Royal Engagements

Royal Engagements

The Duke of Edinburgh, Chancellor, Cambridge University, visits Pembroke College, the Department of Biochemistry, Girton College, the University Farm and the University Local Examinations Syndicate, Cambridge, and confers Honorary Degrees; visits the new factory of David S. Smith Corrugated at Fordham, Cambridgeshire; as Visitor, attends a lunch at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, to mark the issue of its Royal Charter; and visits Domino Printing Sciences plc, Bar Hill, Cambridge. The Queen Mother, Colonel- in-Chief, attends a service in Westminster Abbey, London SW1, to mark the centenary of the formation of the Royal Army Medical Corps. The Prince of Wales, President, Cheshire Agricultural Society for 1998, visits the Cheshire County Show at the County Show Ground, near Plumley, Cheshire. Princess Margaret attends a Gala Performance of Romeo and Juliet by English National Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall, London SW7. The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, London Choral Society, accompanied by The Duchess of Gloucester, attends the society's 50th Anniversary Concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1. The Duchess of Kent attends the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, London SW19.

Changing of the Guard

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