The Princess Royal, Patron, the Butler Trust, will visit the National Tactical 23rd April 2019 Response Group, Kidlington. The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, St George's Society of New York and The Duchess of Gloucester, will attend a Dinner at Guildhall, to mark the One 9th April 2019 Hundred and Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the City of London Branch of the BLUE BADGE The Princess Royal will attend Concorde's 50th Anniversary Dinner at Royal Society of St. George. Aerospace Bristol. GUIDES’ The Princess Royal will open the Minsterworth Affordable Housing Project, 24th April 2019 Gloucester. The Earl of Wessex, Court Assistant, The Worshipful Company of Fuellers, The Princess Royal, Patron, the National Association of Citizens Advice will attend Election Court and Lunch at Mercers' Hall. DIARY Bureaux, will visit Stroud and Cotswolds Citizens Advice Bureau, Stroud. The Countess of Wessex, Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Wittering, will visit the Station at RAF Wittering. 10th April 2019 The Princess Royal will name UK Fisheries Ship 'MV Kirkella', Greenwich ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS The Princess Royal, President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will The Princess Royal, Vice Patron, The British Horse Society, will attend the open the Cavalier Centre, Bradley Farm, Much Wenlock. Riding School National Championships, Onley Grounds Equestrian April 2019 The Princess Royal, Honorary President, Oxford Farming Conference, will Complex, Rugby. 1st April 2019 attend a Reception at the Farmers Club, 3 Whitehall Court, London. th The Princess Royal, Patron, The Boston Stump Restoration and 25 April 2019 th Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Development Appeal, will launch the 'Guild of St. Botolph's' Fundraising 11 April 2019 The Earl of Wessex, , will attend a Scheme, St. Botolph's Church, Boston. The Princess Royal, Fourth Warden, the Fishmongers' Company, will Business Breakfast at RSM Offices, 25 Farringdon Street, London. The Princess Royal, Master, The Corporation of Trinity House, will visit attend the Committee of Wardens Meeting and General Court Meeting at The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Army Sandes Farm, Goxhill, Lincolnshire. Fishmongers' Hall. Medical Corps, will attend the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the New The Duke of Gloucester will visit Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn. The Earl of Wessex, Chancellor, University of Bath, will attend a welcome Zealand Memorial, Hyde Park Corner. event for the new Vice-Chancellor at the University of Bath. The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Army 2nd April 2019 Medical Corps, will attend the ANZAC Service of Commemoration at th The Princess Royal, President, Animal Health Trust, will attend the 15 April 2019 Westminster Abbey. Fellowship Reception at the Kennel Club. The Princess Royal will attend the Anglo-Chilean Society Seventy-fifth The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Army The Princess Royal will attend the City Lit Centenary Awards, 1-10 Keeley Anniversary Dinner at Armoury House. Medical Corps, will lay wreath at the ANZAC Memorial at the Cenotaph. Street, London. The Princess Royal will open the new UK Hydrographic Office Building, th The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Medical Corps, will 16 April 2019 Admiralty Way, Taunton. attend the book launch of 'Military Medicine in Iraq and Afghanistan A The Princess Royal, Chair, International Olympic Committee Members th comprehensive review' at the Army and Navy Club. Election Commission, will hold a Luncheon at St. James's Palace. 29 April 2019 Chair, International Olympic Committee Members Patron, Sense - The National Deafblind and Rubella The Princess Royal, The Princess Royal, Election Commission Association 3rd April 2019 , will hold a meeting at Buckingham Palace. , will visit the 'Get Out There' Group to mark its Tenth The Princess Royal, Guardian, The Chaffinch Trust, will attend a The Princess Royal, President, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, Anniversary, Penventon Park Hotel, Redruth. Management Team Meeting at the House of Lords. will present The Princess Royal Award at Buckingham Palace. The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, National Coastwatch Institution, will visit The Princess Royal, Patron, Swinfen Telemedicine, will attend a Trustees The Princess Royal, Past Master, The Worshipful Company of Carmen, Bass Point Station to mark the Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the charity, the Meeting at the House of Lords. will attend the Joint Services Awards Dinner at Drapers' Hall Lizard, Cornwall. The Princess Royal, President, Carers Trust, will attend a Reception at The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, British Society of Soil Science, will attend The Countess of Wessex will visit Hyderabad, India. Mansion House. the Early Careers Researcher Conference at the Edge, Sheffield. th The Princess Royal, Guardian, Give Them a Sporting Chance, will attend a The Duke of Gloucester will visit the "Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing" 30 April 2019 Management Team Planning Meeting at the House of Lords. exhibition at Millennium Galleries, Sheffield. The Princess Royal, President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will attend a Reception at 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. th 4th April 2019 20 April 2019 The Princess Royal will open the new offices at Edinburgh Voluntary The Princess Royal, President, Racing Welfare, will attend a Brunch, The Duchess of Gloucester, Honorary President, Lawn Tennis Association, Organisations' Council to mark the 150th Anniversary. Aintree Racecourse. will attend the Fed Cup at the Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth The Princess Royal, Patron, the Vine Trust, will attend a Dinner on board Olympic Park. Fingal, Edinburgh. Patron, Save the Children UK 5th April 2019 The Princess Royal, , will attend a Reception st The Princess Royal, Patron, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and 21 April 2019 in Edinburgh Transport (UK) will attend Corporate Member Day, De Vere Staverton The Duchess of Gloucester, Honorary President, Lawn Tennis Association, The Countess of Wessex will visit Mumbai, India. Estate, Daventry. will attend the Fed Cup at the Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. 8th April 2019 nd The Princess Royal, Patron, Transaid, will attend the Reception for the 22 April 2019 50th Anniversary of UniCarriers UK Limited, Thame. The Princess Royal will receive The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery's The Princess Royal, Patron, Stroud Hospital League of Friends, will visit Queen's Birthday Salute in Hyde Park. Stroud General Hospital, Stroud. 8 APRIL 19 APRIL GOOD FRIDAY BLUE BADGE 536 BC Birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha 1824 Lord Byron died in Greece, where heart buried (body in Notts) 1838 Maiden voyage from Bristol of Brunel's steamship Great Western 1882 Charles Darwin died near Orpington, Kent 2013 Former British PM Margaret Thatcher died in her suite in Ritz hotel, 1989 Death of writer Daphne du Maurier in Cornwall GUIDES’ DIARY 9 APRIL 20 APRIL 1413 Henry V crowned King of England 1889 Adolf Hitler born in Braunau, Austria 1838 National Gallery in Trafalgar Square opened 1964 BBC 2 launched ANNIVERSARIES 1866 US Civil Rights Act came into effect - affirmed that all U.S. citizens were equally protected by the law – so protecting the civil rights of 21 APRIL EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 2019 African Americans following the U.S. Civil War 1816 Charlotte Brontë born in Thornton, Yorkshire 1926 H M the Queen born at 17 Bruton Street, London 1 APRIL ALL FOOL’S DAY 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed by hanging in Flossenberg concentration Camp 1016 (c April – June) Danish King Cnut attacked London allegedly 1969 The first British-built Concorde 002 made its maiden flight from 22 APRIL digging a canal in S London to bypass London Bridge Filton to RAF Fairford 1509 Henry VIII succeeded to throne 1318 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from England 2002 Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1857 First Australian Parliament opened 1875 The Times becomes first paper to publish a daily weather chart 2005 Prince Charles & Camilla Parker Bowles married at Windsor 1969 Yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the first solo 1918 Royal Air Force created by merger of the Royal Flying Corps non-stop circumnavigation of the world and Royal Naval Air Service 10 APRIL 1965 Reorganisation of Greater London Boroughs 1858 Big Ben cast in Whitechapel 23 APRIL ST GEORGE'S DAY 1969 Margaret Thatcher's new Community Charge, aka the ‘poll tax’, 1016 Edmund Ironsides succeeded his father Aethelred the Unready introduced in Scotland 11 APRIL 1348 St George believed to have been executed 1973 VAT introduced 1689 William III and Mary II crowned jointly 1564 Traditional date of birth of Shakespeare 1978 First official naturist beach opened Covehurst Bay nr Hastings 1855 London's 1st pillar box erected in Fleet Street - painted green 1616 Death of William Shakespeare 1983 £1 coin came into circulation 1661 Charles II crowned 12 APRIL 1968 First decimal coins appeared (5p & 10p 2 APRIL 1606 The Union Flag adopted as flag of England, Wales and Scotland 1984 Discovery of HIV virus 1801 Nelson defeated Danish Navy at Copenhagen 1912 The Titanic sank 2018 Prince Louis born 1978 First woman preacher in Westminster Abbey 1937 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tested the first jet engine designed to 1913 Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in prison power an aircraft, at Rugby 24 APRIL ST GEORGE’S DAY 1982 Argentina invaded the Falklands 1918 First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France (3 British 2007 Wales: Smoking ban came into effect in all public enclosed spaces 13 APRIL Mark IVs met 3 German A7Vs) 1668 John Dryden appointed the 1st Poet Laureate 1965 Pennine Way – Britain’s 1st long distance footpath opened (267m) 3 APRIL 1953 Ian Fleming published his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale 1043 Edward the Confessor crowned King of England at Winchester 25 APRIL ANZAC DAY IN AUSTRALIA & NZ 1721 Robert Walpole became Britain's first Prime Minister 14 APRIL 1599 Oliver Cromwell born in Huntingdon 1888 First of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women in Whitechapel 1759 G F Handel died in London 1916 Anzac Day was officially celebrated for the first time 1929 Cunard Line placed order for John Brown & Company Shipbuilding 1931 Walton & Cockroft split the atom in their Cambridge laboratory and Engineering for RMS Queen Mary 26 APRIL 1967 Anguillan-born Norwell Roberts became the first black officer in 15 APRIL 1789 First Royal Academy Exhibition London's Metropolitan Police Service 1755 Dr Samuel Johnson published his dictionary 1928 New Madame Tussaud’s opened in new premises Marylebone Rd 1978 1st Radio broadcast from Parliament 1793 First Bank of England £5 notes issued 1912 The Titanic sank 27 APRIL NATIONAL DAY OF THE NETHERLANDS (King’s Day) 4 APRIL 1959 Actor Emma Thompson born 1828 London Zoo opened 1581 Elizabeth I knighted Francis Drake at Deptford 1937 National Maritime Museum opened by King George VI 1649 Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University, born in Boston of British 16 APRIL 1949 India became a republic within the Commonwealth parents 1689 Aphra Behn, dramatist and spy, Britain's 1st professional woman 1994 Apartheid ended in South Africa. Now known as Freedom Day 1949 12 nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty creating NATO writer died. Buried in E Cloister, Westminster Abbey 1968 Martin Luther King, aged 39, assassinated in Memphis 1889 Charlie Chaplin born in Kennington 28 APRIL 1953 Royal Yacht Britannia launched (in service 1954 -97) 1603 Elizabeth I buried at Westminster Abbey 5 APRIL 1923 The first FA Cup Final at Wembley- Bolton beat West Ham 2-0 1955 Aged 80, Winston Churchill resigned as PM due to ill-health 17 APRIL NATIONAL DAY OF SYRIA 1969 Charles de Gaulle, French President, resigned 1999 Minimum wage introduced in Britain (Adults £3.60/Under 22 £3.00) 1951 Peak District becomes the first National Park 1969 Voting age in Britain lowered from 21 to 18 29 APRIL SHOWA DAY IN JAPAN 6 APRIL START OF NEW TAX YEAR 1769 Duke of Wellington born in Dublin as Arthur Wellesley 1843 William Wordsworth appointed Poet Laureate 18 APRIL MAUNDY THURSDAY 1993 Queen announced B Palace would open to public for first time 1974 Eurovision Song contest held in Brighton. Waterloo by Abba won 1874 David Livingstone buried at Westminster Abbey 2011 Prince William married Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey 1881 National History Museum opened 7 APRIL 1949 The Republic of Ireland withdrew from the Britain Commonwealth 30 APRIL 1614 Highwayman Dick Turpin hanged in York 1968 London Bridge sold to American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch, 1789 George Washington inaugurated as the first President of USA 1853 Q Victoria became first Royal to use chloroform during child birth for £1,029,000 - rebuilt it at Lake Havasu City, Arizona - and yes – 1979 Jubilee Line opened by the Prince Charles he did know that he was buying London Bridge not Tower Bridge