Court Circular

BALMORAL CASTLE

26 August: Mrs John Dugdale has succeeded Mrs Robert de Pass as Lady-in-Waiting to The Queen.

KENSINGTON PALACE

26 August: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was represented by Dame Jean Maxwell-Scott at the Funeral of the Lady Rachel Pepys which was held in the Cathedral of Our Lady and Saint Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex, this morning.

YORK HOUSE

26 August: The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by Prince Michael of Kent at the Funeral of the Lady Rachel Pepys which was held in the Cathedral of Our Lady and Saint Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex, this morning.

THATCHED HOUSE LODGE

26 August: Princess Alexandra was present at the Funeral of the Lady Rachel Pepys which was held in the Cathedral of Our Lady and Saint Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex, this morning.

Changing of the Guard

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts The Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am; 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards mounts The Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the Welsh Guards.

Bands playing in

the Royal Parks

St James's Park, 12.30pm-2pm, 5.30pm-7pm.