Court Circular
KENSINGTON PALACE March 1st
The Duke of Cambridge this afternoon attended a workplace mental health Conference with business leaders at Unilever House, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4.
His Royal Highness, Patron, Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre, this evening attended a Dinner at Kensington Palace.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE March 1st
The Duke of York, Patron, the Peter Jones Foundation, this afternoon received Tycoon in Schools International Award winners at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness, Colonel, Grenadier Guards, this evening held a Dinner.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE March 1st
The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, today visited The Queen’s Club, Palliser Road, London W14, as part of His Royal Highness’s Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Real Tennis Tour, and was received by Mr Kevin Mcgrath (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).
His Royal Highness, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, this evening attended a Reception at The Queen’s Club.
KENSINGTON PALACE March 1st
The Duke of Gloucester, Joint President, Cancer Research UK, this evening held a Reception at St James’s Palace.
ST JAMES’S PALACE March 1st
The Duke of Kent, Patron, Opera North, this evening attended a Dinner at the Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE March 1st
Princess Alexandra, Joint President, Cancer Research UK, this evening held a Reception at St James’s Palace.
Today’s birthdays
Vice-adml Sir Donald Gosling, RNR, Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom, is 89; Lord Elton, a Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 1999-2008, 88; Mr Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union, 87; Prof Brian G.J. Upton, Emeritus Professor of Petrology, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, 85; Sir John Tusa, Managing Director, Barbican Centre, 1995-2007, 82; the Rev Anthony Burnham, Moderator, Free Churches’ Council, 1999-2003; General Secretary, United Reformed Church, 1992-2001, 82; Prof
Haroon Ahmed, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 200006, 82; Dame Elizabeth Gass, Lord-lieutenant for Somerset, 1998-2015, 78; Mr Robert Lloyd, opera singer, broadcaster and writer, 78; Mr Peter Longman, Director, The Theatres Trust, 1995-2006, 72; Prof Michael
Farthing, Vice-chancellor, University of Sussex, 2007-16, 70;
Sir John Peace, Lord-lieutenant for Nottinghamshire, 69; Dame
Naomi James, author and former yachtswoman, 69; Mr
J.P.R. Williams, former Wales rugby union player and captain, 69; Mr Hugh Monro, Master of Wellington College, 2000-05, 68;
Prof Werner Jeanrond, Master of St Benet’s Hall, Oxford, 63; Mr
Ian Woosnam, golfer; winning Captain, Ryder Cup Team 2006, 60; Mr Paul Arkwright, High Commissioner to Nigeria, 56; Mr
Daniel Craig, actor, 50; Mr James Purnell, Director, Radio and Education, BBC; former Labour Cabinet Minister, 48; Mr Chris
Martin, singer and songwriter, 41; Mr Andrew Strauss, former England cricketer and Test match captain; Director, England Cricket, 41; Mr David Smith, boccia player; Paralympic gold medallist, individual BCI, Rio 2016; silver medallist, individual BCI, and bronze medallist, mixed team BC1-2, London 2012, 29; and Mr Chris Woakes, England cricketer, 29.