On May 7, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex was at  the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to attend the “…Bevin Boys Memorial Dedication Service.”   Click here to watch another video as well as to read an article from the Telegraph newspaper.

Meanwhile in Swindon, Wiltshire, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opened the new “..£3.5 million Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) independent hospital, Chalkdown House…”  For more information about Chalkdown House and to read an article from the BBC News about today’s opening please click here and here.

On May 7, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended the rededication of the newly restored Temple Church Organ at the Temple Church in London.

In other news, Buckingham Palace has announced that Her Majesty will not attend the upcoming Commonwealth biennial meeting in Sri Lanka later this year.  Instead, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will represent Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II when leaders of the 54 commonwealth nations will gather in Sri Lanka on November 15-17, 2013.

For more information about this latest news please click here.  Or, you can watch a news report below.

On May 6, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, as patron of the British Equestrian Federation, presented awards during the Badminton Horse Trials in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England.

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His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset this afternoon to “…view an exhibition documenting the development of Poundbury over the past 20 years” according to the official website for the prince.

Afterward, the prince attended a reception where he mingled with locals and cuddled cute babies.  The Prince of Wales also visited Cambridge Court where he unveiled a nice shiny new plaque “….marking the building’s official opening…”  

For more information about today’s activities please click here and here.

On May 2, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh visited the “…Headley Court military rehabilitation center…” in Surrey.  During the visit Her Majesty and the duke toured the Waterloo gym, opened newly restored the Peter Long Unit, met with staff, patients and members of the British Armed Forces.

For more information about today’s visit please click here and here.

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Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex was in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, this morning to visit the Earthworks as well as to plant a tree at Highfield Park.  For more information about today’s visit please click here.