News Release issued by
the COI News Distribution Service on 02 September 2009
Royal Diary of
Engagements, 2nd September 2009
No. 78 2nd September 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).
SEPTEMBER
Thursday, 3rd September
The Duke of York
Past Captain, Royal and Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews, will give a Tea for the Great
Britain
and Ireland Walker Cup Team at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of York
Special Representative for
International Trade and Investment, will give a Dinner for the
Singapore British Business Council at St. James's Palace.
The Duke of Kent
President, Royal National Lifeboat
Institution, will attend the Ceremony of Dedication
for the
Memorial Sculpture at the Lifeboat College, West Quay Road, Poole, BH15.
The Duke of Kent
will visit the Superior Group
Limited and launch the Superior Apprenticeship Scheme, at
Nimrod Way, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset.
The Duke of Kent
Patron, will attend a Concert by the
London Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Royal Albert
Hall,
Kensington Gore, London SW7.
Friday, 4th September
The Duke of York
Special Representative for
International Trade and Investment, will visit the West
Midlands.
The Duke of York
Special Representative for
International Trade and Investment, will visit Warwickshire.
The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit the Cambridge
Cancer Help Centre
Sunday, 6th September
The Duke of Kent
Colonel, will attend the Scots
Guards Gathering in Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock,
Ayrshire.
Monday, 7th September
The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of
York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald
Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.
The Princess Royal
will open Scottish Borders Campus
at Borders College and Heriot Watt University,
Nether Road,
Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
The Princess Royal
will visit Abbotsford House,
Melrose, Roxburghshire.
The Duke of Gloucester
President, RAPID UK, will open
the Headquarters at Norton's Piece, Bristol Way,
Hardwicke.
The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Robert
Raikes' House, Southgate Street, Gloucester.
Tuesday, 8th September
The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of
York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald
Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.
The Countess of Wessex
Patron, Tomorrow's
People, will hold a Dinner at Bagshot Park, Bagshot, Surrey.
The Princess Royal
will visit Fife Constabulary to
commemorate its 60th Anniversary at Police
Headquarters,
Detroit Road, Glenrothes, Fife.
The Princess Royal
will visit the Scottish Fisheries
Museum to commemorate its 40th Anniversary at St.
Ayles,
Harbourhead, Anstruther, Fife.
> The Princess Royal
will visit the High
School of Dundee to commemorate its 150th Royal Charter
Anniversary at Euclid Crescent, Dundee.
The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal
Trust for Carers, will visit Fife Carers Centre at 157
Commercial Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The Unicorn Preservation
Society, will attend a Dinner onboard Her Majesty's
Frigate Unicorn, Victoria Dock, Dundee.
The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, BLESMA, will visit the
Blackpool Home to celebrate the 60th Anniversary.
The Duke of Gloucester
will visit St
Cuthbert's Church to celebrate the 175th anniversary of
the present church,
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.
The Duke of Gloucester
will open the new premises of
Tangerine Holdings Ltd, Dock Road, Lytham St Annes,
Lancashire.
The Duke of Kent
will visit IOG Saltex 2009 at Royal
Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor,
Berkshire.
Wednesday, 9th September
The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of
York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald
Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.
The Duke of York
Special Representative for
International Trade and Investment, will visit Inverness.
The Countess of Wessex
will visit the premises of the
Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust at Saddlers House,
100
Reading Road, Yateley, Hampshire.
The Countess of Wessex
will chair a Charities Forum
at Bagshot Park, Bagshot, Surrey.
The Princess Royal
will open Wick Marina, Wick
Harbour, Wick, Caithness.
The Princess Royal
will visit Tain Royal Academy to
commemorate its Royal Charter Bicentenary at
Scotsburn Road,
Tain, Ross shire.
The Princess Royal
will visit Tain Rose Gardens, High
Street, Tain, Ross shire.
The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal
Trust for Carers, will visit a Young Carers Art Workshop
at
Tain Parish Church Hall, Queen Street, Tain, Ross shire.
The Princess Royal
will visit the Gatehouse Centre
Glass Project at Cambusavie Unit, Lawson Memorial
Hospital,
Station Road, Golspie, Sutherland.
The Princess Royal
will visit Sutherland Schools Pipe
Band at Cambusavie Unit, Lawson Memorial
Hospital, Station
Road, Golspie, Sutherland.
The Duke of Kent
President, Royal Air Force
Benevolent Fund, will visit Princess Marina House, Seafield
Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, West Sussex.
The Duke of Kent
will present The Queen's
Award for Enterprise to Sprint Electric Limited, Rudford
Industrial Estate, Ford, Arundel, West Sussex.
x Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
President,
The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, will attend a Garden Party to
celebrate
the Home's Ninetieth Anniversary, at
Eastlands Estate, West Chiltington Lane,
Billingshurst, West Sussex.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open a
new extension at Donnington House Care Home, Chichester, West
Sussex .
Thursday, 10th September
The Duke of York
Patron, will attend The Duke of
York's Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald
Links,
Ayr Road, Gailes, Irvine.
The Duke of York
Special Representative for
International Trade and Investment, will visit the Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright.
The Countess of Wessex
Trustee, the Royal National
Institute for Deaf People, will NOT NOW attend the
Co
operative's Awards Dinner at the Hilton Metropole, 225
Edgeware Road, London
W2.
The Princess Royal
will open the new Largs Pier,
Largs, Ayrshire.
The Princess Royal
will open Port Askaig Pier, Port
Askaig, Isle of Islay, Argyll.
The Princess Royal
will visit Jura Care Centre Group
at Kinuachdrachd, Inverlussa, Isle of Jura, Argyll.
The Princess Royal
will visit Tarbert Conservation
Initiative at Tarbert, Argyll.
The Duke of Kent
will visit the Bodleian Library,
Oxford University, Broad Street, Oxford.
The Duke of Kent
Chancellor, University of Surrey,
will attend the British Association for the
Advancement of
Science Festival Dinner, Guildford, Surrey.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron of
CORDA, will attend a Reception on board HQS Wellington, Victoria
Embankment, London WC2.
Friday, 11th September
> The Prince of Wales
The Duke of Cornwall
will open the new Princetown Village Centre, Tavistock Road,
Princetown, Yelverton.
> The Prince of Wales
The Duke of Cornwall
will visit the new Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, Tavistock
Road, Princetown, Yelverton, Devon
> The Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales,
Patron Exeter Cathedral's Third Millennium Campaign, will
visit
The Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter.
> The Prince of Wales
will visit the
Operations Centre at the Met Office Headquarters, FitzRoy Road, Exeter.
> The Duchess of Cornwall
will present the
Village Church for Village Life Award at Mercers' Hall,
Ironmongers
Lane, London.
The Countess of Wessex
Colonel in Chief, will visit
the Corps of Army Music at Kneller Hall, Twickenham,
Middlesex.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The British Nutrition
Foundation, will attend a Regional Scottish Education
Conference at Our Dynamic Earth, 112 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh.
The Princess Royal
Patron, International Sheep Dog Society,
will attend International Sheep Dog Trials at
Lowther Park,
Penrith, Cumbria.
The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit the James
Hopkins Trust at Kites Corner, Gloucester
Saturday, 12th September
The Queen
Colonel in Chief, will visit The
Queen's Royal Lancers.
> The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall
will visit Seaton Delaval Hall, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland. His
Royal Highness is
President of The National Trust.
The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Canine Partners, will
attend the Canine Partners' Grand Clay Challenge,
Holywell.
Monday, 14th September
> Prince William
will attend The
Princes' Charities Forum at Clarence House, London.
> Prince William
will open the second phase of
the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum,
Cromwell
Road, London, SW7.
The Duke of York
Special Representative for
International Trade and Investment, will attend a Dinner
given by the Wolfe Society at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal
Hospital Road, London,
SW3.
The Princess Royal
will attend the annual conference
of the International Federation of Consulting
Engineers,
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary,
Westminster,
London, SW1.
The Princess Royal
Colonel, The Blues and Royals
(Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), will visit the
Household Cavalry Regiment, Combermere Barracks, Windsor, Berkshire.
Tuesday, 15th September
The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will
open the new Sports Hall at Gordonstoun
School, Elgin, Morayshire.
The Earl of Wessex
will view Clackmannan Tower, Clackmannanshire.
The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of
Edinburgh's Award (United Kingdom) will attend a Dinner
at
Drum Castle, Drumoak, Banchory, Aberdeenshire.
The Earl of Wessex
will visit Alloa Community
Enterprises, Unit D, Carlsberg Depot, Greenfield Street,
Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
The Earl of Wessex
will visit Alloa Tower, Earn
Court, Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
The Earl of Wessex
will visit Lornshill Academy,
Tullibody Road, Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
> The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of
Edinburgh's Award, will visit Dollar Academy,
Clackmannanshire
and meet students preparing for their Duke
of Edinburgh's Awards.
The Princess Royal
will visit the Northern Racing
College to commemorate its 25th Anniversary, The
Stables,
Rossington Hall, Great North Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
The Princess Royal
will open Fusion@Magna and tour the Business
Centre, Magna Way, Rotherham, South
Yorkshire.
The Princess Royal
will visit Second Nature Life
Support's Winthrop Park, Second Lane, Wickersley,
Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, the Westminster
Society will attend the Society's second Golden Jubilee
Event at
Westminster Abbey, London SW1.
The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Samuel Johnson
Birthplace Museum, Breadmarket Street, Lichfield,
Staffordshire.
The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St
John, will attend the dedication of the Memorial to the
Order of St John at the National Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, TR14ers, will today
attend a Royal Gala Performance by a number of youth
bands
and choirs from Cambourne, Cornwall.
The Duke of Kent
will visit GKN Aerospace Services,
Ferry Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend a
Reception for the Zimbabwe Farmers' Trust Fund to be held
in the Vintners
Hall, Upper Thames Street, London.
Wednesday, 16th September
The Earl of Wessex
will open the Grampian Transport
Museum new building at Alford, Aberdeenshire.
The Earl of Wessex
will re open the new Montgarrie
Bridge, over the River Don, Alford, Aberdeenshire.
The Earl of Wessex
will visit the rennovated
Tullynessle and Forbes Hall, Tullynessle, Alford,
Aberdeenshire.
The Earl of Wessex
will visit the Bennachie Centre,
Pitcaple, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The College of Emergency
Medicine, will attend the Autumn Conference
Reception at the
Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7.
The Princess Royal
will open Phase 1 of the Ceramics
Galleries in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Cromwell Road,
London, SW7.
The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic
Association, will attend an Executive Board meeting, 1
Wandsworth Plain, London, SW1.
The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St
John, accompanied by The Duchess of Gloucester will
attend a
concert in aid of the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, Cadogan
Hall, London
SW1.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend
the Quincentenary Celebrations of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,
West
Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit
Lancaster University to attend the University's Forty
Fifth Anniversary Dinner.
Thursday, 17th September
The Princess Royal
will open the new accommodation
block and dining room at YMCA Fairthorne Manor,
Curdridge,
Southampton, Hampshire.
The Princess Royal
Patron, RYA Sailability, will attend the
pre departure Trans Atlantic Reception for Mr.
Geoff Holt,
Southampton International Boat Show, Mayflower Park, Southampton,
Hampshire.
The Princess Royal
Commandant In Chief (Youth), St
John Ambulance, will open the new St. John
Ambulance Youth
Training Centre, 99 Hawley Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire.
The Princess Royal
Honorary Freeman, The Worshipful
Company of Butchers, will attend a Court Meeting
and a Court
Dinner, Butchers' Hall, 87 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1.
The Duke of Gloucester
will unveil the Dundee
Submarine Memorial, City Quay, Dundee.
The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, SeeAbility, will
attend an Open Day at Heather House,Tadley, Hampshire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend
a Duchy of Lancaster Dinner at Lancaster Castle.
> Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit
the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Company Limited,
Ravenglass, Cumbria.
Friday, 18th September
The Duke of York
Chairman of the Trustees, Outward
Bound Trust, will attend the Board Meeting at the
Gate
House, Eskdale Green, Cumbria.
The Princess Royal
will open British Ceramic
Tile's new factory, Old Newton Road, Heathfield, Newton
Abbot, Devon.
The Princess Royal
Patron of Centenary Congress,
British Hardware Federation, will attend the International
Federation of Hardware and Housewares Association Centenary
Congress at the Queen
Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad
Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1.
The Duchess of Gloucester
Honorary President, will
attend the Opening Ceremony of the Davis Cup Tie, Great
Britain v Poland in Liverpool
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Joint
President, will visit the Cancer Research UK Lancaster Shop to
celebrate its
Twentieth Anniversary.
Saturday, 19th September
The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit St
John's Hospice, The Wirral
The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit The Manor House,
The Wirral
The Duchess of Gloucester
Honorary President, will
attend the Davis Cup Tie, Great Britain v Poland in Liverpool
The Duke of Kent
will unveil the Polish War Memorial
at the National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall
Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
Monday, 21st September
The Princess Royal
Patron, Wooden Spoon Society, will
open a new facility at Greatwood, Rainscombe Hill
Farm,
Clench Common, Marlborough, Wiltshire.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The Injured Jockeys Fund,
will open Oaksey House, Oxford Street, Lambourn,
Berkshire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron, will
visit the Queen Mary's Clothing Guild Packing Week at St
James's Palace,
London SW1.
Tuesday, 22nd September
The Princess Royal
Patron, The Butler Trust, will
visit HMP Kirkham, Freckleton Road, Kirkham, Preston,
Lancashire.
The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal
Trust for Carers, will open Enterprise Plc, Gordon House,
Sceptre Way, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire.
The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal
Trust for Carers, will visit Blackpool Carers Centre,
Norman
House, Robson Way, Blackpool, Lancashire.
The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the Citizenship
Ceremony at Crawley Register Office, Southgate Avenue,
Crawley.
The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Reeve Art School
at Lancing College, Lancing.
The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Broadfield Stadium to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of Crawley Community
Voluntary Service.
The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Base Project,
Dorsten Square, Bewbush, Crawley.
The Duke of Gloucester
will attend the 100th concert
in the Story of Christmas Appeal series at the Cadogan
Hall,
Chelsea, London SW10.
The Duke of Kent
Colonel, will attend the Scots
Guards Colonel's Fund Dinner in New York.
Wednesday, 23rd September
The Princess Royal
Patron, The British School of
Osteopathy, will attend a Dinner at the British School of
Osteopathy Clinic, 98 118 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1.
The Princess Royal
will open Lowestoft Fire Station,
Stradbroke Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
The Princess Royal
will visit the Royal Norfolk and
Suffolk Yacht Club to commemorate its 150th
Anniversary,
Royal Plain, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
The Princess Royal
will visit The SLP Group, Hamilton
Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The Intensive Care
Society, will attend a Patient Care and Safety Reception at
The Royal Society, 6 9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.
The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Centre of
Excellence in biomechanics and bioengineering at Cardiff
University, Cardiff.
The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, will visit The
Royal London School for the Blind at Dorton House, Sevenoaks,
Kent.
The Duchess of Gloucester
will visit The Heart of
Kent Hospice, Aylesford, Kent
Thursday, 24th September
The Princess Royal
President, RYA Sailability, will
open new facilities at Grafham Water Centre, Perry,
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
The Princess Royal
Patron, RNVR Youth Sail
Training Trust, will attend a Trustees Meeting at Manches
LLP, Aldwych House, 81 Aldwych, London WC2.
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 Princess Royal
President, Save the Children UK,
will hold a 90th Anniversary Reception at The Queen's
Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
The Duchess of Gloucester
President, will today
attend a meeting of the Governing Body at the Royal Academy of
Music, Marylebone, London, NW1.
The Duke of Kent
President, Wellington College, will
attend the 150th Anniversary Service, at St. Paul's
Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard,
London EC4.
Friday, 25th September
The Princess Royal
will visit Nailsworth Youth Club,
The Haven, Northfield Road, Nailsworth, Stroud,
Gloucestershire.
The Princess Royal
will visit Bottlegreen Drinks
Company, Frogmarsh Mill, South Woodchester, Stroud,
Gloucestershire.
The Princess Royal
will visit Stroud Common Wealth
Limited at The Exchange', Brick Row, Stroud,
Gloucestershire.
The Duke of Kent
Colonel in Chief, Royal Regiment of
Fusiliers, will visit the Fusiliers' Museum, Moss
Street, Bury, Lancashire.
The Duke of Kent
will attend a Concert by the London
Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Royal Festival Hall,
Belvedere Road, London SE1.
Monday, 28th September
The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust,
will attend a Dinner at Broncroft Castle, Broncroft,
Craven
Arms, Shropshire.
The Princess Royal
will open the Royal Air Force
Association Remembrance Garden at the National
Memorial
Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
The Princess Royal
will open a Distribution Hub at
Palletforce Plc, Callister Way, Centrum West,
Burton On
Trent, Staffordshire.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The National Association
of Citizen Advice Bureaux, will visit Stafford Citizen
Advice Bureau to commemorate its 70th Anniversary at Staffordshire
County Buildings,
Martin Street, Stafford.
Tuesday, 29th September
The Princess Royal
Patron, Columba 1400, will hold a
Reception at St. James's Palace.
The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic
Association, will hold a Team 2012 Luncheon at St.
James's
Palace.
The Duchess of Gloucester
will vist Northampton
General Hospital, Cliftonville, Northampton
Wednesday, 30th September
The Earl of Wessex
will visit Trelander and St.
Clements Community Hall, Trelander Estate, Truro,
Cornwall.
The Earl of Wessex
will open the new Gingko Building
of Truro College, Tregye, Carnon Downs, Cornwall.
The Earl of Wessex
will visit the Lillicrap Design
Competition at Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59 60
Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal
President, Riding for the Disabled
Association, will attend the World's Biggest Riding
Lesson at Chigwell Riding Trust, Grange Farm Centre, High Road,
Chigwell, Essex.
The Princess Royal
President, Riding for the Disabled
Association, will visit Ynys Mon (Anglesey) Group to
commemorate its 40th anniversary at Anglesey Riding Centre, Tal Y
Foel, Dwyran,
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey.
OCTOBER
Thursday, 1st October
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, will attend the
Annual General Meeting and open new offices.
Friday, 2nd October
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend
a Reception and Concert in the University Chapel, Canterbury
Christ Church
University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent.
Saturday, 3rd October
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
President of
Cancer Research UK, will attend a Thanksgiving Service in
Canterbury
Cathedral followed by a Reception and Lunch in
the Cathedral's International Study
Centre,
Canterbury, Kent.
Sunday, 4th October
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Monday, 5th October
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tuesday, 6th October
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
President,
will present the Royal Humane Society Awards at Buckingham Palace.
Wednesday, 7th October
The Earl of Wessex
Honorary Liveryman, will attend
the Worshipful Company of Haberdasher's Livery
Dinner, Haberdasher's Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1.
The Countess of Wessex
to 10th October, Patron,
Vision 2020, will carry out engagements in Canada.
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thursday, 8th October
The Queen
Patron, will attend a reception to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cruse
Bereavement Care,
at St. James's Palace.
The Duke of Edinburgh
Honorary Member, Rare Bird Club
(BirdLife International), will hold a Dinner at
Sandringham House.
The Duke of Edinburgh
will open the Milner Wing at
The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Common Place,
Norfolk.
The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of
Edinburgh's Award (United Kingdom) will hold a Lunch at
Buckingham Palace.
> The Princess Royal
Member, International
Olympic Committee (IOC) will attend the 121st IOC Session and
X111 Olympic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Glasgow School
of Art, Mackintosh Building, 167 Renfrew Street,
Glasgow.
The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Trongate103
Building in Glasgow.
> The Duke of Gloucester
Patron, Royal Blind,
will attend the Scottish Royal Variety Perfomance at the Royal
Concert Hall, Killermont Street, Glasgow.
The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, will attend the
Christmas Gift Fair at the Hurlingham Club, London
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron of
Haydn Bicentenary 2009, will attend a Concert in the Dungeon of
the Curfew
Tower, Windsor Castle.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will attend
a private view of the exhibition of Princess Alice, Countess of
Athlone's
photographs in the Dean's
Cloister and Nave of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Friday, 9th October
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend
a Service to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq, in St.
Paul's
Cathedral, London EC4.
The Earl of Wessex
will attend a Service to mark the
end of combat operations in Iraq, in St. Paul's
Cathedral, London EC4.
Monday, 12th October
The Princess Royal
will open the Bristol Heart
Institute, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Marlborough Street,
Bristol.
The Princess Royal
will visit the Centre for the Deaf
Bristol to commemorate its 125th Anniversary, 16 18
King
Square, Bristol.
The Princess Royal
will open Bridge Learning Campus,
Bishport Avenue, Hartcliffe, Bristol.
Tuesday, 13th October
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will give a
reception at Buckingham Palace in advance of the State Visit by
The
President of India and Mr. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat.
The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, The Duke of
Edinburgh's Award will hold a lunch at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess Royal
will launch the book 'The
Thistle Chapel' at The Court of the Lord Lyon, HM New
Register House, West Register Street, Edinburgh.
The Princess Royal
Honorary Member and Old Master,
The Company of Merchants of the City of
Edinburgh, will open
Jack Martin House, Block C2, Brandfield Street, Edinburgh; and
subsequently attend a Reception at The Merchants'
Hall, 22 Hanover Street, Edinburgh.
The Princess Royal
Fellow, Royal Scottish Geographical
Society, will attend the 125th Anniversary Lecture
and Medal
Ceremony at Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth.
The Princess Royal
President, Save the Children UK,
will attend Scotland Volunteer Day at Palace of
Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
The Princess Royal
will visit Donaldson's
Scool, Preston Road, Linlithgow, West Lothian.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit
the National Star College, Ullenwood, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron, will
visit Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester.
Wednesday, 14th October
The Duke of Edinburgh
Gold Card Life Member, will
hold a Reception and Dinner to mark the 60th Anniversary
of
the Variety Club of Great Britain at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess Royal
will visit The European Marine
Energy Centre, Old Academy, Back Road, Stromness,
Orkney.
The Princess Royal
will attend a Service to
commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the sinking of HMS
ROYAL
OAK at Scapa Pier, St. Ola, Kirkwall; and will subsequently lay a
wreath at the
green buoy which marks its final resting place
in Scapa Flow, Orkney.
The Princess Royal
will open an Indoor Junior
Training Facility at Orkney Golf Club, Grainbank, St. Ola,
Kirkwall, Orkney.
The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal
Trust for Carers, will visit Orkney Carers Centre, Anchor
Buildings, 6 Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney.
The Princess Royal
will attend a Dinner to
commemorate the Centenary of The Air League at The Mansion
House, London EC4.
The Duchess of Gloucester
will attend a Reception for
the Henry Spink Foundation in The Queen's Closet, The
Queen's Chapel, St James's, London.
Thursday, 15th October
The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron and Twelfth Man, The
Lord's Taverners, will present the County Championship
Trophies at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Edinburgh
will hold a celebration party
to mark the 50th Anniversary of The Prince Philip
Designers
Prize at Buckingham Palace
The Countess of Wessex
will visit Bagshot School and
pre School, School Lane, Bagshot, Surrey.
The Countess of Wessex
will visit Fanny's
Farm Shop, Markedge Lane, Merstham, Surrey.
The Countess of Wessex
will visit Hermitage School,
Oakwood Road, St. John's, Woking, Surrey.
The Princess Royal
will open the Heather Jarvis
Sports Hall and Parsons Languages Centre at St. George's
School, Sun Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The Horse Trust, will
attend a Seminar at its Headquarters, Home of Rest for
Horses, Speen, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.
The Princess Royal
Patron, Riders for Health, will
open its new premises and visit the Management Council
at
Riders for Health, Drummonds, Spring Hill Office Park, Harborough
Road, Pitsford,
Northampton.
The Princess Royal
Patron, United Kingdom Sailing
Academy, will attend the Achievement Awards
Ceremony at
Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes Castle, The Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Friday, 16th October
The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will
open the Supreme Court of the United
Kingdom, Parliament
Square, London SW1.
The Duke of Edinburgh
Chancellor, University of
Cambridge, will hold an evening Reception for donors to the
800th anniversary fundraising campaign and present the
Chancellor's 800th Anniversary
Medal for
Outstanding Philanthropy at Windsor Castle.
The Princess Royal
will attend the 2gether NHS
Foundation Trust's Social Inclusion Conference at
Gloucester Rugby Club, Kingsholm Road, Kingsholm, Gloucester.
The Princess Royal
will attend a Restorative
Solutions Community Interest Company Seminar 'Restorative
Approaches in School' at Brislington Enterprise
College, 1 Hungerford Road,
Brislington, Bristol.
The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, will attend the
Annual Lunch in London
The Duke of Kent
will visit The Orders of St. John
Care Trust care home Meadowcroft, Towersey Road,
Thame, Oxfordshire.
Monday, 19th October
The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will hold a Dinner at
Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, Outward Bound Trust,
will hold a Luncheon at Frogmore House, Windsor,
Berkshire.
The Princess Royal
Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air
Force Lyneham will visit Royal Air Force
Lyneham,
Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Tuesday, 20th October
The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will
unveil the portrait bust of Her Majesty by
Oscar Nemon at
the House of Lords, London SW1, and afterwards Her Majesty and His
Royal Highness will give a reception in the Royal Gallery.
The Duke of Edinburgh
President and Honorary Life
Fellow, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts,
Manufactures and Commerce, will hold a lunch 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 Princess Royal
President, National Equine Forum,
will attend an Organising Committee Meeting at
Royal Air
Force Club, 128 Piccadilly
London W1.
The Princess Royal
Patron, Livability, will attend a
'Brighter Futures' Reception at Methodist
Central Hall,
Storeys Gate, Westminster, London SW1.
The Princess Royal
Royal Bencher, The Honourable Society of
the Inner Temple and Patron, Opportunity
International
United Kingdom, will attend a Dinner at Treasury Office, Inner
Temple,
London EC4.
> The Duke of Kent
will visit the Martinwells
Centre, Thompson Avenue, Edlington, Doncaster, South
Yorkshire.
The Duke of Kent
will visit the Innovation Technology
Centre, Advanced Manufacturing Park, Brunel
Way, Rotherham,
South Yorkshire.
The Duke of Kent
will visit Hill House School, Sixth
Avenue, Doncaster Finningley Airport, Doncaster.
The Duke of Kent
will visit CCPI Europe Limited,
Vector 31 Network Centre, Unit 31, Waleswood Way,
Wales Bar, Sheffield.
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 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 facilities 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 open the Engine House,
Visitor and Education Centre, Station Road, Highley,
Shropshire.
The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Engine House
Visitor and Education Centre, Highley, Shropshire.
Thursday, 22nd October
The Queen
will open the new Sports Hall at St.
John's Beaumont Preparatory School, Old Windsor,
Berkshire.
> 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 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 Aston Villa
Football Club, Villa Park, 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 Princess Royal
will attend the Global Sport
Summit at Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, 252 High
Holborn, London WC1.
Sunday, 25th October
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.
Wednesday, 28th October
> The Princess Royal
will attend the Maritime
Media Awards at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall,
London, SW1.
> The Princess Royal
will attend the community
opening of 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
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, 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 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 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.
Friday, 30th October
> 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.
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.
Tuesday, 3rd November
> The Queen
will visit the Olympic Park in the
Lower Lea Valley.
> 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, Wells Cathedral, Chain Gate,
Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset.
> 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.
Thursday, 5th November
> 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.
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.
Sunday, 8th November
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend
the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London SW1.
Wednesday, 18th November
The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will
open Parliament.
Contacts:
Buckingham Palace
Phone: 020 7930 4832
NDS.buckinghampalace@coi.gsi.gov.uk