Court Circular

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

26 August: The Duke of York today attended the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta, Dartmouth, and was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Devon (Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Morley).

Captain Neil Blair RN was in

attendance.

ST JAMES'S PALACE

26 August: The Prince of Wales, President, Royal Shakespeare Company, this afternoon visited The Prince of Wales's Shakespeare School, the Other Place, Stratford- upon-Avon, and was received by her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Warwickshire (Captain the Viscount Daventry).

Dr Manon Williams was in

attendance.

Buckingham Palace

TODAY: The State Apartments at Buckingham Palace open between 9.30am and 4.30pm. The Queen's Gallery opens between 10am and 5pm, and last admission is at 4.30pm. TOMORROW: The State Apartments at Buckingham Palace open between 9.30am and 4.30pm. The Queen's Gallery opens between 2pm and 5pm, and last admission is at 4.30pm.

Changing of the Guard

TODAY: The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am. TOMORROW: The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am; 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards mounts the Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the Scots Guards.

Windsor Castle

TODAY and TOMORROW: The Precincts and State Apartments at Windsor Castle open 10am-6pm.

Bands playing in the

Royal Parks

TODAY: St James's Park, Fairfield Concert Band, 12.30pm-2pm, 5.30pm- 7pm; Regent's Park, Romando and his Gypsy Band, 12.30pm-2pm, 5.30pm- 7pm. TOMORROW: St James's Park, Fairfield Concert Band, 3pm- 4.30pm, 6pm-7.30pm; Regent's Park, Romando and his Gypsy Band, 3pm- 4.30pm, 6pm-7.30pm; Hyde Park, Redbridge Brass, 3pm-4.30pm, 6pm- 7.30pm; Greenwich Park, St Sebastian Wokingham Band, 3pm-4.30pm, 6pm- 7.30pm.