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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 Queen

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

Page Last Updated: 22 December 2011