Royal Engagements

The Queen Mother attends Queen Mary's Clothing Guild Annual General Meeting at St James's Palace. The Prince of Wales opens the exhibition "The Art of the Sikh Kingdoms" at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW7; and, as Patron, the British Wheelchair Sports Foundation, attends the launch of the Sporting Chance Appeal at Lancaster House, London SW1. Prince Edward attends a performance of Dracula by the Northern Ballet Theatre, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London EC1. The Princess Royal opens the British Association of Clothing Machinery Manufacturers' Clotech '99 Exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham; opens the Cranfield Innovation Centre, Cranfield, Bedfordshire; and, as Patron, International Health Exchange, attends their Annual General Meeting at the Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, London WC1. The Duke of Gloucester visits the Caya Park Partnership, Wrexham, Clwyd, and opens the Wrexham Foyer, a youth accommodation and training centre. The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, the Royal London Society for the Blind, accompanies children from Dorton House School to visit adapted educational activities for the visually impaired at the British Museum, London WC1. The Duke of Kent, Colonel-in-Chief, visits the First Battalion Devon and Dorset Regiment on exercise on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.

Changing of the Guard

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am.