ROYAL DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS
COI
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
No. 21/98 8th July, 1998
ROYAL DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS
With the compliments of the Press Secretary to The Queen
DIARY OF ENGAGEMENTS OF
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH,
THE PRINCE OF WALES,
THE DUKE OF YORK, THE PRINCE EDWARD,
THE PRINCESS ROYAL,
THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON
AND PRINCESS ALEXANDRA
> = Additions and amendments since the previous list.
x = Cancellations since the previous list.
JULY
Thursday, 9th July
The Queen 12:00 noon
will attend a Service at Westminster Abbey to mark the
installation of ten statues of twentieth century
martyrs.
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m.
to 6.00 p.m. - will give a Garden Party at Buckingham
Palace.
> The Prince of Wales 7:15 p.m.
Patron, Leonard Cheshire International Golden Jubilee,
1998, will hold a reception at St. James's Palace.
The Duke of York 4:00 p.m.
will attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess Royal
President, The British Horse Society, will open their
Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, Welford, Stratford-
upon-Avon. Warwickshire.
The Princess Royal 12:00 noon
President, The British Horse Society, will open their
new Headquarters, Stoneleigh Deer Park, Kenilworth,
Warwickshire
The Princess Royal 3:00 p.m.
Patron, National Association of Victim Support Schemes,
will attend the National Conference at the University
of Warwick, Gibbett Hill Road, Coventry, West Midlands.
Saturday, 11th July
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Deputy President of the British Red Cross Society, will
visit the British Red Cross Shop, 88 St. Benedicts
Street, Norwich.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open the Julian Hospital, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich.
Monday, 13th July
The Duke of Edinburgh 10:45 a.m.
will visit Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge Limited, Yarm
Road, Darlington, County Durham.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
President of the Children's Country Holidays Fund, will
attend a reception at Societe Generale, Exchange House,
Primrose Street, Broadgate, London EC2.
Tuesday, 14th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m.
to 6.00 p.m. - will give a Garden Party at Buckingham
Palace.
The Duke of Edinburgh 7:00 p.m.
Patron and Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and
Patron, Outward Bound Trust, will attend a banquet at
Guildhall, London EC2.
The Princess Royal 11:00 a.m.
President, The Missions to Seamen, will attend a World
Conference at The Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire.
> The Princess Royal 4:00 p.m.
will attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess Royal 7:15 p.m.
Chancellor, The University of London, will attend the
Bentham 250 Concert at the Bloomsbury Theatre,
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1.
Wednesday, 15th July
> The Duke of Edinburgh 11:30 a.m.
President of the City and Guilds of London Institute,
will present the 1998 City and Guilds Prince Philip
Medal and Silver and Bronze Medals at Buckingham
Palace, followed by Lunch at the Connaught Hotel, 1
Carlos Place, London W1, at 12.35 p.m..
> The Princess Royal 6:00 p.m.
Commandant-in-Chief, Cadets, St. John Ambulance, will
attend a Youth "Care in the Community" Reception at
Buckingham Palace.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open the new Armitt Library and Museum in Rydal
Road, Ambleside, Cumbria.
Thursday, 16th July
The Duke of Edinburgh 5:00 p.m.
Colonel-in-Chief, will attend the 43rd Annual
Intelligence Corps Officers' Dinner at the Headquarters
of The Defence Intelligence and Security Centre,
Chicksands, Shefford, Bedfordshire.
The Prince of Wales
will undertake engagements in Gravesend and Faversham.
> The Princess Royal 10:40 a.m.
Patron, Sense, will open new Workshops at Units 57 and
70 Percy Business Park, Rounds Green Road, Oldbury,
West Midlands.
> The Princess Royal 12:00 noon
will present The Birmingham Post Business Awards at the
International Convention Centre, Broad Street,
Birmingham, West Midlands.
> The Princess Royal 2:40 p.m.
Patron, Sense, will visit a Group Home at Pocklington
Health, 58 Featherstone Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham,
West Midlands.
> The Princess Royal 3:55 p.m.
Patron, Sense, will visit a Shop at 179-181 Church
Road, Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
President, will attend a reception at the Imperial
Cancer Research Fund, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2.
Friday, 17th July
The Queen 11:00 a.m.
The Prince of Wales, on behalf of The Queen, will hold
an Investiture at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of York 7:30 p.m.
will attend a dinner in aid of the York Millennium
Mystery Plays in the Treasury House, York Minster.
The Princess Royal 11:30 a.m.
will attend the closing ceremony of the Confederation
Interalliee des Officiers de Reserve (CIOR) Congress at
the Brighton Centre, King's Road, Brighton, East
Sussex.
The Princess Royal 1:30 p.m.
will open Phase II of the development of Conquest
Hospital at The Ridge, St. Leonards-on-Sea, East
Sussex.
The Princess Royal 7:30 p.m.
President, Save the Children Fund, will attend a
Reception at the Unigate Golf Day, Puckrup Hall,
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
Saturday, 18th July
The Duke of York 11:30 a.m.
will visit the 1998 Open Championship at the Royal
Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside.
The Princess Royal 11:10 a.m.
Patron, National Association of Citizens Advice
Bureaux, will open their new bureau at 18 Belle Vue
Road, Saltash, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 11:40 a.m.
will visit the South West Film Commission Offices, 18
Belle Vue Road, Saltash, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 12:15 p.m.
will visit Saltash Shop Mobility, 18 Belle Vue Road,
Saltash, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 12:40 p.m.
will officially open Spinnaker International's new
factory at Saltash Parkway Industrial Estate, Saltash,
Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 2:55 p.m.
Patron, Cornwall '98, will meet participants in the
Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race, Falmouth Docks, Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 6:15 p.m.
Patron, Cornwall '98, will attend a Cutty Sark Tall
Ships' Race Reception at County Wharf, Falmouth Docks,
Cornwall.
Sunday, 19th July
The Prince of Wales 11:00 a.m.
will attend the Opening Service of the thirteenth
Lambeth Conference in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.
The Princess Royal
will visit the King George's Fund for Sailors' Tall
Ships Exhibition of Marine Art at Falmouth Arts Centre,
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic, Church Street, Falmouth,
Cornwall.
The Princess Royal 3:00 p.m.
Patron, Cornwall '98, will start the Cutty Sark Tall
Ships' Race at Falmouth, Cornwall.
Monday, 20th July
> The Prince of Wales 3:00 p.m.
will open the British Airways new Corporate
Headquarters at Waterside, Heathrow, London.
The Duke of York 12:00 noon
will participate in The York Challenge Cup in aid of
Children in Crisis at Wentworth Golf Club, Virginia
Water, Surrey.
The Duke of York 6:30 p.m.
will present the prizes at the Tesco Pro-Am Golf
Classic Challenge in aid of the British Deaf
Association at the RAC Club in Epsom, Surrey.
The Duke of York 9:00 p.m.
will present the prizes for The York Challenge Cup in
aid of Children in Crisis at Wentworth Golf Club,
Virginia Water, Surrey.
Tuesday, 21st July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m.
to 6.00 p.m. - will give a Garden Party at Buckingham
Palace.
The Princess Royal
will officially open the Mallaig Harbour Extension
Breakwater, Mallaig, Inverness-shire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy 4:00 p.m.
will attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
Wednesday, 22nd July
The Queen 11:00 a.m.
will hold an Investiture at Buckingham Palace.
> The Duke of Edinburgh 10:30 a.m.
will visit Co-Steel Sheerness plc, Sheerness, Kent.
> The Duke of York
to 24th July - will visit Boston and Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States of America.
Thursday, 23rd July
The Princess Royal
President, Animal Health Trust, will attend the launch
of the Animal Health Trust Jersey Committee at Jersey
Zoo, Les Augres Manor, La Profonde Rue, Trinity,
Jersey, Channel Islands.
The Princess Royal 11:30 a.m.
will open Morier House, Halkett Place, St. Helier,
Jersey.
The Princess Royal
Patron, will take the salute at The Royal Tournament at
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London
SW5.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open the extension to the Douglas Arter Centre,
Odstock Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Deputy President of the British Red Cross Society, will
open the new Wiltshire Headquarters in Gains Lane,
Devizes, Wiltshire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open the new Vocational Training Centre for the
Shaw Trust at Palmer Gardens, Islington, Trowbridge,
Wiltshire.
Friday, 24th July
> The Duke of Edinburgh 10:40 a.m.
will visit the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth,
Devon.
> The Duke of Edinburgh 12:05 p.m.
will visit Zeneca Laboratories, Brixham, Devon.
> The Duke of Edinburgh 2:00 p.m.
will visit Paignton Zoo, Devon.
The Princess Royal
President, Royal Yachting Association, will attend a
National School Sailing Association Regatta at Datchet
Water Sailing Club, Queen Mother Reservoir, Horton
Road, Horton, Slough, Berkshire.
The Princess Royal
President, The Missions to Seamen, will attend a Royal
Gala Charity Race Meeting at Chepstow Racecourse, Gwent.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit Royal Air Force Brize Norton, Carterton,
Oxfordshire.
Saturday, 25th July
The Duke of York 11:00 a.m.
will take part in the Alfred Dunhill Celebrity Golf
Challenge in aid of The Prince of Wales's Charitable
Foundation at Wentworth Golf Club, Virginia Water,
Surrey.
Monday, 27th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will attend the evening performance of the Royal
Tournament at Earls Court, London SW5.
Tuesday, 28th July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 4:00 p.m.
to 6.00 p.m. - will give a Garden Party at Buckingham
Palace for delegates attending the Lambeth Conference.
The Duke of York 4:00 p.m.
will attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace for
delegates attending the Lambeth Conference.
Wednesday, 29th July
The Princess Royal
President, British Olympic Association, will attend the
Executive Board Meeting at Wembley Stadium, Empire Way,
Wembley, Middlesex.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Deputy President, will visit the Cornish Headquarters
of the British Red Cross Society at Newham Industrial
Estate, Truro, Cornwall.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will open the Mermaid Centre at Treliske Hospital,
Truro, Cornwall.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will visit Pentreath Industries Limited, Respryn Road,
Bodmin, Cornwall.
Thursday, 30th July
The Duke of Edinburgh 11:00 a.m.
President, will attend the Central Council of Physical
Recreation Annual General Meeting at St. James's
Palace.
The Prince of Wales 7:30 p.m.
Patron, Music in Country Churches, will attend a
concert performed by the English Chamber Orchestra in
St. Nicholas' Church, Dersingham, near King's Lynn,
Norfolk.
The Duke of York 7:15 p.m.
Patron, will take the salute at the evening performance
of The Royal Tournament at Earls Court, London SW5.
The Princess Royal
will visit Spectrum Technologies Ltd, Bridgend Science
Park, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan.
The Princess Royal
will open HM Prison Parc, Heol Hopcyn John, Bridgend,
Mid Glamorgan.
The Princess Royal
Patron, The Butler Trust, will visit HMP Usk and HMPYOI
Prescoed, 47 Maryport Street, Usk, Gwent.
Friday, 31st July
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Cheshire.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
will take the salute at the afternoon performance of
the Royal Tournament at Earls Court, London SW5.
AUGUST
Saturday, 1st August
The Duke of Edinburgh 10:30 a.m.
will attend a session of the XVth International
Congress of Comparative Law at the University of
Bristol.
The Duke of Edinburgh 7:00 p.m.
Admiral, will open the new Club House and attend a
dinner at the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Rope Walk,
Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire.
Sunday, 2nd August
The Duke of Edinburgh 9:40 a.m.
Admiral, will visit the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Rope
Walk, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire.
Wednesday, 5th August
> The Queen
will visit Kincardine Community Hospital, Stonehaven,
Kincardineshire.
Thursday, 6th August
> The Duke of Edinburgh 11:15 a.m.
will visit Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Limited, Kendal,
Cumbria.
Friday, 7th August
> The Princess Royal
Patron, United Kingdom Sailing Academy, will visit the
Academy in West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Monday, 10th August
The Princess Royal
Patron, 7th International Congress of Plant Pathology,
will attend the Opening Ceremony of the Congress, Usher
Hall, Edinburgh.
Tuesday, 11th August
The Princess Royal 12:00 noon
will open two new specialist centres at Derriford
Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.
The Princess Royal
will visit the InterCeltic WaterSports Festival, Bude,
Cornwall.
Tuesday, 18th August
The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will
attend a lunch at Scottish Amicable, Craigforth,
Stirling.
The Princess Royal
will open the McLaren Community Leisure Centre,
Mollands Road, Callander, Perthshire.
The Princess Royal
President, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, will
attend a Carers Day at the Town Hall, Falkirk,
Clackmannanshire.
The Princess Royal
Visitor, will visit Strathcarron Hospice, Randolph
Hill, Denny, Stirlingshire.
Wednesday, 19th August
The Princess Royal
will open the new GP Unit of the Jeanie Deans Unit at
93 East King Street, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
The Princess Royal
President, British Knitting and Clothing Export
Council, will visit Hermione Spencer Designer Knitwear,
Unit 15, Lomond Trade Centre, Alexandria,
Dunbartonshire.
Wednesday, 26th August
The Princess Royal
will open a showroom at The Royal Aberdeen Workshops
for the Blind and Disabled at 132 Wellington Road,
Tullos, Aberdeen.
The Princess Royal
will open the Aberdeen North Centre for Haematology,
Oncology and Radiotherapy at the Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary, Forrester Hill, Westburn Road, Aberdeen.
The Princesss Royal
Patron, Northern Lighthouse Board, will visit Girdle
Ness Lighthouse, Greyhope Road, Aberdeen.
Thursday, 27th August
The Princess Royal
Patron, Victim Support Scotland, will attend a National
Co-ordinators Conference at The Edinburgh Training and
Conference Centre, Hardie Road, Deans, Livingstone,
West Lothian.
Monday, 31st August
The Princess Royal 11:00 a.m.
will attend The International Festival of the Sea at
Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire.
SEPTEMBER
Friday, 4th September
The Duke of York 4:00 p.m.
will present the prizes at the 1998 Stowe Putter golf
competition at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire.
Saturday, 5th September
The Duke of Edinburgh 10:30 a.m.
Patron, will open the Scottish Caravan Club Rally at
Ballater, Aberdeenshire.
Tuesday, 8th September
> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit Ballater and Tarland, Aberdeenshire, and
will call at Douneside House and Alastrean House
(properties of The MacRoberts Trusts), near Tarland.
Wednesday, 16th September
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
to 20th September - will pay a State Visit to Brunei.
Sunday, 20th September
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
to 24th September - will pay a State Visit to Malaysia.
Her Majesty and His Royal Highness will attend the
final two days of the Commonwealth Games in Kuala
Lumpur and The Queen will formally close the Games on
Monday, 21st September.
OCTOBER
Monday, 5th October
> The Princess Royal 10:00 a.m.
Honorary Liveryman, The Worshipful Company of Farmers,
will attend their Court Meeting and Livery Lunch at The
Farmers and Fletchers Hall, 3 Cloth Street, London EC1.
Tuesday, 6th October
> The Princess Royal
President, British Knitting and Clothing Export
Council, will officially open Cleeve of London's new
factory at Jarman Way, Chard Business Park, Chard,
Somerset.
> The Princess Royal
will attend the Royal Bath and West of England
Society's second Dairy Industry Dinner at The
Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Wednesday, 7th October
> The Princess Royal
will open Carron Pheonix Limited's new plant at Carron
Works, Stenhouse Road, Falkirk.
> The Princess Royal
will open the new Carron Valley water treatment works,
Carron Valley, by Denny, Stirlingshire.
> The Princess Royal 12:45 p.m.
National Patron, The Scottish Association of Young
Farmers Clubs, will attend their 60th Anniversary
Luncheon at the Young Farmers Centre, Royal Highland
Showground, Ingliston, Newbridge, Edinburgh.
Saturday, 10th October
> The Princess Royal 9:30 a.m.
Patron, The Moredun Foundation, will attend the Equine
Grass Sickness Fund's 10th Anniversary Symposium at the
Moredun Foundation Headquarters, Pentlands Science
Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian.
Monday, 12th October
> The Princess Royal 10:30 a.m.
President, Shire Horse Society, will attend a Council
Meeting at the East of England Showground,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Wednesday, 14th October
> The Queen
Patron, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will
visit the Grey Coat Hospital, Greycoat Place, London
SW1, to mark its Tercentenary.
> The Princess Royal
Patron, College of Occupational Therapists, will launch
their Silver Jubilee year by officially opening the new
Headquarters building at 106-114 Borough High Street,
Southwark, London SE1.
> The Princess Royal 6:00 p.m.
will attend the Annual National Service for Seafarers
in St. Paul's Cathedral, London EC4.
Friday, 16th October
> The Queen
will visit the King George VI Day Centre, 95 Clarence
Road, Windsor, Berkshire, to mark the fiftieth
anniversary of the Windsor Old People's Welfare
Association.
> The Princess Royal
President, British Knitting and Clothing Export
Council, will visit Handcraft Limited, Blaby Road,
South Wigston, Wigston, Leicestershire.
> The Princess Royal
President, British Knitting and Clothing Export
Council, will visit Chilprufe Limited, 33 Evington
Valley Road, Leicester.
> The Princess Royal 6:55 p.m.
will attend a concert of Handel's Messiah at the Royal
Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10.
Tuesday, 20th October
> The Queen 2:30 p.m.
Patron, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will
attend a Service in Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street,
London SW1, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of His
Royal Highness's Presidency of the National Playing
Fields Association.
Wednesday, 21st October
> The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the new
Biomedical Sciences Building, Imperial College of
Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road,
London SW7.
> The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will re-open the
Albert Memorial, Kensington Gore, London SW7.
> The Princess Royal 7:35 p.m.
will attend a Trafalgar Night Dinner at HMS NELSON,
Queen's Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Friday, 23rd October
> The Queen
will open the new Motorola Factory in Swindon,
Wiltshire.
Wednesday, 28th October
> The Queen
Patron, will visit the Royal London Hospital,
Whitechapel Road, London E1, to mark the move to the
Hospital of Children's Services from The Queen
Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney Road.
> The Prince of Wales
will present the 1998 Soil Association Organic Food
Awards at the Savoy Hotel, London WC2.
Friday, 30th October
> The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
will visit the West Midlands.
NOVEMBER
Friday, 6th November
> The Queen
will open the River and Rowing Museum at Henley-on-
Thames, Berkshire, and afterwards visit the Henley
Youth Centre.
Monday, 9th November
> The Queen
Patron, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will
attend the 1998 Royal Film Performance in aid of the
Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.
> The Princess Royal
Patron, College of Occupational Therapists, will attend
the "Working Overseas in Developing Countries - the
issues and opportunities" Conference at 106-114 Borough
High Street, Southwark, London SE1.
Friday, 13th November
> The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will visit the
White Tower at the Tower of London, London EC3.
Monday, 23rd November
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Vice Patron of the Royal Over-Seas League, will attend
a Concert to be given by young musicians from the
Commonwealth at Kensington Palace.
Tuesday, 24th November
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh 9:30 p.m.
will give an Evening Reception at Buckingham Palace for
Members of the Diplomatic Corps.
Wednesday, 25th November
> The Queen 12:30 p.m.
Patron, will attend a reception for Cottage Homes at
St. James's Palace.
Monday, 30th November
> The Princess Royal
Honorary Liveryman, The Worshipful Company of Farmers,
will attend their Court Meeting and Livery Lunch at The
Farmers and Fletchers Hall, 3 Cloth Street, London EC1.
DECEMBER
Tuesday, 1st December
The Queen & The Duke of Edinburgh
to 4th December - The President of the Federal Republic
of Germany and Frau Herzog will pay a State Visit.
Thursday, 3rd December
> The Princess Royal 10:00 a.m.
will visit 24 Airmobile Brigade Combat Service Support
Battalion at McMunn Barracks, Colchester, Essex.
Friday, 4th December
> The Queen
accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will visit the
Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford.
Monday, 14th December
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Patron, will attend a Carol Concert in aid of Home-
Start UK at the Guards Chapel, London SW1.
Tuesday, 15th December
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
President, will attend a Christmas Carol Concert in aid
of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund at St. Paul's
Cathedral, London EC4.
JANUARY
Wednesday, 13th January
> The Princess Royal
President, British Knitting and Clothing Export
Council, will attend the British Apparel Export Awards
at The Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London
W2.
S U P P L E M E N T
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The State Apartments will be open from Thursday 6th August to
Sunday 4th October, 1998.
Price of tickets for those buying them on the day of admission:
Adults #9.50, those over 60, #7.00 and those under 17, #5.00.
All advance booking tickets are for sale at one set price of #9.50,
telephone 0171 321 2233.
THE QUEEN'S GALLERY
The exhibition "The Quest for Albion, Monarchy and the Patronage of
British Painting" and will be open from 15th May to 11th October,
1998.
Open 9.30 a.m. - last admission 4.00 p.m.
Price of Admission:
Adults: #4.00; Senior Citizens: #3.00; Under 17s: #2.00
Family ticket: #10.00
The Royal Mews
24th March - 5th August open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from
12.00 to 4.00 p.m.
Last admission at 3.30 p.m.
6th August to 4th October open Monday to Thursday from 10.00 am to
4.30 p.m.
Last admission at 4.00 p.m.
Price of Admission:
Adults: #4.00; Senior Citizens: #3.00; Under 17s: #2.00
Family ticket: #10.00
The Queen's Gallery and Royal Mews
Combined Ticket
Adults: #6.50; Senior Citizens: #4.50; Under 17's: #3.50
Family ticket: #16.00
Guard Mounting
Guard Mounting will take place every other day at 11.30 a.m.
(even days in July). There will be NO Guard Mounting in very wet
weather.
WINDSOR CASTLE
The State Apartments have now re-opened after the fire restoration.
Monday - Saturday:
Precincts, State Apartments, Queen Mary's Dolls' House, The Gallery,
St. George's Chapel and the Albert Memorial Chapel.
Sundays
Precincts, State Apartments, Queen Mary's Dolls' House and The
Gallery.
Opening Hours
Daily: March - October 10.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
(last admission 4.00 p.m.)
November - February 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
(last admission 3.00 p.m.)
Admission Charges:
Adult OAP Child Family
Monday - Saturday
All areas incl. 9.50 7.00 5.00 21.50
Sundays
All areas incl. 7.50 5.50 4.00 17.00
Closures
St. George's Chapel will be closed from 1 p.m. on 4th and 25th July
and 15th August, and also from 1 p.m. on 26th September.
Guard Mounting
Guard Mounting will take place every other day at 11.30 a.m.(odd days
in July). There will be NO Guard Mounting in very wet weather.
Sundays: St. George's Chapel is closed all day on Sunday.
Windsor Castle recorded information message 01753 831118
Windsor Castle Information Office 01753 868286 x 2615
Royal Windsor Information Centre 01753 743900.
Frogmore House
House, gardens and mausoleum will be open 29th - 31st August:
10.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. (last admission 4.00 p.m.)
Entrance via signposted car part on B3021 between Datchet and Old
Windsor. Pedestrian access via the Long Walk.
Frogmore House Guided Tours
11th August to 1st October (house and gardens only).
Visits by pre-booked groups of 15 or more for guided tours may be
made on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, (except 1st September).
Further information is available by telephoning the Visitor Office
(01753 868286 x 2615).
SANDRINGHAM
Sandringham Visitor Centre and House
Open from Thursday, 9th April to 21st July, 1998.
Re-opens 6th August to 4th October, 1998.
Grounds and Museum open from 9th April to 26th July, 1998.
Re-opens 6th August to 4th October, 1988.
N.B.: Family ticket - 2 Adults and 3 Children (children over 5 and
under 17)
Opening times for Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle are subject
to change at short notice.
ENDS
# = pounds sterling