2015 Engagement List for Will, Kate, and Harry

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TLLK

@memememe-BTW forgot to add earlier that Canuck like the posters at TRF are aware of the issues involving the British Monarchy's official website and its failure to keep the site updated with all of the working members' engagements. So she is trying her best to ascertain when engagements took place through media sites too.

Canuck

Update for May.

A note regarding Charlotte's birth:  it was listed in the CC, though I don't think that's indication that the BRF considers it an engagement -- more just a mark of an important event in the family, like the CC lists the Queen's birthday every year.  (Interestingly, although most Royal births have been similarly listed, e.g. when Sophie's kids were born, for some reason George's birth was not listed, or at least not in the online CC, which must have been an oversight.)  Since it's not an actual official engagement, I've not included it in the normal way.  I have, however, listed the hospital steps photocall with an asterisk for both Will and Kate.  That's an unofficial event, but it's part of the Royal role and took about as long as signing books of condolence do.  As always, people are free to count it or not in their own tallies.

And regarding this past weekend's outings:  the online CC hasn't updated yet so I don't know how many engagements it will ultimately credit to Will and Harry (sometimes polo is listed and sometimes not; additionally, while Will's attendance at the FA cup will definitely be an engagement, it's possible he will get a separate one for the FA meeting he spoke at before the match).  For now I've done my best guess, but it may need to be adjusted later based on the CC.

JANUARY

Will
None

Kate
January 15: Clore Art Room opening
January 16: Fostering Network visit
January 19: Family Friends coffee
January 19: Kensington Aldridge Academy visit
January 19: Kensington Leisure Centre opening

Harry
*January 9: signed book of condolence for Charlie Hebdo
January 14: Coach Core graduation session
*January 23: met with 65 Degrees North (ice cap challenge team)

FEBRUARY

Will
February 24: investiture at BP
February 24: Royal Foundation Chairman's Dinner at KP
February 25: departed Heathrow for Japan
February 26: arrived in Japan/greeted by British ambassador
February 26: boat tour with Governor of Tokyo
February 26: tea ceremony in Hama-rikyu Gardens
February 27: lay wreath at Commonwealth cemetery
February 27: lunch with Emperor and Empress of Japan at Imperial Palace
February 27: meeting with Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan at Akasaka Palace
February 27: Innovation is Great launch in Tokyo
February 27: reception at British Embassy in Tokyo
February 28: visit to NHK Broadcasting Studio in Tokyo
February 28: visit to Innovation is Great display at T-Site Multimedia Store
February 28: visit to Smile Kids Park in Fukushima (with President of Japan)
February 28: dinner given by President of Japan

Kate
February 10: Bethlem and Maudsley school visit
February 11: KP reception for Palliative Care Programme for Children and Young People
February 12: visit to Ben Ainslie Racing Office in Whiteley
February 12: visit to site of new Ben Ainslie Racing Base Headquarters
February 12: reception for 1851 Trust at Spinnaker Tower
February 18: visit to Emma Bridgewater factory for EACH
February 18: visit to Action for Children at Cape Hill Children's Centre
February 24: Royal Foundation Chairman's Dinner at KP
February 25: received outgoing director of the National Portrait Gallery

Harry
February 1: RFU injured players training session
February 3: visit to Full Effect program
February 24: Royal Foundation Chairman's Dinner at KP
February 25: visit to Northumberland Wildlife Trust's Red Squirrels project
February 25: visit to Avondale House veterans charity

MARCH

Will
March 1: visit to Ishinomaki NewSea building
March 1: lay wreath at Hoyoriyama Hill Vantage Point
March 1: visit to Chime of Hope Market in Onagawa
March 1: visit Matsushima Airbase in Miyagi Prefecture
March 1: depart Tokyo and arrive Beijing/greeted by British ambassador
March 2: meeting with President of China
March 2: visit to Forbidden City
March 2: meeting with Vice President of China
March 2: opening of GREAT Festival of Creativity in Shanghai
March 2: received Founder/Executive Chairman of the Alibaba Group
March 2: received Chairman of Wanda Group
March 2: received Chairman of Sanpower
March 3: attended GREAT Festival of Creativity
March 3: Premier Skills event at Nanyang School
March 3: attend Education UK's Alumni Awards Ceremony
March 3: reopening of Heritage Building at Intercontinental Shanghai
March 3: International Wildlife Trafficking Meeting with NGOs
March 3: opened British Centre
March 3: Chinese premiere of the film Paddington
March 3: dinner for GREAT Festival
March 4: visit to Mengman Village, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
March 4: visit to Asian Elephant Sanctuary
March 4: visit to Wild Elephant Valley
March 4: visit to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens
March 4: attended Conservation on the Border Conference
March 4: departed Hong Kong for Britain
March 5: arrived at Heathrow
March 9: Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey
March 13: Afghanistan commemoration service at St. Paul's
March 13: reception at Horse Guards Parade
March 17: presentation of shamrocks to Irish Guards
*March 18: attend meetings with ambassadors with the Queen
March 27: visit to Stephen Lawrence Centre
March 27: visit to XLP in Gipsy Hill
March 27: visit to XLP mobile unit at Hazel Grove Estate
March 27: meeting of the Royal Foundation

Kate
March 9: Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey
March 11: visit to Turner Contemporary gallery
March 11: visit to Resort Studios in Margate
March 12: visit to set of Downton Abbey/Ealing Studios
March 13: Afghanistan commemoration service at St. Paul's
March 17: presentation of shamrocks to Irish Guards
March 18: visit to Home-Start at Brookhill Children's Centre
March 27: visit to Stephen Lawrence Centre
March 27: visit to XLP in Gipsy Hill
March 27: visit to XLP mobile unit at Hazel Grove Estate

Harry
March 13: Afghanistan commemoration service at St. Paul's
March 13: reception at Guildhall
March 18: reception for Walking for the Wounded
March 21: rugby match between England and France

APRIL

Will
April 25: Gallipoli wreath laying ceremony

Kate
None

Harry
April 6: visit to Australian War Memorial
April 22: arrived in Istanbul
April 24: reception on HMS Bulwark
April 24: attended international service at Abide
April 24: attended Commonwealth and Ireland service at Helles
April 24: attended French service at Morto Bay
April 25: attended dawn service at ANZAC Cove
April 25: attended breakfast reception
April 25: attended Australian service at Lone Pine
April 25: attended Service of Thanksgiving at the 57th Regiment Memorial
April 25: attended New Zealand service at Chunuk Bair
April 25: arrived in UK from Turkey
April 26: presented prizes at London marathon

MAY

Will
*May 1: sign book of condolence for Nepal earthquake
*May 2: hospital photocall with baby Charlotte
May 18: depart Heathrow and arrive in Geneva/greeted by British Ambassador
May 18: meeting of United for Wildlife Taskforce on trafficking of illegal wildlife products
May 18: meeting of United for Wildlife Council
May 18: depart Geneva and arrive Heathrow
May 19: investiture at Windsor Castle
May 20: visit women's World Cup team/Homeless FA training session
May 21: investiture at BP
May 21: meeting with D/Dss of Cambridge scholarship recipients at KP
May 21: Tusk Trust anniversary dinner
May 22: lunch for Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre
May 30: attend/speak at FA Cup final
May 31: Audi Polo Challenge

Kate
*May 2: hospital photocall with baby Charlotte

Harry
May 9: arrived in New Zealand/greeted by Prime Minister
May 9: reception at Government House
May 9: laid wreath at War Memorial in Wellington
*May 9: attend rugby game
May 10: welcome at Invercargill Airport
May 10: visit to Stewart Island and Ulva Island
May 10: church service on Stewart Island
May 11: visit Halfmoon Bay School on Stewart Island
May 12: tram ride in Christchurch accompanied by Prime Minister
May 12: visit to Quake City Exhibition/Re:Start Container Mall
May 12: meet with Student Volunteer Army at University of Canterbury
May 13: visit to Odyssey House in Christchurch
May 13: visit to Linton Military Camp
May 14: visit to Putiki Marae in Whanganui
May 14: cross Whanganui river in Maori canoe
May 14: attend veterans reception at War Memorial Centre in Whanganui
May 15: attend performance at Southern Cross Campus in Auckland
May 15: visit to New Zealand Rugby Foundation at the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit
May 15: visit Turn Your Life Around program in Otara
May 15: receive Leader of the Opposition
May 15: receive Prime Minister
May 15: attend Emergency Services Reception
May 16: visit to FIFA u-20 youth program
May 16: visit to High Performance Sport New Zealand
May 16: depart Auckland for UK
May 17: arrive at Heathrow
May 18: visit Sentebale garden at Chelsea Flower Show
May 24: Maserati Jerudong Park polo
May 31: Audi Polo Challenge

Macrobug

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Canuck

Personally, I find listing two separate engagements of "promoting football" and "playing football with kids" for a single actual event to be a far more creative way of padding out a Royal's resume, but to each their own.   :shrug:

TLLK

Quote from: Macrobug on June 01, 2015, 10:07:12 PM
Thanks Canuck.  And lovely to see you!
Wonderful to see you @Cancuk and thank you for updating the list for the trio.

Curryong

Thanks for your hard work in compiling this, Canuck!  :thumbsup:

TLLK

@Canuck-IMO the real intention of the Court Circular has always been to inform the public of what the British royal family is participating in on a daily basis and to make announcements ie: births, arrivals/departures, wedding engagements etc..You and Macrobug have pointed this out twice in this thread. Actually until Mr. O'Donovan began writing his annual letter to the Times, I don't believe that too many royal watchers were keeping an account of how many engagements were performed. The BRF apparently does have some friendly competitions going on among its fiercest competitors ie: DoE/Princess Royal, but the function of the Court Circular continues much in the same way as it has for decades.

HistoryGirl

Quote from: TLLK on June 01, 2015, 11:01:37 PM
Quote from: Macrobug on June 01, 2015, 10:07:12 PM
Thanks Canuck.  And lovely to see you!
Wonderful to see you @Cancuk and thank you for updating the list for the trio.

Ditto @Canuck. Soooo glad to see you post! Missed you. You too Macro, haven't seen you on here lately either.

TLLK

Hadn't realized that the Court Circular acknowledges HM's birthday. This confirms my belief that the CC is used primarily as a form of communication rather than a "tally."

tiaras

The court circular mentions all RF members birthdays, engagements, pregnancy announcements etc. It isn't  working as a tally sheet, there were complains that two of Mates engagements  pre delivery didn't  make it on the CC so whoever is updating and managing that website  needs to gove RIF a call. We can do it better, and what is with that outdated design, get someone on that ASAP.

amabel

Quote from: TLLK on June 01, 2015, 11:59:13 PM
@Canuck-IMO the real intention of the Court Circular has always been to inform the public of what the British royal family is participating in on a daily basis and to make announcements ie: births, arrivals/departures, wedding engagements etc..You and Macrobug have pointed this out twice in this thread. Actually until Mr. O'Donovan began writing his annual letter to the Times, I don't believe that too many royal watchers were keeping an account of how many engagements were performed. The BRF apparently does have some friendly competitions going on among its fiercest competitors ie: DoE/Princess Royal, but the function of the Court Circular continues much in the same way as it has for decades.
I would say that it is meant as a form of communication certainly.  The press tend to "notice the number of engagements" because it is a way of filling up their pages with "who is the hardest worker" among the royals and "what work do they do".. I'm sure the RF DO recognise that it is important that they can point to figures of how much work they do, but they are not "dotting every I and crossing every t" with this.. They put out a certain amount of information and feel that that proves to the public that they are out there doing their   job and not having fun all the time...but they dotn feel the need to mention everything and expect that if there is a reasonable amount of information available to the public, in relation to their engagements, the public will accept that they are working and not idle...

Canuck

You're very welcome, all, and good to see you too!  I haven't been posting much lately but I did want to keep this updated as I know some people use it as a resource to avoid the terrible CC website.

In All I Do

Quote from: snokitty on June 01, 2015, 10:26:44 PM
Yes those have a lot of padding so they must be from the CC.   :P

Oh... I think this was covered earlier in the thread... let me find it.... ooh.. yep, here it is:

Quote from: snokitty on May 25, 2015, 04:03:54 PM
^ If you don't care for the way we have chosen to do this count then you are not required to read it.


TLLK

Quote from: tiaras on June 02, 2015, 05:34:02 AM
The court circular mentions all RF members birthdays, engagements, pregnancy announcements etc. It isn't  working as a tally sheet, there were complains that two of Mates engagements  pre delivery didn't  make it on the CC so whoever is updating and managing that website  needs to gove RIF a call. We can do it better, and what is with that outdated design, get someone on that ASAP.
I get the feeling that the person assigned to the Court Circular is required to write it out with a quill pen and a bottle of ink. :lol:

TLLK

Quote from: Canuck on June 02, 2015, 12:20:39 PM
You're very welcome, all, and good to see you too!  I haven't been posting much lately but I did want to keep this updated as I know some people use it as a resource to avoid the terrible CC website.
Looking forward to your June wrap up @Canuck as it will cover the events for Ascot, Garter Ceremony and Trooping the Color. :thumbsup: Bring on the pageantry and fanciful hats! :D