No. 19/99 ROYAL DIARY - PART TWO OF TWO PARTS 20th May, 1999
With the compliments of the Press Secretary to The Queen
DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS OF THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, THE PRINCE OF WALES, THE DUKE OF YORK, THE PRINCE EDWARD, THE PRINCESS ROYAL, THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT, AND PRINCESS ALEXANDRA
> = Additions and amendments since the previous list. x = Cancellations since the previous list.
PART TWO OF TWO PARTS - JULY TO NOVEMBER
JULY
Thursday, 1st July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 6:00 p.m. accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales, will hold a reception for members of the Scottish Parliament
The Duke of York Patron, will present the YEDA Awards at the Science Museum, London SW7.
The Princess Royal Chancellor, University of London, will visit the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine''s new Department of Biology and the Biomedical Sciences Division at Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, South Kensington, London SW7.
The Princess Royal will open Harwich Haven Authority''s new Vessel Traffic Services and name the new Haven Pilot Launch, Harwich, Essex.
Friday, 2nd July
The Queen 11:00 a.m. will open the Dynamic Earth Galleries in Holyrood
The Duke of Edinburgh 11:30 a.m. Patron and Trustee will attend a Reception for Young People who have reached the Gold Standard in The Duke of Edinburgh''s Award at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Duke of Edinburgh 3:00 p.m. Patron and Trustee, will attend a Reception for Young People who have reached the Gold Standard in The Duke of Edinburgh''s Award at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
> The Duke of Edinburgh 7:45 p.m. Patron and Trustee, will attend a Dinner for The Duke of Edinburgh''s Award Charter for Business at Edinburgh Castle
Sunday, 4th July
The Prince of Wales President, The Prince''s Trust, will attend The Party in the Park at Hyde Park, London.
The Duke of York President, will attend a number of engagements for The Royal Agricultural Society of England during the week.
The Princess Royal will present the prizes at Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
The Princess Royal 3:30 p.m. will visit the River and Rowing Museum, Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Monday, 5th July
The Queen 7:45 p.m. will attend dinner with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
The Duke of Edinburgh 9:20 a.m. Chancellor, will attend the Opening Ceremony of the International Congress on Industrial and applied Mathematics and later attend a Dinner at the University of Edinburgh
The Princess Royal Patron, Leicester Cathedral Millennium Appeal, will visit The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester.
The Princess Royal President, Royal Yachting Association, will re-name the lake at Watermead Country Park ''The John Merricks Lake'', Fillingate, Syston, Leicestershire.
The Princess Royal Patron, Leicester Cathedral Millennium Appeal, will visit 21 St. Martin''s, Leicester.
The Princess Royal Patron, Leicester Cathedral Millennium Appeal, will visit the Cathedral at Peacock Lane, Leicester.
The Princess Royal President, National Riding Festival, will visit The Royal Show at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
The Princess Royal 2:00 p.m. Patron, National Association of Victims Support Schemes, will open the National Conference 1999 at University of Warwick, Gibbett Hill Road, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Tuesday, 6th July
The Queen 12:50 p.m. will attend a lunch at the Scottish Widows Headquarters, Edinburgh, hosted by the Scottish Financial Services Community
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 11:35 a.m. will open the new Edinburgh Festival offices at The Hub.
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m. will give a Garden Party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Duke of Edinburgh 10:45 a.m. will open the ''Scotland''s Art'' Exhibition at the City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
> The Duke of Edinburgh 1:00 p.m. Patron and Trustee of The Duke of Edinburgh''s Award, will attend a charter member Lunch at The Royal Bank of Scotland, 36, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
The Prince of Wales will carry out engagements in the Isle of Wight.
The Princess Royal 11:30 a.m. President, The Missions to Seamen, will attend their Annual Service, Luncheon and Annual General Meeting at St Michael Paternoster Royal, College Hill, London EC4.
The Princess Royal 6:30 p.m. Patron, Sense - The National Deafblind and Rubella Association, will attend a Reception at Sea Containers House, 20 Upper Ground, London SE1.
Wednesday, 7th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh will carry out engagements in Glasgow.
The Duke of Edinburgh 6:40 p.m. Master, will attend the Younger Brethren''s Dinner at Trinity House, London, EC3
The Princess Royal will attend The Company of Watermen and Lightermen''s Luncheon at Watermen''s Hall, 16 St Mary-at-Hill, London EC3.
The Princess Royal President, British Knitting and Clothing Export Council, will visit The Pink Room Design Studio Limited, 174 Kensington Church Street, London W8.
The Princess Royal Patron, National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, will attend a Reception at St James''s Palace.
Thursday, 8th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 11:30 a.m. will attend a Service of Installation of the Knights of the Thistle in St. Giles'' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
The Princess Royal President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend a Charity race day at Lingfield Race Track, Lingfield, Surrey.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy Deputy President of the British Red Cross Society, will open the new Headquarters of the Red Cross Lancashire Branch in Pittman Way, Preston Lancashire.
Friday, 9th July
The Duke of York Admiral, will visit the Musselburgh Sea Cadet Corps, East Lothian.
The Princess Royal Patron, Royal Lymington Yacht Club, will visit the Berthon Source CHS/IMS Regatta, Bath Road, Lymington, Hampshire.
Monday, 12th July
> The Duke of Edinburgh 12:45 p.m. will visit Europa Aircraft Company, Kirkby Mills Industrial Estate, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire
The Princess Royal 10:50 a.m. will give the opening plenary address at the 1999 National Fundraisers'' Convention at Stakis Birmingham Metropole Hotel, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands.
The Princess Royal President, British Knitting and Clothing Export Council, will visit Newey Goodman Limited, Sedgley Road West, Tipton, West Midlands.
The Princess Royal will open the Neptune Health Park, Sedgeley Road West, Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands.
Tuesday, 13th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m. will give a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess Royal 11:00 a.m. President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will attend a Meeting of the Policy and Development Group, at 142 The Minories, London, EC3.
Wednesday, 14th July
The Duke of Edinburgh 10:05 a.m. will visit Portland, Dorset
The Prince of Wales will attend the 1999 Royal Film Performance of `Star Wars - Episode One The Phantom Menace'', in aid of the Cinema and Television Benevolant Fund, at The Odeon, London.
> The Prince of Wales Patron, The Royal Opera, and President, The Friends of Covent Garden, will visit the Royal Opera House redevelopment at Covent Garden, London.
The Princess Royal will visit Bott Limited, Kingshill Industrial Estate, Bude, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 12:05 p.m. will open a new building at Maybridge Chemical Company, Trevillett, Tintagel, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 1:40 p.m. will visit the Indian King Arts Centre, Fore Street, Camelford, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 2:15 p.m. President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will visit Lakefield Equestrian Centre, Lower Pendavey Farm, Camelford, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 5:00 p.m. will attend a Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Public Run at RNAS Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall.
Thursday, 15th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m. will give a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess Royal 10:45 a.m. willl close the annual conference of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences at the Civil Service College, Sunningdale Park, Larch Avenue, Ascot, Berkshire.
The Princess Royal 1:10 p.m. Chancellor, University of London, will attend a Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Bedford College at Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey.
The Princess Royal 6:00 p.m. Patron, British Executive Service Overseas, will attend an Annual Volunteer Reunion at Durbar Court, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy will attend a Dinner to celebrate the 900th Anniversary of the Order of St. John, at Kensington Palace, London W8.
Friday, 16th July
The Duke of York Patron, will give a Lunch for The Outward Bound Trust at Frogmore House, Windsor, and afterwards will attend the Pensioners'' Tea Party.
The Princess Royal 1:30 p.m. Honorary Air Commodore, will visit RAF Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Saturday, 17th July
The Duke of York will attend the Golf Open Championships at Carnoustie, Angus.
Monday, 19th July
The Duke of Edinburgh 12:00 noon will visit Sneaton Castle Centre and St Hilda''s Priory, Whitby, North Yorkshire
The Princess Royal 5:00 p.m. will attend the Tesco Charity Pro-Am Golf Event at the RAC Club, Epsom, Surrey.
Tuesday, 20th July
The Princess Royal Sponsor, will visit HMS TALENT at sea in the vicinity of Plymouth.
The Duke of Kent Vice-Chairman, will attend a British Trade International meeting and their Annual Dinner, Victoria Street, London SW1.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy will visit the British Home and Hospital for Incurables, Crown Lane, London SW16.
Wednesday, 21st July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m. will give a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
Thursday, 22nd July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 10:10 a.m. will visit St. Andrew''s Gardens, Liverpool
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 11:10 a.m. will visit the Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 2:45 p.m. will visit the Millennium Centre, Banks Road, Garston, Liverpool
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 7:00 p.m. will attend the evening performance of Phantom of the Opera at the Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool
The Duke of Edinburgh 2:15 p.m. will visit Medeva Pharma Ltd, Gaskill Road, Speke, Liverpool
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy will attend a Garden Party for the "Not Forgotten" Association for ex-Service Disabled at Buckingham Palace.
Friday, 23rd July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 10:00 a.m. will visit Morecambe where The Queen will unveil a statue of Eric Morecambe on the Promenade
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 11:00 a.m. will visit Lancaster and attend a Service at Lancaster Priory Church to mark the 600th Anniversary of the link between the Crown and the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 11:40 a.m. will visit Market Square, Lancaster.
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 2:40 p.m. will visit Myerscough College, Bilsborrow, Preston, Lancaster.
Monday, 26th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh will attend the evening performance of the Royal Tournament at Earls Court, London.
Tuesday, 27th July
The Duke of Edinburgh Admiral of the Fleet, will attend the 1939 Jubilee Reunion at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon
The Duke of Edinburgh 10:10 a.m. will open an extension to Treloweth School at Higher Broadlane, Redruth, visit Goodygrane Activities Centre, Longdowns, Penryn and visit the site of the new National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, followed by lunch at Pendennis Shipyard, Falmouth, Cornwall
Wednesday, 28th July
The Duke of Edinburgh Admiral of the Fleet, will take the salute at The Lord High Admiral''s Divisions at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon
Thursday, 29th July
The Queen 6:00 p.m. Patron, will visit the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 12 Great George Street, Parliament Square, London SW1, on the occasion of the centenary of the headquarters of the building and the centenary of the Institution''s associated charity.
Friday, 30th July
The Prince of Wales will visit HMS RALEIGH, Torpoint, Cornwall, and will Take the Salute at the Passing Out Parade.
The Duke of York Patron, will take the Salute at the Royal Tournament, London SW5.
AUGUST
Monday, 2nd August
The Duke of York will visit Inverness, Ullapool Golf Club, and Ross and Cromarty.
The Princess Royal Patron, will take the salute at The Royal Tournament at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London SW5.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy will take the Salute as the Cutty Sark Tall Ships depart from Greenock.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy will open the new renal dialysis unit and education suite at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock, Renfrewshire.
Tuesday, 17th August
The Princess Royal 6:30 p.m. Colonel in Chief, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) will take the Salute at The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, The Castle, Edinburgh.
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday, 22nd September
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy will attend a Concert in aid of the Charing Cross Holiday Dialysis Trust at the Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7.
NOVEMBER
Tuesday, 9th November
> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh will visit South Africa between 9th and 15th November 1999, carrying out a State Visit on 9th - 11th November, and opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Durban on Friday 12th November. Her Majesty and His Royal Highness will attend other events during the Meeting. The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will also pay State Visits to Ghana (7th-9th November) and Mozambique (15th November).
S U P P L E M E N T
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
State Rooms
Opening times: The State Rooms will be open from 6th August - 3rd October, 1999. Open daily from 9.30 a.m., last entry into the Palace is at 4.30 p.m.
Tickets can be obtained by telephoning the credit card line on 0171 321 2233, or in person from the Ticket Office in Green Park which is open from 31st July (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Admission Charges: credit card bookings - all tickets #10 (plus 50p booking fee per application). For those buying tickets in person from the Ticket Office: Adults: #10.00, over 60s #7.50 and those under 17, #5.00.
The Queen''s Gallery
The King''s Head - Charles 1: King and Martyr Exhibition, will be open from 30th January to 3rd May, 1999. (Gallery will be closed 2nd April).
Raphael and his Circle: Drawings from Windsor Castle, will be open from 21st May to 10th October, 1999.
Open 9.30 a.m. - last admission 4.00 p.m.
Price of Admission: Adults: #4.00; Senior Citizens: #3.00; Under 17s: #2.00 Family ticket: #10.00
Closures: The Queen''s Gallery will be closing in Autumn, 1999 for major remodelling and extension and will reopen in 2002.
The Royal Mews
6th October 1998 - 29th July 1999 open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12 noon to 4.00 p.m. (last entry 3.30 p.m.).
Price of Admission: Adults: #4.00; Senior Citizens: #3.00; Under 17s: #2.00 Family ticket: #10.00
The Queen''s Gallery and Royal Mews
Combined Ticket Adults: #6.50; Senior Citizens: #4.50; Under 17''s: #3.50 Family ticket: #16.00.
Guard Mounting
Guard Mounting will take place every day at 11.30 a.m. There will be NO Guard Mounting in very wet weather.
WINDSOR CASTLE
Opening times:
Monday - Saturday: Precincts, State Apartments, Queen Mary''s Dolls'' House, The Gallery, St. George''s Chapel and the Albert Memorial Chapel.
Sundays Precincts, State Apartments, Queen Mary''s Dolls'' House and The Gallery.
Opening Hours Daily: March-October 10.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. (last admission 4.00 p.m.) November-February 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. (last admission 3.00 p.m.)
Admission Charges: Adult OAP Child Family Monday - Saturday All areas incl. #10.00 #7.50 #5.00 #22.50
Queen Mary''s Dolls'' House During State Apartments #6.00 #4.50 #3.00 #15.50 Closure
Sundays and closures of St. George''s Chapel All areas incl. #8.50 #6.50 #4.00 #18.50
Queen Mary''s Dolls'' House During State Apartments #4.50 #3.50 #2.00 #10.00 Closure
Closures
May 1 Chapel closed from 1 p.m. 12 Chapel closed from 1 p.m.
June 7 - 10 State Apartments closed 11-13 State Apartments and Chapel closed 14 Castle closed 15 - 18 State Apartments and Chapel closed 19 Castle closed 20 - 21 State Apartments and Chapel closed 22 Castle closed 23 - 25 State Apartments and Queen Mary''s Dolls House closed 26 Chapel closed from 1 p.m.
September 11 Chapel closed from 1 p.m.
October 18 - 21 State Apartments closed
November 14 - 17 State Apartments closed
December Christmas Day and Boxing Day Castle closed. 31 Castle closed
January 2000 1 Castle closed
St George''s Chapel is closed every Sunday except to Worshipers.
Opening arrangements may be subject to change at short notice.
Semi-State Rooms are open until 28 March, and from October 2 - March 26 2000 (inclusive).
Guard Mounting Guard Mounting will take place day at 11.30 a.m. but not on Sundays. There will be NO Guard Mounting in very wet weather.
Windsor Castle recorded information message 01753 831118 Windsor Castle Information Office 01753 868286 x 2615 Royal Windsor Information Center 01753 743900.
FROGMORE HOUSE
Open 28th - 30th August.
Guided Tours
These will commence again in May, 1999. Further information is available by telephoning the Visitor Office (01753 868286 x 2615).
(Entrance to Frogmore House is via sign posted car park on B3021 between Datchet and Old Windsor. Pedestrian access via the Long Walk.)
SANDRINGHAM HOUSE
House: 1 April until 20 July 11:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily. Re-opens 5 August until 3 October.
Museum: 1 April until 24 July 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Re-opens 5 August until 3 October.
Grounds: as Museum, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm daily. Dogs, except guide dogs, are not permitted in the Grounds
The Museum and Grounds are open at weekends and from Tuesday to Thursday of half-term week in October from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m.
Enquiries to Sandringham Estate Office: Tel 01553 772675.
N.B.: Family ticket - 2 Adults and 3 Children (children over 5 and under 17)
Opening times for Windsor Castle are subject to change at short notice.
ENDS PART TWO OF TWO PARTS
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