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7 July: His Excellency Mr Alfred Uyapo Majaye Dube was received in audience by The Queen and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Commission as High Commissioner for the Republic of Botswana in London.
His Excellency was accompanied by the following members of the High Commission:
Mr Samuel Outlule (Counsellor), Mr Twoba Koontse (First Secretary), Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Matshwa (Defence Secretary), Ms Selebanyo A. Molefi (Commercial Attache) and Mr Odirile Gabasiane (Education Secretary).
Mrs Elvyn Jones-Dube was also received by Her Majesty.
Sir David Gillmore (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) was present and the Household in Waiting were in attendance.
Mr Richard Gozney was received in audience by The Queen upon his appointment as British High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Swaziland.
Mrs Gozney was also received by Her Majesty.
Mr Justice Wilson was received by The Queen upon his appointment as a Justice of the High Court when Her Majesty conferred upon him the honour of Knighthood and invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Bachelor.
Mr Justice Kirkwood was received by The Queen upon his appointment as a Justice of the High Court when Her Majesty conferred upon him the honour of Knighthood and invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Bachelor.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Captain General Royal Marines, this morning visited the Commando Training Centre, Lympstone, Devon.
Major Ian Grant RM was in attendance.
7 July: The Prince Edward this evening attended 'A Summer Evening of Opera' in support of Meningitis Research at the Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, London SW3.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sean O'Dwyer was in attendance.
7 July: The Princess Royal, Patron, 1993 Island Games, this morning attended the Island Games on the Isle of Wight, and was received by Her Majesty's Governor and Lord-Lieutenant (The Lord Mottistone).
Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited HMNZS Canterbury, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
The Princess Royal, Patron, British Executive Service Overseas, this evening attended the Annual Reunion and Meeting at Durbar Court, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1.
Mrs William Nunneley was in attendance.
CLARENCE HOUSE
7 July: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was present this evening at a Festival Service for the Friends of St Paul's Cathedral.
Miss Jane Walker-Okeover and Sir Alastair Aird were in attendance.
ST JAMES'S PALACE
7 July: The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince's Trust, held a management board meeting this morning.
His Royal Highness, President, Business in the Community, afterwards held a meeting for leaders of UK urban development corporations and major corporate landowners.
The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince of Wales's Business Leaders Forum, this evening held a meeting with members of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
His Royal Highness later gave a Reception for supporters of Save Britain's Heritage.
KENSINGTON PALACE
7 July: The Duchess of Gloucester this morning visited the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Mrs Euan McCorquodale was in attendance.
YORK HOUSE
7 July: The Duchess of Kent this morning opened the new Isolation Room at the Medical Oncology Unit, the Royal South Hampshire Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton, and was met on arrival by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Hampshire (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Scott Bt).
Her Royal Highness, Patron, St Michael's Hospice, this afternoon opened the Basil de Ferranti House, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Mrs Peter Wilmot-Sitwell was in attendance.
THATCHED HOUSE LODGE
7 July: Princess Alexandra, Chancellor, today presided at congregations for the conferment of Degrees at Lancaster University.
The Lady Mary Mumford was in attendance.
ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS
The Queen visits the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The Duke of Edinburgh presents the Prince Philip Prize for the Designer of the Year and hosts a lunch at Buckingham Palace, London SW1. The Prince of Wales, Patron, Tetbury Church Restoration and Improvement Fund, attends a Service of Rededication at Tetbury Parish Church, Gloucestershire. Prince Edward opens the Lichfield Festival at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire. The Princess Royal, Patron, the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, attends the Special Graduation of Veterinary Students, Edinburgh University, McEwan Hall, Edinburgh; attends a lunch at Edinburgh University, Old College, South Bridge; opens the new Equine Intensive Care Unit, Edinburgh University Veterinary Field Station, Easter Bush; and, as Patron, Victim Support, attends the Victim Support 1993 National Conference, Warwick University, Coventry. Princess Margaret attends a Ball in aid of the Dyslexia Institute, the Berkeley Hotel, London SW1. The Duchess of Kent opens the Indian Artists Exhibition at the Nehru Centre, London W1. Princess Alexandra, Patron of Crisis, attends the presentation of the 'Schoolfriend of Crisis' awards at the Victoria and Albert Hotel, Manchester. Prince Michael of Kent, President of the SSAFA, attends the AGM at Harrow School, Harrow.
Changing of the Guard
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am; 1st Battalion the King's Regiment mounts the Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the King's Regiment.
Bands playing in the Royal Parks
St James's Park, Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 12.30pm-2pm, 5.30pm-7pm.
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