ROYAL DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS - PART ONE OF THREE PARTS
22 Aug 2002 04:46 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 OF THREE PARTS - AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
Tuesday, 27th August
The Princess Royal 10:00a.m
will open Meldrum Academy, Old Meldrum, Inverurie,
Aberdeenshire.
The Princess Royal 11:30a.m
will re-open Strathburn Primary School, Strathburn Gardens,
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
The Princess Royal 12:35p.m
President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will attend
the Gordon Group's 21st Birthday Celebrations at Tweed-dale
- Keithhall, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
The Princess Royal 2:15p.m
President, International League for the Protection of
Horses, will open a Veterinary Treatment and Forge
Extension at Belwade Farm, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.
The Princess Royal 3:30p.m
will open Crathie Opportunity Holidays' new holiday
facility, The Manse Courtyard, Crathie, Ballater,
Aberdeenshire.
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, 1st September
The Earl and Countess of Wessex 3:30p.m
will attend a Garden Party to mark The Queen's Golden
Jubilee at Prickloves Farmhouse, South Park, Blechingley,
Surrey.
Monday, 2nd September
> The Prince of Wales p.m
Patron, will open the Alnwick Garden, Alnwick Castle,
Alnwick, Northumberland
> The Prince of Wales p.m
will open the holistic Cancer Help Centre, Cancer Bridge,
St. Camillus, Oakwood, Hexham, Northumberland
The Princess Royal 10:40a.m
Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st
Dragoons), will visit the Household Cavalry Mounted
Regiment during their Annual Summer Training at Bodney
Training Camp, Stanford Training Area, Thetford, Norfolk.
The Princess Royal 2:10p.m
will visit the Watton Troop ACF at the ACF Hut, Church Walk
- Watton, Norfolk.
Tuesday, 3rd September
> The Earl of Wessex 2:00p.m
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, accompanied by The
Countess of Wessex, will visit Soar Valley Community
College, Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester.
The Earl of Wessex 6:45p.m
Patron, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, accompanied
by The Countess of Wessex, will attend a performance of
Britten's "War Requiem" at Coventry Cathedral, Coventry,
West Midlands.
> The Earl and Countess of Wessex 12:30p.m
will visit the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability
and Arts, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road,
Leicester.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex 3:00p.m
will visit the Jain Temple, Leicester, Leicestershire, to
mark The Queen's Golden Jubilee.
The Princess Royal 11:00a.m
President, British Horse Society, will open a section of
'Sabrina Way' and 'Claude Duval Bridleroute' at Cold Aston,
near Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire.
> Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m
Patron, will open the PDSA PetAid Hospital, Campus Way,
Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent.
> Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m
Patron of Fairbridge, will visit Fairbridge in Kent,
Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent.
> Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy eve
Princess Alexandra will attend a Reception given by the
Head and Neck Cancer Research Trust to mark the opening of
the John Diamond Voice Research Laboratory at the Royal
Marsden Hospital, London SW3.
Wednesday, 4th September
The Princess Royal 11:35a.m
will open the Samaritan Project at the renovated Royal
Samaritan Hospital, Coplaw Street, Govanhill, Glasgow.
The Princess Royal 12:50p.m
will visit Soapworks, Block 8, Coltness Street, Queenslie
Industrial Estate, Glasgow.
The Princess Royal 1:55p.m
will open the Quarriers Family Resource Centre, 26 Avondale
Street, Ruchazie, Glasgow.
Thursday, 5th September
> The Duke of York 10:50a.m
Special Representative for International Investment and
Trade, will visit Newlyn Fish Market, Newlyn, Cornwall.
> The Duke of York 11:55a.m
Special Representative for International Investment and
Trade, will visit The Pilchard Works Museum and Factory,
Tolcarne, Newlyn, Cornwall.
> The Duke of York 1:20p.m
Special Representative for International Trade and
Investment, will visit Rigibore Limited, Hayle, Cornwall.
> The Duke of York 2:50p.m
Special Representative for International Trade and
Investment, will visit AP Valves, Water-ma-Trout Industrial
Estate, Helston, Cornwall.
The Earl of Wessex
to Sunday 8th September - Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's
Award International Foundation will visit Toronto, Canada,
for the opening of the International Gold Encounter.
The Princess Royal 7:30p.m
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend
a Dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunter, Cap Ferrat
- Nice, France.
> The Duke of Gloucester 6:30p.m
Governor, Building Centre Trust, will attend a jubilee
reception to celebrate 50 years of construction achievement
- at the Building Centre Trust Gallery, 26 Shore Street,
London WC1.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m
will visit the Royal British Legion Poppy Factory, 20
Petersham Road, Richmond, Surrey.
Friday, 6th September
> The Duke of York 10:20a.m
Special Representative for International Investment and
Trade, will visit TRW Aeronautical Systems Limited at
Pitstone Green, Buckinghamshire.
> The Duke of York 11:50a.m
Admiral, The Sea Cadet Corps, will visit the Biggleswade
Sea Cadet Unit, Bedfordshire.
> The Duke of York 1:10p.m
Special Representative for International Trade and
Investment, will visit AirSense International, Hitchin,
Hertfordshire.
Saturday, 7th September
The Princess Royal 4:30p.m
Patron, The Association of Wrens, will attend the Reunion
2002 at the Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y.
Monday, 9th September
> The Princess Royal 2:00p.m
will open the new Sports Centre at the John Warner School,
Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
> The Princess Royal 3:30p.m
will unveil a stone to mark the completion of the
restoration work to the Lady Chapel floor at Ely Cathedral,
Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Tuesday, 10th September
> The Princess Royal 11:05a.m
will visit the North Staffordshire Special Adventure
Playground, Stanier Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Staffordshire.
> The Princess Royal 12:10p.m
will visit J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited to open the JCB
World Parts Centre, Waterloo Park, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
> The Princess Royal 2:30p.m
will open the Burntwood Leisure Centre, High Street,
Chasetown, Staffordshire.
Wednesday, 11th September
> The Prince of Wales 1:15p.m
will attend a Service of Remembrance and Commemoration at
St. Paul's Cathedral, London EC4.
> The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will open the Eriskay Causeway, Uist, Western Isles.
> The Earl and Countess of Wessex p.m
will visit the Leverburgh Home of Rest, Isle of Harris,
Western Isles.
> The Earl and Countess of Wessex p.m
will open the Leverburgh Community Centre, Isle of Harris,
Western Isles.
> The Princess Royal 10:05a.m
Patron, The National Autistic Society, will open the new
premises of Wirral Autistic Society, Giles Shirley Hall,
York Street, Bromborough Pool, Wirral, Merseyside.
x The Princess Royal 11:15a.m
will NOT NOW launch the Ireland Ferry Service, at Twelve
Quays Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside.
> The Princess Royal 11:20a.m
will open the Numast Mariners' Park Care Home, Mariners'
Park, Wallesey, Merseyside.
> The Princess Royal 1:20p.m
Patron, The Butler Trust, will visit HMP Liverpool, 68
Hornby Road, Liverpool, Merseyside.
Thursday, 12th September
> The Princess Royal 10:15a.m
will attend the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution's
National Conference at the Connaught Rooms, London WC2.
Friday, 13th September
> Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m
will visit the Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh.
> Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy p.m
will visit The Thistle Foundation, Niddrie Mains Road,
Edinburgh.
Saturday, 14th September
The Duke of York 9:20a.m
Commodore, the Royal Thames Yacht Club, will receive and
name, on behalf of The Queen, the new royal barge of the
Thames Traditional Rowing Association at Isleworth,
Middlesex.
Monday, 16th September
> The Princess Royal 12:30p.m
Patron, The Home Farm Trust, will attend a 40th Anniversary
Luncheon at the Savile Club, 69 Brook Street, London W1.
> The Princess Royal 2:25p.m
President, UK Fashion Exports, will visit London Fashion
Week at Duke of York's Headquarters, London SW3.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy eve
will attend a performance of the Teddington Theatre Club
production of "84 Charing Cross Road" at the Hampton Hill
Playhouse, 90 High Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex.
Tuesday, 17th September
The Earl of Wessex 2:00p.m
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, accompanied by The
Countess of Wessex, will attend a Clay Pigeon Shoot
Fundraising Competition at Pennsport Shooting School,
Newbury, Berkshire.
> The Princess Royal 10:25a.m
Patron, Townswomen's Guilds, will open the Countryside
Conference at Lancaster University, the Faraday Complex,
Lancaster, Lancashire.
> The Princess Royal 1:20p.m
Patron, The Butler Trust, will visit HM Prison Preston, 2
Ribbleton Lane, Preston, Lancashire.
> The Princess Royal 3:10p.m
will open the Salvation Army - North West Division's
'Bridge Project' at Blackpool Citadal, Raikes Parade,
Blackpool, Lancashire.
> The Princess Royal 7:25p.m
President, British Olympic Association, will attend the
Olympic Gold Ball at the Savoy Hotel, Strand, London WC2.
Friday, 20th September
> The Earl of Wessex
to 24th September - Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
International Foundation, will visit Ottawa, Canada, to
attend a meeting of the International Council, a meeting of
the International Trustees, a Gold Award Ceremony, and the
International Gold Encounter 2002 Youth Forum.
> The Princess Royal 9:40a.m
will open the new Sports Complex at Wellington School,
Wellington, Somerset.
> The Princess Royal 11:00a.m
will visit Portland Port, Portland, Dorset.
> The Princess Royal 1:00p.m
President, Royal Yachting Association, will visit Weymouth
and Portland Sailing Academy and view the final of the
Royal Yachting Association British Match Racing
Championships, Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset.
Sunday, 22nd September
The Duke of York
to 29th September - will visit Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey, Indiana and Illinois, United States of America.
Monday, 23rd September
> The Princess Royal 11:45a.m
will open the conversion of the former Victorian Primary
School into Social housing and a Public park, Old School
Place, Gorwell, Watlington, Oxfordshire.
> The Princess Royal 12:55p.m
will open the Jubilee Hall at Lewknor Parish Recreation
Ground, High Street, Lewknor, Watlington, Oxfordshire.
> The Princess Royal 2:45p.m
will attend the UK National Challenger Championships at
Oxford Sailing Club, Farmoor Resevoir, Oxford, Oxfordshire.
> The Duke of Gloucester 2:00p.m
President, British Consultants and Construction Bureau
Worldwide, will attend an afternoon of judging for the
Consultants of the Year Awards at 1 Westminster Palace
Gardens, Artillery Row, London SW1.
Tuesday, 24th September
The Queen 6:00p.m
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the
Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting at the Commonwealth
Institute, Kensington High Street, London W8.
The Duke of Edinburgh 5:00p.m
will attend the Commonwealth Business Forum at the Mayfair
Intercontinental Hotel, Stratton Street, London W1.
> The Princess Royal 11:25a.m
will open the new Larkfield Unit at Inverclyde Royal
Hospital, Larkfield Road, Greenock, Renfrewshire.
> The Princess Royal 12:55p.m
will open a Gym within the Waterfront Leisure Complex,
Customhouse Way, Greenock, Renfrewshire.
> The Princess Royal 1:35p.m
will open Boglestone Clinic, Dubbs Place, Port Glasgow,
Renfrewshire.
> The Princess Royal 2:25p.m
will open the new Stroke Unit at Royal Alexandra Hospital,
Corsebar Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
> The Duke of Gloucester 9:00a.m
President, British Consultants and Construction Bureau
Worldwide, will attend a day of judging for the Consultants
of the Year Awards at 1 Westminster Palace Gardens,
Artillery Row, London SW1.
Wednesday, 25th September
The Earl and Countess of Wessex 7:00p.m
will attend a Gala Concert given by the London Symphony
Orchestra at the Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2
to mark Sir Colin Davis' 75th Birthday
> The Princess Royal 10:00a.m
will attend the International Forest Fest at Birkshaw Wood,
Lockerbie, Dumfries.
The Princess Royal 3:00p.m
President, Royal Yachting Association, will chair a Council
Meeting at Royal Thames Yacht Club, 60 Knightsbridge,
London SW1.
Thursday, 26th September
> The Princess Royal a.m
President of Patrons, Crime Concern, will attend a national
action learning day on 'Tackling youth crime with the
family, school and community' at the National Motorcycle
Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands.
The Princess Royal
will open Bloxwich Police Station, Station Street, Bloxwich
- West Midlands.
> The Princess Royal 7:30p.m
will the Jubilee Sailing Trust's Silver Jubilee Ball at
Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1.
> The Duke of Gloucester 11:20a.m
will open the new Fire Brigade Headquarters, Upperton Road,
Eastbourne, East Sussex.
> The Duke of Gloucester 1:15p.m
will visit the Stables Theatre and Art Gallery, High Street
- Hastings, East Sussex.
> The Duke of Gloucester 2:00p.m
will visit St. Mary's in the Castle Church, Pelham Crescent
- Hastings, East Sussex.
> The Duke of Gloucester 2:55p.m
will visit Hastings Pier, the Seafront, Hastings, East
Sussex.
> The Duchess of Gloucester 2:00p.m
Patron, SeeAbility, will open new specially designed
accommodation at Meadowbank, Twyford Road, Eastleigh,
Hampshire.
Friday, 27th September
The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will attend a Press Launch for the Fundraising Campaign in
aid of the Northern Ballet Theatre and Phoenix Dance in
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Earl and Countess of Wessex
will attend a performance of "Wuthering Heights" given by
the Northern Ballet Theatre at the Alhambra Theatre,
Bradford, West Yorkshire
> The Princess Royal
Patron, National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux,
will visit Wear Valley Citizens Advice Bureau at the Four
Clocks Centre, 154a Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, County
Durham.
The Princess Royal a.m
President, The Mission to Seafarers, will open new Seaham
Seafarers' Centre, Cargo Durham Distribution Centre, Seaham
- County Durham.
> The Princess Royal
will open the Four Clocks Centre, 154a Newgate Street,
Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
The Princess Royal a.m
will open the Carriage House at the North of England Open
Air Museum, Beamish, County Durham.
Monday, 30th September
The Princess Royal a.m
will open the new processing dairy for United Milk Plc,
West Wilts Trading Estate, Westbury, Wiltshire.
The Princess Royal p.m
President, The Rural Housing Trust, will attend a Seminar
for Parish Councillors at Oaksey Village Hall, Oaksey,
Wiltshire.
> The Princess Royal p.m
President, National Association of Victim Support Schemes,
will launch the Witness Service within the Wiltshire
Magistrates' Courts at the Town Hall, High Street,
Chippenham, Wiltshire.
ENDS PART ONE OF THREE PARTS