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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.

Buckingham Palace

The King this morning arrived at Lichfield Trent Valley Railway Station and was received by Mr. Graham Morley (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire).

His Majesty drove to Lichfield Cathedral and was received by the Bishop of Lichfield (the Right Reverend Michael Ipgrave) and the Dean (the Right Reverend Janet McFarlane).

The King, escorted by the Dean, proceeded around the Fenland Black Oak Table, the "Table for the Nation", meeting representatives from local heritage and community organisations, before meeting members of the public outside the Cathedral.

His Majesty afterwards attended the L.G.B.T.+ Armed Forces Community Memorial Dedication Event at the National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire, and was received by the Chief of the Defence Staff (Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton), the National Chairman of the Royal British Legion (Ms. Lynda Atkins), the Managing Director of the National Memorial Arboretum (Mrs. Philippa Rawlinson), the Chairman of Fighting With Pride (Mr. Edmund Hall), Ms. Louise Sandher-Jones MP (Minister for Veterans and People) and Mrs. Anisha Worbs (Director, Office for Veteran Affairs, Ministry of Defence).

The King laid a bouquet at the Memorial and subsequently met L.G.B.T.+ serving personnel and veterans.

St. James's Palace

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh this morning re-opened Purdey at the Royal Berkshire, Tomb Farm, Hook End Lane, Ashampstead, Pangbourne, Reading, Berkshire.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this morning arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from the United States of America.

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Todd was in attendance.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this evening departed from Washington Dulles International Airport, United States of America, for the United Kingdom.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, today carried out the following engagements in Washington DC, United States of America.

His Royal Highness this morning attended the Annual Service of Investiture and Rededication in Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Avenue.

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon attended the Membership Luncheon at the Fairmont Washington DC, 2401 M Street North West.

His Royal Highness later participated in the Priory Volunteering Service at the Fairmont Washington DC.

The Duke of Gloucester this evening attended a Gala Benefit Dinner at Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue.

Windsor Castle

The President of Ukraine visited The King this morning.

St. James's Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Royal Star and Garter, this morning visited the Royal Star and Garter Homes, Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton, and was received by the Reverend Martin Hislop (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, President, Royal Yachting Association, this afternoon attended a Volunteers' Luncheon at the Royal Ocean Racing Club, 20 St. James's Place, London SW1, and was received by Mr. Steven Summers (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester this afternoon held a Meeting with Mr. James Roscoe (Chargé d'Affaires to the United States of America) at the Residence of His Majesty's Ambassador, the British Embassy, Washington DC, United States of America.

His Royal Highness, Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, afterwards carried out the following engagements in Washington DC.

The Duke of Gloucester attended the St. John Eye Hospital Group Symposium at the Fairmont Washington DC, 2401 M Street North West.

His Royal Highness later attended the Welcome Reception at the Fairmont Washington DC.

The Duke of Gloucester this evening attended the Prior's Dinner at the University Club, 1135 16th Street.

Buckingham Palace

The King and Queen this morning attended a Welcome Ceremony at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, and were received in St. Damasus Courtyard by the Regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household (the Reverend Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza) and the Gentleman of the Pope (Prince of Windisch-Gaetz, Mariano Hugo).

Their Majesties visited The Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City (His Holiness Pope Leo XIV).

The King afterwards held a Meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin (Cardinal Secretary of State, Holy See) at the Apostolic Palace.

Their Majesties, with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, this afternoon attended an Ecumenical Service in the Sistine Chapel.

The King, with His Holiness, subsequently joined a Meeting on Sustainability in the Apostolic Palace.

Afterwards, inside the Sistine Chapel, The King and Queen viewed two of the series of tapestries of the Acts of the Apostles produced on the basis of preparatory drawings and cartoons by Raphael.

Their Majesties later drove to the Papal Basilica and Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Piazzale San Paolo, Rome, and were received by His Majesty's Ambassador to the Holy See (His Excellency Mr. Christopher Trott), the Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (His Eminence Cardinal James Harvey) and Dom Donato Ogliari (Abbot of the Basilica).

Inside the Basilica, The King and Queen visited the Tomb of St. Paul, before attending an Ecumenical Service at which the title 'Royal Confrater' of the Abbey was conferred upon His Majesty.

The King and Queen afterwards attended a Reception at the Pontifical Beda College, Viale San Paolo, Rome, and were received by the Rector of the College (Canon Marcus Holden) and the Rector of Pontifical Scots College (Father Mark Cassidy).

The Queen this morning visited the Pauline Chapel in the Apostolic Palace.

Her Majesty later met the children of the Choir of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, the Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and the Sistine Chapel Choir in the Sistine Chapel.

The Queen this afternoon held a Meeting with Sisters from the International Union of Superiors General at the Pontifical Beda College.

The King and Queen this evening arrived at Royal Air Force Brize Norton from Italy.

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 were in attendance.

St. James's Palace

The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, National Coastwatch Institution, this morning visited Cleethorpes Station, the Seafront, Cleethorpes, followed by a Reception at Cleethorpes Golf Club, Kings Road, Cleethorpes, and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (Mr. Toby Dennis).

Her Royal Highness, Royal Patron, National Coastwatch Institution, this afternoon visited Mablethorpe Station, Sea View, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, followed by a Reception at the Bacchus Hotel, 17 High Street, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire.

The Princess Royal later attended a National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution Wreath Laying Service in honour of Ambassador Walter Hines Page to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Walter Hines Page Chapter in the Chapter House, Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended the Trafalgar Night Dinner at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10, and was received by Mr. Matthew Burrow (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).