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The King arrived at Balmoral Castle this morning, was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire (Mr. Alexander Manson) and then inspected the Royal Guard found by Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, Edinburgh International Festival, this morning attended a performance by Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble at The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, Edinburgh International Festival, and The Duchess of Edinburgh this afternoon attended a performance of "Orpheus and Eurydice" at Edinburgh Playhouse, 8-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness, Patron, Edinburgh International Festival, and Her Royal Highness this evening attended a performance of "Mary, Queen of Scots" at the Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.
The King and Queen today attended a Service to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire, and were received by the National President of the Royal British Legion (Vice Admiral Paul Bennett), the Rt. Hon. Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) and the Chief of the Defence Staff (Admiral Sir Antony Radakin).
His Majesty laid a Wreath at the Armed Forces Memorial and The Queen laid a posy.
At the conclusion of the Service, The King and Queen viewed a fly-past over the Armed Forces Memorial by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight of a Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire.
His Majesty subsequently proceeded to the Changi Lych Gate Memorial and, escorted by the Managing Director of the National Memorial Arboretum (Mrs. Philippa Rawlinson), viewed the Burma Star Memorial and the Chindit Memorial and, at the Burma Railway Memorial, met members of Burma Star Memorial Fund, the Chindit Society, and Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War.
The King and Queen afterwards attended a Reception with veterans.
The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, the Java Far East Prisoners of War Club 1942, this morning attended a Service marking the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle.
His Royal Highness, Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and Her Royal Highness this evening attended a performance of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle.
Today is the Anniversary of the Birthday of The Princess Royal.
The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Anglian Regiment, and Royal Patron, the National Far East Prisoners of War Fellowship Welfare Remembrance Association, and The Duchess of Gloucester this morning attended a Service to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day in Norwich Cathedral and were received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk (the Lady Dannatt).
His Royal Highness, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Anglian Regiment, and Royal Patron, the National Far East Prisoners of War Fellowship Welfare Remembrance Association, and Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Service to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day at St. Mary's Church, Honey Hill, Bury St. Edmunds, and were received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk (Clare, Countess of Euston).
The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, Edinburgh International Festival, and The Duchess of Edinburgh this evening attended a performance of Vaughan Williams' "A Sea Symphony" at Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh.
The King this morning inspected the new Banner of the Clan Farquharson and was received at Victoria Hall, Station Square, Ballater, by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire (Mr. Alexander Manson) and the Chieftain of the Clan Farquharson (Mr. Philip Farquharson).
His Majesty met members of the Invercauld Highlanders and of the Pipes and Drums of the Scots College, Sydney, Australia.
The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, the Java Far East Prisoners of War Club 1942, this morning held a Meeting with Mr. James Wren at Old Sarum Manor Care Home, Rhodes Moorhouse Way, Salisbury, and was received by Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Gregory (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire).
Commander William Thornton RN was received by The King this morning upon relinquishing his appointment as Equerry to His Majesty when The King invested him with the Insignia of a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.
The King was represented by Field Marshal the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux (formerly Chief of the Defence Staff) at the Funeral of Major General Brian Pennicott (formerly Defence Services Secretary) which was held at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 19 Tilford Road, Farnham, Surrey, today.
