Court Circular
PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE July 4th
The Queen held an Investiture at the Palace of Holyroodhouse this morning.
Afterwards Mr Kenneth Mackintosh, MSP (Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament), was received by Her Majesty.
The Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon, MSP (First Minister of the Scottish Government), was received by The Queen.
Miss Rachel Wells was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested her with the Insignia of a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
Mr Walter Simpson, winner of the annual shooting event of The Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers, was presented to Her Majesty this afternoon and received The Queen’s Prize.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh gave an Afternoon Party in the garden of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Duke of York was present. The Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers and the High Constables of the Palace of Holyroodhouse were on duty.
The Royal Marine Band Scotland, the Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society played selections of music during the afternoon.
CLARENCE HOUSE July 4th
The Prince of Wales, Patron, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries Appeal, Westminster Abbey, this evening held a Recital and Dinner at Buckingham Palace.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE July 4th
The Duke of York, Royal Colonel, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Second Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, this morning visited a Patrol Competition, Castlelaw, Pentland Hills.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE July 4th
The Earl of Wessex, Chancellor, University of Bath, this morning presided at Degree Congregations at Bath Abbey and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-lieutenant of Somerset (Mrs Richard Maw).
BUCKINGHAM PALACE July 4th
The Princess Royal this morning arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport and was received by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (Her Excellency Dame Barbara Woodward).
Her Royal Highness this afternoon called upon Madame Liu Yandong (Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China) and afterwards attended a Luncheon, Jian Fu Garden, Forbidden City, Beijing.
The Princess Royal, Vice Patron, the British Horse Society, later attended a Reception at the Residence in Beijing.
Her Royal Highness subsequently viewed a demonstration of the United Kingdom Visas and Immigration biometric data collection process at the China National Athlete Training Centre, Beijing.
The Princess Royal this evening attended a Queen’s Birthday Party Reception at the Residence.
Her Royal Highness afterwards attended a Dinner at the Residence.
KENSINGTON PALACE July 4th
The Duchess of Gloucester, Honorary President, the Lawn Tennis Association, today attended the British Tennis Awards and Lunch and afterwards visited the British Tennis Zone at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, SW19.