COURT CIRCULAR
Buckingham Palace
By command of The Queen, Mr Charles Gray (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Bobby McDonagh at 17 Grosvenor Place, London SW1, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from Ireland to the Court of St James’s.
Clarence House
The Prince of Wales, Patron, Mallard 75, this morning visited the National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, to mark the Seventy Fifth Anniversary of the Mallard Locomotive, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (the Lord Crathorne).
His Royal Highness afterwards visited York Minster.
The Prince of Wales this afternoon visited Dovecote Park, Bank Wood Road, Stapleton, near Pontefract, North Yorkshire.
His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Trust, afterwards received Mrs Martina Milburn (Chief Executive).
The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince’s Trust, later attended a Reception at Harewood House, Leeds, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (Dr Ingrid Roscoe).
Kensington Palace
The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24 pm today.
Her Royal Highness and her child are both well.
Signed: Marcus Setchell, Guy Thorpe-Beeston, Sunnit Godambe, John Cunningham.
Buckingham Palace
The Earl of Wessex this morning opened Torquay Academy, Cricketfield Road, Torquay, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon (Sir Eric Dancer).
His Royal Highness afterwards visited Living Coasts, Torquay Harbourside, Beacon Quay, Torquay, to mark their Tenth Anniversary.
The Earl of Wessex this afternoon opened Haven Banks Outdoor Education and Training Centre, Haven Road, Exeter, Devon.
His Royal Highness later attended a Reception to mark the Seventieth Anniversary of the Dorset Youth Association at Moreton House, Moreton, Dorchester, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset (Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers).
Buckingham Palace
The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Logistic Corps, this morning visited the Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search Training Regiment St George’s Barracks, Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Her Royal Highness, Patron, Hft, this afternoon attended a Reception at Hft Bytes, Milton Heights, Milton, Abingdon, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (Mr Timothy Stevenson).
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