Court Circular
BUCKINGHAM PALACE May 3rd
His Excellency Mr Tran Ngoc An was received in audience by The Queen today and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Court of St James’s.
Mrs Doan Thi Phuong Dung was also received by Her Majesty.
His Excellency Mr Rui Jorge Carneiro Mangueira was received in audience by The Queen and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of Angola to the Court of St James’s.
Mrs Maria Silvina Caetano was also received by Her Majesty.
Sir Simon Mcdonald (Permanent Under-secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) was present.
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Brethren of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Mrs Michael Gordon Lennox (Lady in Waiting) at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Lieutenant Commander Robert de Pass, RN, which was held at St Mary’s Church, Petworth, West Sussex, this afternoon.
CLARENCE HOUSE May 3rd
The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, The Prince’s Foundation, this morning held a Meeting at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.
His Royal Highness, Patron, afterwards held a Meeting for the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism.
The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, President, subsequently held a Meeting for The Prince’s Foundation.
His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Foundation, later attended a Seminar at Dumfries House.
The Prince of Wales, President, this evening held a Dinner at Dumfries House for supporters of The Prince’s Foundation.
KENSINGTON PALACE May 3rd
The Duke of Cambridge, Patron, Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre, this evening held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace. BUCKINGHAM PALACE
May 3rd
The Duke of York, Patron, Whitgift School, this morning opened The Duke of York Water Garden at Whitgift School, Haling Park, South Croydon, Surrey.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE May 3rd
The Earl of Wessex, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, today visited Radley College, Abingdon, as part of His Royal Highness’s The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Real Tennis Tour and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-lieutenant of Oxfordshire (Mr Timothy Stevenson).
His Royal Highness, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, this evening attended a Dinner at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
The Countess of Wessex, Patron, Lions Clubs International, Multiple District 105, British Isles and Ireland, this afternoon held a Meeting.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE May 3rd
The Princess Royal, Patron, Women’s Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust, today attended the Annual General Meeting and Reception at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr Nigel Atkinson).
Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, this afternoon attended an Executive Board Meeting at 60 Charlotte Street, London W1.
The Princess Royal, Master, the Corporation of Trinity House, this evening attended the United Nations International Maritime Organisation’s United Nations Chief Executive Board Dinner at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3.
KENSINGTON PALACE May 3rd
The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, Royal Academy Schools, this afternoon received Ms Rebecca Salter (Keeper, Royal Academy).
ST JAMES’S PALACE May 3rd
The Duke of Kent this morning unveiled the restored cap badge which was carved into the hillside at Buxbury Hollow, Sutton Mandeville, Salisbury, by the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during World War I and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-lieutenant of Wiltshire (Mrs Peter Troughton).
His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Wilton Carpets, 2 Wilton Shopping Village, King Street, Wilton, Wiltshire. For more details about the Royal Family visit the Royal website at www.royal.uk