Court Circular

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

29 March: The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh gave a Reception this evening at Buckingham Palace for the winners of The Queen's Award for Export and Technology in 1992.

29 March: The Duke of York was represented by Captain Rupert Maitland- Titterton at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Mr Francis Maurel Cumberlege at the University Church of Christ the King, Gordon Square, London WC1, today.

YORK HOUSE

29 March: The Duchess of Kent this morning visited the American Museum in Britain, Claverton Manor, Bath and was met on arrival by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Avon (Sir John Wills Bt).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon opened the Cardiac Centre at the Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath and later visited the Bridge Care Project, Bridgemead Residential and Nursing Home, St John's Road, Bathwick, Avon.

Mrs Julian Tomkins was in attendance.

ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, visits the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and attends the Honorary Fellowships Ceremony, London WC1; and as Honorary Member, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, attends a dinner at the Institute of Civil Engineers, London SW1. The Princess Royal, President, The Rural Housing Trust, attends the Annual Conference of the South Eastern Branch of the Institute of Housing, Guildhall, Winchester, Hampshire. The Duchess of Kent attends lunch with the City of London Sheriff's Society at Saddlers' Hall, London EC2.

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.