Royal Engagements

Royal Engagements

The Queen Mother visits Girton College, Cambridge, to mark the 50th anniversary of women's being granted full membership of Cambridge University. The Princess Royal, Past President, the Chartered Institute of Transport, attends the National Youth in Transport Awards Luncheon at the Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel, London SW1; as President, Save the Children Fund, chairs the 37th Industry and Commerce Group meeting at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Gloucester opens Little Haven Children's Hospice, Benfleet, Essex; as Grand Prior, the Order of St John, opens the new county headquarters of the order in Chelmsford, Essex; and opens the Learning Resource Centre at Rainsford High School, Chelmsford. The Duke of Kent, Honorary Air Commodore RAF Leuchars, visits the station in the 80th anniversary year of the RAF; and as Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, formally opens the new regimental headquarters at Edinburgh Castle.

Changing of the Guard

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am; 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment mounts the Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the Scots Guards.