ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS

The Queen welcomes M Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, and Mme Chirac on a State Visit to Britain. The Princess Royal attends the Guest Lecture, "Vaccination Past, Present and Future", at the Royal Society, London SW1, to commemorate the Bicentennial of Edward Jenner's contribution to vaccination. Princess Margaret attends a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Kent, Patron, Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust, opens the new Research Institute, the Royal Free Hospital, London NW3.

Changing of the Guard

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 4pm; 1st Battalion Welsh Guards mounts the Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 4pm.