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Royal Diary of Engagements, 14th October 2009

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 14 October 2009

Royal Diary of Engagements, 14th October 2009

No. 84 14th October 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).

OCTOBER

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 Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (United Kingdom) will attend a Dinner at
Spencer House, 27 St. James's Palace, London SW1.

The Princess Royal
will attend a Reception to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the sinking of HMS
ROYAL OAK at the Royal British Legion, Kirkwall, Orkney.

> The Princess Royal
will visit The European Marine Energy Centre's Test Site, Billia Croo, Stromness,
Orkney.

The Princess Royal
will attend a Service onboard HMS PENZANCE and lay a wreath in the Scapa Flow to
commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the sinking of HMS ROYAL OAK, 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
Patron, Henry Spink Foundation, will attend a Reception in The Queen's Closet, The
Queen's Chapel, St James's, London SW1.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will officially open Teddington Health and Social Care Centre, Queens Road,
Teddington, Middlesex.

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 Earl of Wessex
Patron, International Real Tennis Professionals Association, will attend the European
Tennis Open Singles Championships at Lord's Ground, London NW8.

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.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Wharfe Valley Farm, Collingham.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit Marshalls Plc, Landscape House, Premier Way, Lowfields Business Park,
Elland.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the new business school development at Huddersfield University, Huddersfield.

The Duke of Gloucester
will visit the Listening for Life Centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford.

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 of the
800th anniversary fundraising campaign and present the Chancellor's 800th Anniversary
Medal for Outstanding Philanthropy at Windsor Castle.

The Duchess of Cornwall
will attend the RAF Ex Prisoners of War Association dinner and reception, RAF
Henlow, Bedfordshire

The Duke of York
will visit Malvern College, College Road, Malvern, Worcestershire.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit QinetiQ,
Malvern Technology Centre, St. Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcestershire.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit The Science
Park, Geraldine Road, Malvern, Worcestershire.

The Princess Royal
Patron, College of Occupational Therapists, 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, Prostate UK, will attend the Annual Lunch in London W1.

The Duke of Kent
will visit The Orders of St. John Care Trust care home Meadowcroft, Towersey Road,
Thame, Oxfordshire.

Sunday, 18th October

> The Prince of Wales
Patron of the Black Watch Association and Royal Colonel of the Black Watch, will
attend a ceremony of re dedication for the Black Watch Memorial at Powrie Brae,
Dundee followed by a reception at the City Chambers, Dundee

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 Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will give a Lunch at
Buckingham Palace for the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam.

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
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 Duchess of Cornwall
Patron, The Fan Museum will visit the fan exhibition 'War and Peace', Greenwich,
London.

The Duchess of Cornwall
President, National Osteoporosis Society, will visit St Clement Danes CE Primary
School.

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
President, British Olympic Association, will attend a National Olympic Committee
meeting and open new premises at 60 Charlotte Street, 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 Duchess of Cornwall
will attend a reception for the Women's Land Army and Timber Corps, Buckingham
Palace, London.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will visit Kent.

The Duke of York
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, will attend a Dinner
given by Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14.

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Foundation, will hold a Dinner at
Buckingham Palace.

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 facilites 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 attend the Women's Land Army Tea at Buckingham Palace, London SW1.

The Duke of Gloucester
will open the Engine House Visitor and Education Centre, Highley, Shropshire.

> The Duke of Kent
Colonel in Chief, The Rifles, will attend the 2nd Battalion Thanksgiving and Memorial
Church Service at the Regimental Church, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1.

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 Duchess of Cornwall
Patron, Theatre Royal Bath will visit Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, Salisbury District Hospital,
Salisbury, Wiltshire to mark the 25th Anniversary of the centre.

The Earl of Wessex
will open the new Salisbury Law Courts, Wilton Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

The Earl of Wessex
will open the new Minerva Building at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory,
Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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 Prince of Wales
will open the Llandovery Police Station, Llandovery, Dyfed

> The Prince of Wales
will visit Abaca Organic, an organic mattress factory, Ammanford, Dyfed.

> The Prince of Wales
President, will visit the Tafarn Cwmdu National Trust holiday homes run by the Cwmdu
community, Cwmdu, Dyfed

> The Prince of Wales
will visit the Llandeilo Transition Town project, Civic Hall, Llandeilo, Dyfed

The Princess Royal
will attend the Global Sport Summit at Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, 252 High
Holborn, London WC1.

The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St John will attend the Investiture of the Princess Royal at
Buckingham Palace, London SW1.

Sunday, 25th October

The Earl of Wessex
Trustee, will attend The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Association Forum in
Sydney, Australia from 25th October to 2nd November.

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 Countess of Wessex
Colonel in Chief, the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, will attend the
Annual Reception at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3.

The Princess Royal
will attend the Maritime Media Awards at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall,
London, SW1.

> The Princess Royal
President, RedR UK, will attend a Reception at the Institute of Engineering and
Technology, The Riverside Room, Savoy Place, London WC2.

> The Princess Royal
will open 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
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 Queen
Patron, will visit the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket

The Countess of Wessex
Trustee, Royal National Institute for Deaf People, will visit Doncaster College for the
Deaf, Leger Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Hesley Village, Hesley Hall, Tickhill, Hesley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit Delicious Alchemy, Sheffield, Hallam University, City Campus, Howard
Building, Howard Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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.

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 Duke of Gloucester
will attend the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Awards at Hopetoun House,
Edinburgh.

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.

The Duke of Gloucester
Grand Prior, the Order of St John, will attend the Installlation of the Lord Prior,
Edinburgh.

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.

The Earl of Wessex
will visit New Zealand from 2nd November to 6th November.

Tuesday, 3rd November

The Queen
will visit the Olympic Park in the Lower Lea Valley.

The Duke of Edinburgh
President, the National Playing Fields Association (operating as Fields in Trust), will
hold a reception for Ladies' Golf at Windsor Castle

The Duke of Edinburgh
will hold a Lunch for the Alliance of Religions and Conservation in St. George's Hall,
Windsor Castle.

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, The Cedars, Wells, Somerset.

The Duke of Gloucester
will attend a Reception and Dinner for Global Heritage Fund at Asia House, London W1.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Royal Colonel, 7 Rifles, will visit G Company TA Centre in West Ham, London.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit Wivelsfield Primary School, South Road, Wivelsfield Green, Haywards Heath,
East Sussex.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit Plumpton College, Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Near Lewes.

> The Duke of Kent
will officially re open Lewes Castle and the Barbican Museum, Barbican House, 169
High Street, Lewes.

> The Duke of Kent
will visit East Sussex Record Office, The Maltings, Lewes.

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.

Wednesday, 4th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Honorary Life Member, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, will present the
2009 Prince Philip Award at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Master, Corporation of Trinity House, will attend a Civic Luncheon at Trinity House,
Tower Hill, London.

The Countess of Wessex
will attend a Reception in aid of PiggyBankKids at Taylor Bennett, 35 Queen Anne
Street, London W1.

The Princess Royal
Elder Brother, The Corporation of Trinity House, will attend a Civic Luncheon at Trinity
House, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London EC3.

The Princess Royal
President, Save the Children UK, will attend the International Save the Children Alliance
Meeting at Wokefield Park Hotel, Goodboys Lane, Mortimer, Reading, Berkshire.

The Princess Royal
President, Victim Support Scotland, will attend a 25th Anniversary Reception at
Edinburgh Castle, Castle Hill, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Opportunity International United Kingdom, will hold a Dinner at Palace of
Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.

The Duke of Gloucester
will present the Georgian Awards and attend a Dinner at Christie's, King Street, London
SW1.

Thursday, 5th November

The Duke of Edinburgh
Patron, will hold a Reception for The Game Conservancy Trust in The Queen's Gallery
at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Edinburgh
Grand President, Royal Commonwealth Ex Services League, will chair a Meeting of the
Council and afterwards attend a Luncheon, at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London
SW1.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit the Trinity Hospital Almshouses, 50 Western Boulevard, Leicester.

The Countess of Wessex
will visit the Menphys Centre, Launceston Road, Wigston, Leicestershire.

The Countess of Wessex
will open the new Gateway Sixth Form College, Colin Grundy Drive, Hamilton,
Leicestershire.

The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will attend an Equestrian Awards Dinner at Royal
Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London W2.

> The Princess Royal
Honorary Member, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, will attend a
Royal Highland Education Trust Luncheon at Ingliston House, Royal Highland Centre,
Ingliston, Edinburgh.

The Princess Royal
Patron, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, will visit the Roslin Institute, The
University of Edinburgh, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian.

The Duchess of Gloucester
Patron, Enham Trust, will