Royal Engagements - Tuesday, December 10, 2013

HM Queen Elizabeth and the HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

     The Queen will be accompanied by The Duchess of Cornwall to open the new headquarters for Barnardo's, a charity that focuses on caring for vulnerable children and young people. It is the United Kingdom’s largest children’s charity in terms of charitable expenditure, and the Queen is its Patron while the Duchess is its President. The new headquarters is located in Ilford, Essex. 

HRH The Earl of Wessex

     Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, as Chancellor of the University of Bath, will present Degrees at the renowned Assembly Rooms of the city of Bath. 

HRH The Countess of Wessex

     Sophie, Countess of Wessex will attend the Seeing is Believing Carol Service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The service is being held by Vision 2020: the Right to Sight, a global initiative to compact avoidable blindness by the year 2020, of which the Countess is Patron. 

HRH The Princess Royal

     Princess Anne, Princess Royal will visit The Jailhouse Café at Her Majesty’s Prison, The Verne at Portland, Dorset. The Café is staffed by prisoners who are gaining work experience and/or learning skills for going into catering upon their release. 

     The Princess Royal, as Commandant-in-Chief (Youth) of St. John Ambulance, will also be attending the 10th Anniversary of the Carers' Support Program at the Discovery Court Business Center in Poole, Dorset. The St. John Ambulance Association is volunteer and charitable organization dedicated to teaching and practicing First Aid, as well as the provision of ambulance services. 

     Staying in Dorset, she will be visiting Victoria Education and Sports College as the Patron of Livability, a Christian charity that focuses on working with people who have disabilities. 

     In London, the Princess Royal will attend the Annual Carol Service at St. Michael Paternoster Royal, followed by a Reception at Skinners' Hall. These events are sponsored by The Mission to Seafarers, a charity that cares for the welfare of seafarer’s around the world, of which the Princess is President. 

HRH The Duke of Gloucester

     

     Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester will attend the Banister Fletcher Lecture at The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London. The lecture is named for the architectural historian, and is organized by the Heritage of London Trust to discuss aspects architectural history. The Duke is Patron of the organization, and is himself an architect by trade, having completed a degree in the subject from Cambridge. 

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester

     Birgette, Duchess of Gloucester, as Honorary President of the Lawn Tennis Association, will attend its Annual General Meeting at the National Tennis Centre in London. The Association is the national governing body of tennis in the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. 

HRH The Duke of Kent

     Prince Edward, Duke of Kent will attend a meeting of the Royal Alpha Lodge at Freemasons' Hall in London followed by a dinner at Lincoln's Inn, also in London. The Duke is the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, which has jurisdiction over Freemasonry in England and Wales as well as other subordinate lodges. 

HRH Princess Alexandra

     Princess Alexandra will visit St. Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, London. She is Patron of the establishment.







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