Bath, Somerset.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 1:25 p.m.
will visit Buro Happold, Camden Mill, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, Somerset.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 2:55 p.m.
will open the restored Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street, Frome, Somerset.

+ The Duchess of Gloucester eve.
will attend a City of London Police Dinner in aid of Child Victims of Crime at Guidhall, London EC2.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m.
Patron of The Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest, will attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Trinity Methodist Church, Poplar, East India Dock Road, London E14, followed by a Reception at Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest, 121-131 East India Dock Road, London E14.

Friday, 11th July

+ The Princess Royal
until 15th July 2003 - will visit the Republic of South Africa.

+ The Duke of Kent
Honorary Liveryman, will visit the new Hall of The Worshipful Company of Engineers, Wax Chandlers' Hall, Gresham Street, London EC2.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m.
Patron of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, will attend a performance by students at the MacOwan Theatre, Logan Place, London W8.

Monday, 14th July

The Duke of Edinburgh 7:30 p.m.
President, Guards Polo Club, will attend a Board Dinner at Knightsbridge Barracks, London SW1.

Tuesday, 15th July

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m.
to 6 p.m. - will give a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 11:00 a.m.
President of the Central Council of Physical Recreation, will chair the 2002 Annual General Meeting and afterwards attend a lunch at St. James's Palace.

The Duke of York 12:05 p.m.
President of the Football Association, will open the Academy of Light, Sunderland Football Club, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

The Duke of York 2:20 p.m.
will visit Marden High School to open the Marden City Learning Centre, North Shields, Tyne and Wear.

The Duke of York 3:50 p.m.
Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps will visit Hartlepool Sea Cadet unit, Hartlepool, Tyne and Wear.

The Duke of York 7:10 p.m.
Special Representative for International Investment and Trade, will attend the BTI North East Exporters Dinner, Ramside Hall, Durham.

+ The Princess Royal
until 16th July 2003 - will visit Lesotho.

+ Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Princess Alexandra, Chancellor, will preside at Ceremonies for the conferment of Degrees and Honorary Degrees at Lancaster University.

Wednesday, 16th July

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh eve.
will hold a reception for the winners of The Queen's Awards for Enterprise at Buckingham Palace.

+ The Duke of Edinburgh 11:30 a.m.
President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, will present the 2002 Prince Philip Medal, Highly Commended Certificates and President's Award at Buckingham Palace, and afterwards attend a lunch at the Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London W1.

+ The Duke of Kent
will attend The Queen's Awards WInners Reception, Buckingham Palace.

Thursday, 17th July

The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m.
Patron of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, will host a Gold Award Presentation Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.

Friday, 18th July

The Princess Royal a.m.
Patron, World Rose Convention, will open the 'Glasgow City of the Rose 2003' World Rose Convention at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

Saturday, 19th July

The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will visit the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

Sunday, 20th July

The Duke of Edinburgh 12:30 p.m.
will attend the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

Monday, 21st July

The Duke of Edinburgh 6:30 p.m.
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, will give a reception at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal a.m.
President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will visit Watershed RDA Group to mark their 10th Anniversary, The Rectory, Coates, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

The Princess Royal p.m.
President, Save the Children Fund, will visit a Save the Children Shop at 7 Kings House, Market Parade, Gloucester.

The Princess Royal p.m.
will attend the Gloucestershire Rural Community Council's 80th Anniversary Dinner at the Moat House Hotel, Shurdington Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Tuesday, 22nd July

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m.
to 6 p.m. - will give a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh 10:30 a.m.
Master, will attend the Quarterly Court Meeting at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Hospital for Tropical Diseases Foundation, will open and launch the new National Travel Health Network and Centre at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mortimer Market, Capper Street, London WC1.

The Princess Royal eve.
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend a Dinner at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London W1.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m.
President of the Alexandra Rose Day, will attend a Reception at River Room, Lord Chancellor's Residence, House of Lords, Westminster, SW1.

Wednesday, 23rd July

The Queen a.m.
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will present a new Colour to the Fleet at Plymouth Sound, Devon.

The Princess Royal
The Princess Royal, President of the Patrons, Crime Concern, will attend a Reception at The Insurance Hall, 20 Aldermanbury, London EC2

The Princess Royal p.m.
Patron, National Association of Citizen Advice Bureaux, will visit Swanley Citizens Advice Bureau, 16 High Street, Swanley, Kent.

+ The Duke of Gloucester a.m.
Ranger, accompanied by The Duchess of Gloucester, will visit Epping Forest and will subsequently attend a Lunch to celebrate 125 years of the Corporation of London's ownership and management of the Forest at the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Chingford E4.

Thursday, 24th July

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 2:30 p.m.
to 5.30 p.m. - will be present at the "Not Forgotten" Association Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess Royal a.m.
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Logistic Corps, will visit the 23 Pioneer Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, St. David's Barracks, Graven Hill, Bicester, Oxfordshire.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 11:30 a.m.
will visit the North Pennines Heritage Trust and open the Carrs Level Mine at Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 1:00 p.m.
will visit the restored Brougham Hall, Brougham, Penrith, Cumbria.

+ The Duke of Gloucester 2:30 p.m.
will visit Eden Mind, 44-45 Castlegate, Penrith, Cumbria.

+ The Duchess of Gloucester a.m.
Sponsor, HMS GLOUCESTER, will attend a Ceremony of Rededication at HM Naval Base, Portsmouth.

Friday, 25th July

The Queen a.m.
will open the new wing of King's College Hospital, London SE5.

The Princess Royal a.m.
will open the upgraded Kelso Union Showground, Springwood Park, Kelso, Roxburghshire.

The Princess Royal
to 28th July - Patron, Northern Lighthouse Board, will visit the Scottish Island of St. Kilda and lighthouses in the Outer Hebrides.

+ Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit the Jersey Cheshire Home to mark the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the Home, Jersey, Channel Islands .

Tuesday, 29th July

+ The Duke of Gloucester a.m.
will visit Wentworth Castle, Stainborough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

+ The Duke of Gloucester p.m.
will visit Wentworth Village, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

+ The Duke of Gloucester p.m.
will visit Persistence Works, 21 Brown Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

+ The Duke of Gloucester p.m.
will visit the Millennium Galleries, Arundel Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

Wednesday, 30th July

The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh eve.
will attend the BBC Proms Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London SW7.

The Princess Royal a.m.
President, Save the Children Fund, will visit a Save the Children shop at 18 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal a.m.
Commandant in Chief (Ambulance and Nursing Cadets) St. John Ambulance, will open new Headquarters at Unit 6, Gordleton Industrial Estate, Hannah Way, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal p.m.
Patron, The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, will go sailing in a 'X' One Design Day Boat at The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Bath Road, Lymington, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal p.m.
Patron, The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, will visit the Junior Sailing Community Youth Programme at The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Bath Road, Lymington, Hampshire.

Thursday, 31st July

The Duke of Edinburgh a.m.
will present The Queen's Jubilee Medals to the crew of Caister Lifeboat at Sandringham House, Norfolk.

AUGUST

Saturday, 2nd August

The Duke of Edinburgh p.m.
will attend the England v. South Africa Test Match and visit Lord's Museum at Lord's Cricket Ground, London NW8.

The Duke of Edinburgh 6:30 p.m.
Master of Trinity House, will attend a reception on board THV Patricia, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

The Duke of Edinburgh 8:30 p.m.
Admiral of The Royal Yacht Squadron, will attend a Dinner at The Castle, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Sunday, 3rd August

The Duke of Edinburgh a.m.
Patron, will attend The Bicester and Finmere Show, Bicester, Oxfordshire.

The Duke of Edinburgh 9:30 a.m.
will open the new hovercraft terminal at Hovertravel Limited, Quay Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Thursday, 7th August

The Duke of Edinburgh 10:30 a.m.
will visit Tornado Wire Ltd., Devonshire Road Industrial Estate, Millom, Cumbria.

Monday, 11th August

The Duke of Edinburgh eve.
Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, will host a dinner for Edinburgh Technopole at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Tuesday, 12th August

The Duke of Edinburgh 12:00 noon
Patron of 'Project Constant Endeavour' (Maritime Air Trust), will attend a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Wednesday, 20th August

The Princess Royal 11:00 a.m.
Patron, Citizens Advice Scotland, will attend their Annual Conference at Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal 7:30 p.m.
Colonel in Chief, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) will take the Salute at The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, The Castle, Edinburgh.

Thursday, 21st August

The Princess Royal
will open Aboyne Community Hospital, Belwood Road, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.

The Princess Royal
will re-open Finzean Hall, Finzean, Banchory, Aberdeenshire.

+ The Princess Royal
will unveil a Memorial to the British and Commonwealth Aircrew who died in the Cairngorms in 1942 at Braemar, Aberdeenshire.

SEPTEMBER

Monday, 8th September

The Duke of York eve.
will attend a Dinner for the 9th World Route Development Forum in the grounds of the
Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Friday, 12th September

+ The Earl of Wessex
will visit Luxembourg to mark the 10th Britain in Luxembourg Exhibition

Wednesday, 17th September

+ The Princess Royal 3:00 p.m.
Patron, The Six Circle Group, will visit 'Perth Six Circle in Partnership' Project at 1a Gowans Terrace, Perth.

Saturday, 20th September

The Duke of York a.m.
will open the RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day 2003, at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset.

Sunday, 21st September

The Duke of Edinburgh noon
Patron of the Auto-Cycle Union, will attend Scarborough International Bike Week to watch the final day's racing of the International Gold Cup and present the prizes at Oliver's Mount, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

OCTOBER

Tuesday, 14th October

The Duke of York p.m.
will attend a lunch given by the Middle East Association at the Savoy Hotel, London SW1.

NOVEMBER

Tuesday, 4th November

+ The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 8:30 p.m.
will give an Evening Reception for Members of the Diplomatic Corps at Buckingham Palace.

SUPPLEMENT

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Admission details for the Summer Opening of the State Rooms, Buckingham Palace

The Summer Opening will take place from 1st August to 28th September, 2003. Timed tickets 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. are available every day (last admission 4.15 p.m.).

Adults £12
Over 60s/student £10
Under 17 £6
Family £30 (2 adults, 3 children under 17)
Under 5 free

Advance tickets are available www.royal.gov.uk - Art and Residences section.

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace is open between 10.00am and 5.30pm (last admission is 4.30pm).

Highlights from the exhibition, Royal Treasures, will remain on show until 1st February, 2004. The drawings and watercolours from the exhibition will be on display until 27th April, 2003.

Admission prices:

Adult £6.50
Over 60s/student £5.00
Under 17 £3.00
Under 5 free
Family £16.00 (2 adults, 3 children under 17)

Information about The Queen's Gallery can be obtained by telephoning (+44) (0) 20 7321 2233. e-mail:
buckinghampalace@royalcollection.org.uk

The Royal Mews

The Royal Mews is from Monday to Sunday, 1st March to 31st October, 2003. The Royal Mews will be closed to the public on Wednesday, 25th June.

Guard Mounting, Buckingham Palace

Guard Mounting will take place on the following days (there will be NO Guard Mounting in very wet weather):

June, every day.

THE PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE, EDINBURGH

Opening times:

1st November - 31st March - opens 9.30 a.m. - last entry 3.45 p.m.

1st April - 31st October - opens 9.30a.m. - last entry 5.15 p.m.

Admission prices:

Adults £6.50,
Over 60's £5.00,
Under 17 £3.30.
Under 5s Free.
Family ticket £16.30, (two adults and two children)

WINDSOR CASTLE

Opening times:

Monday - Saturday:

Precincts, State Apartments, Semi State Rooms, Queen Mary's Dolls' House, St. George's Chapel and the Albert Memorial Chapel, but see CLOSURE DATES.

Sundays

Precincts, State Apartments, Semi State Rooms and Queen Mary's Dolls' House.

Opening Hours

Daily: 9:45 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. Last admission at 3:00 p.m. Daily: 9:45 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. Last admission at 4:00 p.m. during April.

Opening times for Windsor Castle are subject to change at short notice.

St George's Chapel is closed every Sunday except to Worshippers.

Admission Prices:
Adult OAP Child Family
Monday - Saturday

All areas incl. £11.00 £9.00 £5.50 £27.50

During closure of the £5.50 £4.50 £2.70 £13.70 State Apartments

N.B.: Family ticket - 2 Adults and 3 Children (children over 5 and under 17)

Guard Mounting, Windsor Castle.

Guard Mounting will take place on the following days (there will be NO Guard Mounting in very wet weather):

June, every day.

Windsor Castle recorded information message 01753 831118 Windsor Castle Information Office 01753 868286 x 2615 Royal Windsor Information Centre 01753 743900.

FROGMORE HOUSE

Frogmore House, Garden and Mausoleum are open 20th, 21st and 22nd May, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., last admission is at 5 p.m., and 23rd, 24th and 25th August, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., last admission is at 4 p.m..

The Mausoleum only is open on 28th May, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (last admission at 3.30p.m.).

Private tours of Frogmore House for pre-booked groups are available on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursday's from 5th August to 25th September.

Further information about admission and access is available from the Ticket Sales and Information office, tel. 020 7321 2233 or e-mail information@royalcollection.org.uk

SANDRINGHAM HOUSE

House opening times: 19 April 2003 - 18 July 2003
26 July 2003 - 26 October 2003

Sandringham Visitor Centre is open daily from 2 April to 31 October (closed Good Friday), then Wednesday to Sunday only until Easter 2004.

Admission charges:

House, Gardens and Museum Gardens and Museum only
(when open)
Adult £6.50 £5.50 Senior Citizen/Student £5.00 £4.50 Child (5-15) £4.00 £3.50 Family (2 adults, 3 children) £17.50 £14.50

Wheelchair access throughout - helpers admitted free.

Tel. Sandringham Estate Office for information: 01553 772675

BALMORAL CASTLE AND ESTATE

Details of opening times may be found at www.balmoral-castle.com

ENDS PART TWO OF TWO PARTS