Gazette: Royal Engagements

The Princess Royal, Patron, World Cooks' Tour for Hunger, attends a lunch at the Glasgow Hilton; as President, the Princess Royal Trust for Carers, attends the Annual Conference of Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, and attends the East Ayrshire Carers Centre Information Day, Kilmarnock; and as President, Save the Children Fund, attends a reception to launch Corporate Fundraising in Scotland at the City Chambers, Glasgow. The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, SeeAbility, opens Barclay House (residential housing for visual impaired young adults), Seaford, East Sussex, as part of the bicentenary celebrations of the Royal School for the Blind; and opens the new building at the Downs School (for children with special needs), Eastbourne, East Sussex. Princess Alexandra visits Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, Kent, and sees the new facility for Croydon residents; and, as President, the British Red Cross Society, visits the British Red Cross Shop, 129 High Street, London SE20.

Changing of the Guard

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am; Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards mounts the Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the Scots Guards.