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The Court Circular is the official record of past royal engagements . Search Court Circulars detailing engagements undertaken by all members of the Royal Family going back to 1997 in this section of the Media Centre.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, this afternoon departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for the United States of America and was received later upon arrival at Washington Dulles International Airport by Mr. Nigel Heath (Prior, the Priory in the USA of the Order of St. John).

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Todd is in attendance.

Villa Wolkonsky, Rome, Italy

The King and Queen left Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, this afternoon for the State Visit to the Holy See.

Their Majesties were received at the Airport by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr. Nigel Atkinson).

The King and Queen this evening arrived at Rome Ciampino Airport, Italy, and were received by His Majesty's Ambassador to the Holy See (His Excellency Mr. Christopher Trott) and the Vatican City Head of Protocol (Monsignor Javier Domingo Fernandez).

Their Majesties arrived at the Residence in Rome and were received by His Majesty's Ambassador to the Italian Republic and San Marino (His Excellency the Lord Llewellyn of Steep).

The following are in attendance: the Rt. Hon. Sir Clive Alderton, Mr. Theo Rycroft, Mr. Tobyn Andreae, Ms. Laura Sullivan, Dr. Robert Powell, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Thompson, Mrs. Belinda Kim and Major Oliver Plunket.

St. James's Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Injured Jockeys Fund, this morning attended a Strategic Review Meeting at Peter O'Sullevan House, Newmarket Road, Newmarket, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mrs. Julie Spence).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited the British Racing School Newmarket Pony Academy, Snailwell Road, Newmarket.

The Princess Royal, Patron, later visited a Save the Children UK shop at 31 Flowergate, Whitby, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (Mrs. Johanna Ropner).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, this evening attended the Angus Millar Lecture, followed by a Dinner, at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh (Councillor Robert Aldridge, the Rt. Hon. the Lord Provost).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Kent this afternoon attended a Lunch at the Rubens at the Palace Hotel, 39 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1, to commemorate the Seventy Fifth Anniversary of the Polish Cultural Foundation and was received by Mr. Stuart Shilson (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Buckingham Palace

Admiral Sir Antony Radakin was received by The King this afternoon upon relinquishing his appointment as Chief of the Defence Staff.

His Majesty received Mr. Mumtaz Khan (Founder, London's Community Kitchen).

Later, the Rt. Hon. Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The King.

The King this evening held a Reception at St. James's Palace in advance of the Western Balkans Leaders' Summit (the Berlin Process) in London.

His Majesty was represented by Rear Admiral Jonathan Pentreath at the Funeral of Vice Admiral Sir Jonathan Tod which was held at the Chapel, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, this morning.

St. James's Palace

The Princess Royal this morning visited the Metropolitan Police Crime Museum at New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, London SW1, and was received by Colonel Jane Davis (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, Master, the Corporation of Trinity House, this afternoon attended a Civic Luncheon at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3.

The Princess Royal, Chancellor, University of London, later opened the Birkbeck Central Building, Malet Street, London WC1, and was received by Ms. Roxane Zand (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester this morning arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from Bermuda.

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Todd was in attendance.

Buckingham Palace

The King this afternoon visited Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, 84 Middleton Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, to meet those affected by the recent terrorist attack, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (Mrs. Diane Hawkins), the Rabbi of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue (Rabbi Daniel Walker) and the Chief Rabbi (Sir Ephraim Mirvis).

His Majesty viewed floral tributes at the entrance to the Synagogue and, inside, met members of the congregation and the local Jewish community, and community first responders.

The King afterwards visited the Headquarters of Greater Manchester Police Force, Northampton Road, Manchester, and was received by the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (Sir Stephen Watson) and the Mayor of Greater Manchester (the Rt. Hon. Andrew Burnham).

The King met firearms officers and members of the Police, Fire and Rescue, and Ambulance Services involved in the recent terrorist attack, and interfaith leaders.

Later, The King arrived at Buckingham Palace.

St. James's Palace

The Princess Royal this morning visited Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited, Burnaston, Derby, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire (Mrs. Elizabeth Fothergill).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Retail Trust, this afternoon visited Leylands Estate, Eborn House, Broadway, Derby, to mark its Seventieth Anniversary, and was received by Mr. Andrew Cochrane (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire).

The Princess Royal later visited the new manufacturing plant at Vaillant UK Limited, Cleo Way, Derby.

Kensington Palace

The Duchess of Gloucester today carried out the following engagements in Bermuda, accompanied by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief (His Excellency Mr. Andrew Murdoch).

Her Royal Highness this morning visited the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, 40 North Shore Road, Hamilton.

The Duchess of Gloucester afterwards visited Trunk Island, Hamilton.

Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Lunch followed by a tour of Hamilton Harbour.

The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, this afternoon planted a commemorative tree at Government House, 11 Langton Hill, Pembroke, to mark the Sixtieth Anniversary of The Royal Bermuda Regiment.

Her Royal Highness this evening departed from L. F. Wade International Airport for the United Kingdom.