Court Circular Today’s birthdays
KENSINGTON PALACE
May 11th
The Duchess of Gloucester this morning opened the Danish Fair at the Danish Church, 4 St. Katherine’s Precinct, London NW1, to mark its Seventieth Anniversary.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
May 12th
The Queen, Patron, the British Equestrian Federation, this
The engagement is announced between William, elder son of Mr and Mrs Timothy Stevens-harris, of Milford, Surrey, and Alexandra, elder daughter of Dr and Mrs Robert Baylis, of Curdridge, Hampshire.
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Royal Logistic Corps
Officers of the RASC/RCT/RLC Waggon Club held their Annual Dinner at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham on Saturday, with the kind permission of Lt Col Diane Youngman, Station Commander and Commanding Officer, Army Training Regiment (Soldier Academy) Grantham. Col Mike Robinson was in the chair, and Brig Roger Hood, President, also spoke. Brig Steve Rayson, Brig Tim Seal, Col Tony Feldman, Col Richard Hambleton, Col Mike Hughes, Col Brian Kay, Col Niall Macdougall, Col David Sanders and Col Phil Stone ( Col-res RLC) were among those present, as was Lt Col Len Clifford, Vicepresident.
Sandhurst Trust
The Sandhurst Trust held a reunion dinner at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on Saturday May 11 for officers of 3 Pl Inkerman Coy CC 931, serving and retired, to mark the 31st anniversary of their commissioning.
Three first-prize winners: Adam Okonski, Lightwater, Surrey;
Pam Pickett, Reading, Berkshire; M Travers, Harston, Cambridgeshire.
Five runners-up:
Randle Slatter, Hornchurch, Essex;
R P & S E Carter, Wolverhampton, West Midlands;
Gavin Hunter, Croydon, Surrey; John Hatswell, Canterbury, Kent; Mr G Riddleston, Ratby, Leicestershire.
Monday, May 13 Commons: Oral questions: Department for Work and Pensions. Motions: Motion to approve the Draft Procurement Regulations 2024; Motion to approve the Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2024; Debate on a Motion on the risk-based exclusion of Members of Parliament. Adjournment: Tackling substandard housing.
Westminster Hall: Debate: e-petition 648577 relating to a visa scheme for Palestinians.
Lords: Oral questions: Reducing deaths and injuries of vulnerable road users from public bus collisions in England; Reduce waiting times for “conclusive grounds” decisions under the National Referral Mechanism for modern slavery; Potential benefits of bringing the rate of Universal Credit for care leavers under-25s in line with the rate for over-25s; Challenges for craftspeople in travelling to and from, and trading with, the EU. Legislation: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill – second reading. Mr W.A. Stevens-harris and Miss A.F.H. Baylis afternoon attended Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire to celebrate the Trials’ Seventy Fifth Anniversary.
ST JAMES’S PALACE
May 12th
The Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel-in-chief, The Royal Dragoon Guards, this morning attended the Cavalry Memorial Parade in Hyde Park, London W1.
Today: Miss Eileen Diss, film, theatre and television designer, is 93; Sir Sydney Lipworth, KC, Chairman, Zeneca Group, 1995-99, 93; Sir William Utting, Chairman, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2005-06, 93; Mr Colin Ford,
Director, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, 1993-98, 90; Lord Cope of Berkeley, former Conservative Government Minister, 87; Mr Harvey Keitel, actor, 85; Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-ebony, a former Justice of The Supreme Court; Master of the Rolls, 2005-09, 81; Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, KC, explorer, 80; Sir Timothy Walker, a former High Court Judge, 78; Lord Mountevans, Chairman, Baltic Exchange; Lord Mayor, 2015-16, 76; Prof Dame Jane Glover, conductor, 75; Miss Zoë Wanamaker, actress, 75; Mr Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter and producer, 74; Baroness Boycott, Editor, Daily Express, 1998-2001, 73; Miss Selina Scott, broadcaster, 73; Viscount Falmouth, 69; Mr Richard
Madeley, broadcaster, 68; Prof David Hill, conductor; Chief Conductor, BBC Singers, 2007-17, 67; Prof Paul Burstow, former Liberal Democrat MP, 62; the Hon Nick Hurd, former Conservative Government Minister, 62; Dame Andrea Leadsom, MP, 61; Mrs Penny Lumley, former Real Tennis World Singles Champion, 61; Miss Tasmin Little, violinist, 59; Miss Alison Goldfrapp, singer, songwriter and producer, 58; Mr Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia 2018-2022, 56; and Mr Robert Pattinson, actor, 38.
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Sullivan in 1842. It is also the anniversary of the birth of Dame Daphne du Maurier in 1907.