Royal Visits

Visits by members of the Royal Family originate in many ways, examples of which follow. This list is not comprehensive as there are many variations:

Invitations extended by individuals, organisations and companies to open buildings, launch projects, commemorate anniversaries etc.
Invitations extended by national bodies e.g. headquarters of charities of which a member of the Royal Family is a Patron, headquarters of organisations of which a member of the Royal Family is President etc.
Invitations received by the Lord-Lieutenant and submitted to a specific Royal Household, or the Buckingham Palace Co-ordination and Research Unit (which is involved with all of the Royal Households in the planning of visits).
Requests from Royal Households to Lord-Lieutenants for additional items to add to a planned visit programme.

In all cases of locally originated requests the Lord-Lieutenant should be consulted. She will need to be given a brief outline of the event and likely duration, the period during which the visit is desired (the longer period the better), and whether a visit by a particular member of the Royal Family is desired, and if so the reason or justification for this.

Such are the demands made on the Royal Family there can never be any certainty that a particular invitation will be able to be accepted.

Royal visits to the county since 2003

The Lord-Lieutenant is pictured presenting the Lord Mayor of Leicester to Her Majesty the Queen on a visit to Leicester in 2008

Date	Visit Details
Wednesday 6th April 2011	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Welbeck, The Defence Sixth Form College, Loughborough
Tuesday 29th March 2011	HRH The Earl of Wessex Beaumont Leys School, Leicester Shree Sanatan Mandir Temple, Leicester South Leicestershire College, South Wigston Hinckley Club for Young People, Hinckley
Tuesday 25th January 2011	RH The Prince of Wales and Countess of Cornwall Long Clawson Dairy, Melton Mowbray Dickinson & Morris, Melton Mowbray Launde Abbey, East Norton
2nd November 2010	HRH The Duke of York Loughborough University, Sports Technology Institute Intelligent Energy, Loughborough
28th September 2010	HRH The Princess Royal Aigburth Care Home, Oadby NIACE
17th March 2010	HRH The Duchess of Gloucester LOROS Hospice Leicester Animal Aid, Huncote
5th November 2009	HRH The Countess of Wessex Menphys Centre, Wigston Gateway 6th Form College Trinity Hospital
12^th May 2009	HRH The Princess Royal Leicester College, Abbey Park Campus Loughborough University, School of Sports Science
2^nd March 2009	HRH The Princess Royal Riding for the Disabled, Far Coton
4^th December 2008	HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh David Wilson Library, University of Leicester Curve, Leicester Lunch at Beaumont Hall, University of Leicester Leicester Grammar School, Great Glen
8^th November 2008	HRH The Duke of Gloucester TA100 event, Great Central Railway
14^th October 2008	HRH The Princess Royal Somerby Equestrian Centre Soroptomists International Lunch, Walkers Stadium Victim Support – Victim Support Plus Office
21^st July 2008	HRH The Duke of Kent Endeavour Leicester
8^th May 2008	HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College
28^th February 2008	HRH The Princess Royal LN&RACF, Melton Mowbray Defence Animal Centre Indoor Riding School Syston Health Centre RBL Club, Syston
8^th February 2008	RH The Prince of Wales and Countess of Cornwall Leicestershire Regimental Museum Prince’s Trust, Walkers Stadium St Philip’s Centre (HisRH only) Barnardo’s CareFree project, Enderby (HerRH only)
18^th September 2007	HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Knighton Tennis Centre, Sir Jonathan North School
11^th Sept 2007	HRH The Earl of Wessex Ivanhoe School (DofE scheme) Stevenson College The Brite Centre
26^th April 2007	HRH The Duke of York MIRA, Nuneaton
3^rd April 2007	HRH The Princess Royal H J Hall, Hinckley The Allerton Research Trust, Loddington
9^th Nov 2006	HRH The Duke of York CoFresh Limited SPS Technologies Marriott Hotel Guidance Navigation
26^th July 2006	HRH The Duke of Gloucester (new) Melton Hospital The Samworth Centre, Melton The Framework Knitters Cottage Homes, Oadby
4^th May 2006	HRH The Princess Royal Gartree Prison (The Butler Trust) St John Ambulance new HQ Jack Masters Fashion, Grace Road, Leicester
9^th March 2006	HRH The Duke of York Terex Pegson, Coalville Lunch at Quorn Country Hotel Elevated Photos, Barrow on Soar
30^th Sept 2005	HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Wellbeck Defence 6^th Form College The Laura Centre, Leicester
30^th June 2005	HRH The Duke of York Rolls Royce Fuel Cells Ltd Loughborough
6^th June 2005	HRH The Princess Royal NWL Citizens Advice Bureau, Coalville Crime Concern, Mowmacre School RDA Carriage Driving Centre, Willoughby Waterleys
14^th March 2005	HRH The Duke of York Passport to Export Awards East Midlands, Athena Banqueting
13^th October 2004	HRH The Duke of Gloucester British Motorcyclists Federation, Enderby DeMontfort University Leicestershire Historical Society
2^nd June 2004	HRH The Duke of Kent Various sport and engineering facilities, Loughborough University
12^th March 2004	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Sir Denis Rooke Building, Loughborough University
5^th March 2004	HRH The Princess Royal Customer Service Centre, Melton Borough Council CAB Melton One-Stop-Shop, Lutterworth
16^th Dec 2003	HRH The Duke of York Leicester Tigers Training and Academy Centre Business Link Leicestershire Trelleborg Industrial AVS
14^th Nov 2003	HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ECB National Academy, Loughborough University
12^th June 2003	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Mobility Roadshow, Donington Park
10^th June 2003	HRH The Duke of Gloucester National Space Centre Staunton Stables Tearoom Conkers
28^th March 2003	HRH The Princess Royal Sense Conference, Hinckley Pall-Ex House, Ellistown
6^th March 2003	HRH The Duchess of Gloucester LTA Tennis Academy, Loughborough University
24^th January 2003	HRH The Prince of Wales Tree Planting Markfield, Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Cares Conference, Leicester, Allerton Trust, Loddington