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The Princess Royal, Member, Icelandic Horse Society of Great Britain, today attended the British Championships and Summer Festival at Washbrook Farm, Welsh Road, Aston le Walls, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (Mr. James Saunders Watson).
The Princess Royal, President, Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, this morning attended the Annual General Meeting at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, and was received by Mr. Michael Laing (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh).
Her Royal Highness, Honorary Member, the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, this afternoon visited the Royal Highland Show at the Royal Highland Centre.
The Princess Royal, Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), this evening attended a Dinner at Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2.
The Princess Royal, Patron, the Wellington Trust, was represented by Captain Sir Nicholas Wright RN (Extra Equerry to Her Royal Highness) at the Service of Thanksgiving for Captain Stephen Taylor RN (formerly Chairman) which was held in St. Bartholomew's Church, Habin Hill, Rogate, Petersfield, Hampshire, today.
His Majesty was present at The King's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade this morning at which The King's Colour of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards was Trooped.
The King was accompanied by The Queen (Colonel, Grenadier Guards), The Duke of Kent (Colonel, Scots Guards), The Prince of Wales (Colonel, Welsh Guards), The Princess of Wales (Colonel, Irish Guards), The Princess Royal (Gold Stick in Waiting and Colonel, The Blues and Royals, Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) and The Duke of Edinburgh (Royal Honorary Colonel, 1st Battalion London Guards).
His Majesty was attended by Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne (Colonel, The Life Guards), Lieutenant General Sir James Bucknall (Colonel, Coldstream Guards) and Major General Christopher Ghika (Major General Commanding Household Division).
The Lord de Mauley (Master of the Horse), Colonel Toby Browne, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Segrave, (Mounted Equerries in Waiting), Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon, Captain James Boggis-Rolfe (Dismounted Equerries in Waiting) and Colonel Mark Berry (The Life Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting) were in attendance.
Colonel Jeremy Bagshaw (Chief of Staff), Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Griffin (Silver Stick Adjutant) and the Household Division Staff were present.
The Procession was led by Lieutenant Colonel James Shaw, Grenadier Guards (Brigade Major Household Division).
The troops on Parade, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Livesey, Welsh Guards (Field Officer in Brigade Waiting), received The King with a Royal Salute.
The Queen, The Princess of Wales with Prince George of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales, The Duchess of Edinburgh, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence and other Members of the Royal Family drove to Horse Guards Parade and witnessed The King's Birthday Parade.
On the conclusion of the Parade, His Majesty rode back to Buckingham Palace at the head of The King's Guard, preceded by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Major Francesca Sykes, the Massed Mounted Bands of the Household Cavalry, the Sovereign's Escort of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, under the command of Major William Charlesworth (The Blues and Royals, Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), and the Massed Bands of the Guards Division.
On arrival at Buckingham Palace, The King's Guard entered the Forecourt and formed up opposite the Old Guard, the remaining Guards marching past His Majesty. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery ranked past The King.
His Majesty, from Buckingham Palace, witnessed a fly-past by aircraft of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, led by Wing Commander Noel Rees, to mark the official celebration of The King's Birthday.
Royal Salutes were fired today by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Green Park and from the Tower of London Saluting Battery by the Honourable Artillery Company, under the command of Captain Alexander Offer.
The Princess Royal, Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), this evening presided over a Conference attended by the Colonels of the Regiments of the Household Division at Clarence House.
Her Royal Highness subsequently attended the Senior Colonels' Dinner at Clarence House.
The President of The Portuguese Republic visited The King this morning.
His Majesty and The President afterwards attended a Service of Thanksgiving at The Queen's Chapel, Marlborough Road, St. James's, London SW1, to mark the Six Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance and were received by the Reverend Canon Paul Wright (Sub-Dean of His Majesty's Chapels Royal) and Dr. Maria João Rodrigues de Araujo (President of Portugal-UK 650).
The following were received in audience by The King this afternoon and kissed hands upon their appointment as His Majesty's Ambassadors: Mr. Stephen Conlon (Turkmenistan), Mr. John Marshall (the Republic of Guinea), Ms. Katharine Ransome (the Republic of Mali and non-resident Ambassador to Burkina Faso) and Mr. Darren Welch (the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia).
Mrs. Conlon and Mrs. Welch were also received by His Majesty.
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres was received by The King and delivered up the Insignia of the Order of the Thistle worn by his father, the late Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.
The Hon. Alexander Lindsay, the Lady Bettina Drummond-Hay and the Lady Iona Mackworth-Young were also received by His Majesty.
The King, Colonel-in-Chief, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), accompanied by The Princess Royal, Colonel, Gold Stick in Waiting, later presented the new Sovereign's Standard to The Blues and Royals in the Quadrangle of Buckingham Palace.
His Majesty and Her Royal Highness were received on Parade with a Royal Salute.
After the new Standard was consecrated, The King was graciously pleased to address the Parade and Colonel Mark Berry (Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Household Cavalry, Silver Stick-in-Waiting) replied.
The Parade subsequently ranked past His Majesty and Her Royal Highness.
The Princess Royal, Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), this afternoon attended the parading of the new Sovereign's Standard to the Regiment followed by a Reception at Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London SW7.
Her Royal Highness, Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), afterwards attended a Household Cavalry Council Meeting at Hyde Park Barracks.
The Princess Royal, President, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, this evening attended the Fellows' Reception at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7, and was received by Mr. Stuart Shilson (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).
The Princess Royal this afternoon received His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams (Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda) and Lady Williams.
The King today received the Hon. Mrs. Susan Leyden (daughter of the Lord Hunt), Mr. Peter Hillary (son of Sir Edmund Hillary) and Mr. Jamling Norgay (son of Mr. Tenzing Norgay) to mark the Seventieth Anniversary of the Ascent of Mount Everest.
The following were received in audience by The King and kissed hands upon their appointment as His Majesty's Ambassadors: Ms. Fiona Blyth (Mongolia, Mr. Nicholas Bowler (the Kyrgyz Republic), Mr. Edward Hobart (the United Arab Emirates) and Mr. Michael Nithavrianakis (the Republic of Somalia).
Mrs. Bowler, Mrs. Suzanna Hobart and Mrs. Nithavrianakis were also received by His Majesty.
The King and Queen this afternoon held a Reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate "Windrush: a Pioneering Generation" to mark the Seventy Fifth Anniversary of the Landing of HMT EMPIRE WINDRUSH at the Port of Tilbury.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present.
The King unveiled portraits of Windrush elders commissioned by His Majesty.
The King held a Council at 4.30 p.m..
There were present: the Rt. Hon.Penelope Mordaunt MP (Lord President), the Rt. Hon. Stephen Barclay MP (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care), the Rt. Hon. David Davies MP (Secretary of State for Wales) and the Rt. Hon. Grant Shapps MP (Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero).
Mr. Richard Tilbrook was in attendance as Clerk of the Council.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Clive Alderton (Principal Private Secretary to Their Majesties) was in attendance.
The Rt. Hon. Rishi Sunak MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of His Majesty.
The Queen this afternoon named the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment's new Drum Horse, "Juno", at Clarence House.
Her Majesty, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, this afternoon received Colonel Ruth Weir (Head of Corps).
The Queen, President, later attended a Garden Party at Marlborough House, London SW1, to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of Bees for Development.
The Princess Royal, on behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Windsor Castle this morning.
Her Royal Highness, on behalf of His Majesty, held an Investiture at Windsor Castle this afternoon.
The Lord Harlech (Lord in Waiting) was present at Royal Air Force Northolt this afternoon upon the Arrival of The President of the Portuguese Republic and welcomed His Excellency on behalf of The King.
