Prince Philip Official Engagements (May - Dec 2017)

Number of engagements between announcement & retirement - 48

Number of engagements in 2017 post retirement - 8

May 4th, Prince Philip announced he is officially retiring from full-time royal duties in August.

May (19)

(3 events in May before the announcement)
Thursday 4th 

•  Attend a Service for Members of the Order of Merit at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace
• Host a luncheon
• With the Queen

Tuesday 9th 

•  Visit Pangbourne College, Pangbourne, Reading, Berkshire, to celebrate its Centenary
• With the Queen

Sunday 14th

•  Present the prizes for the DAKS Challenge Trophy, at the Royal Windsor Horse Show?

Monday 15th 

• Received a delegation from the Canadian Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Charter for Business.
• Attend the President's Dinner for Chartered Management Institute at Banqueting House, in Whitehall

Tuesday 16th 

• Attend Buckingham Palace Garden Party
• With Queen and Royal Family 

Wednesday 17th 

• Attend the Cormorant Club's 70th Anniversary Reception, at the Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall

Thursday 18th 

•  Attend a Dinner marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Pakistan, at Mansion House

Friday 19th 

• Host Dinner at Frogmore House for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Sunday 21st 

• Attend the Regimental Remembrance Service for Grenadier Guards at the Guards Chapel, at Wellington Barracks

Monday 22nd 

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show
• With Queen and  Royal Family
• Hold a Regimental Council Meeting for Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace
• Attend the First Guards Club Dinner for Grenadier Guards at the Cavalry and Guards Club in London

Tuesday 23rd 

• Attend Buckingham Palace Garden Party
• With Queen and Royal Family 

Wednesday 24th 

• Hold Receptions for young people who have achieved the Gold Standard in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award at Buckingham Palace.
• With Edward and Sophie
• Attend a Service at St. Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the Centenary of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Thursday 25th 

• Hold Receptions for young people who have achieved the Gold Standard in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award at Hillsborough Castle.

Tuesday 30th 

•  Hold a Reception at St. James's Palace for the Air League

Wednesday 31st 

• Hold an afternoon Reception at Buckingham Palace for London Youth charity to mark their 130th Anniversary 

June (13)
Thursday 1st 

• Attend Buckingham Palace Garden Party
• With Queen and Royal Family 

Wednesday 7th 

• Hold a Reception at The Queen's Gallery, at Buckingham Palace for Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

Thursday 8th 

• Received Group Captain Michael Carver upon assuming his appointment as Station Commander of Royal Air Force Northolt
• Attend a Dinner at 1 Great George Street in London for Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers

Tuesday 13th 

• Travelled by train from Slough, Berkshire, to London Paddington to mark the One Hundred and Seventy Fifth Anniversary of the first train journey by a British Monarch
• With Queen
• Attend Evensong at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace to celebrate the Centenary of the Companions of Honour
• With Queen 

Wednesday 14th 

• Hold a Reception to mark its 80th anniversary of Plan International UK at Buckingham Palace.

Thursday 15th 

• Attend a Memorial Service at All Saints Church to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the bombing of Upper North Street School, now Mayflower Primary School.
• Visit Mayflower Primary School

Friday 16th 

• Hold the Senior Colonel's Conference for Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace.

Saturday 17th

• Trooping the Colours - Queen's Official Birthday 
• The Irish Guards will be trooping

Tuesday 20th 

• Attend Royal Ascot 

(Hospitalized with infection 20th-22nd)

21-24th 

• Attend Royal Ascot (Canceled)

Tuesday 27th 

• Present The Prince Philip Award for Contributions to Zoology, at ZSL London Zoo 
• Attend the Funeral of Countess Mountbatten of Burma which was held at St. Paul's Church, in Knightsbridge

Friday 30th 

• Attend a dinner at the Visitor Centre Restaurant at Sandringham House, for The Coaching Club

July (15)

Monday 3rd 

• Attend a Reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the Prince Philip Prize, at Trades Hall in Glasgow.

Tuesday 4th

• Attend Palace of Holyroodhouse Garden Party
• With Queen and Royal Family 

Wednesday 5th 

•  Name the Queen Elizabeth II Canal and visit the Kelpies, The Helix, Falkirk.
• With Queen 
• Visit Stirling Castle and attend 70th-anniversary thanksgiving service in the Chapel Royal.
• With Queen 

Thursday 6th 

• Hold Receptions for young people who have achieved the Gold Standard in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Tuesday 11th 

• Attend Reception for Winners of The Queen's Awards for Enterprise at Buckingham Palace

Wednesday 12th 

• Official Welcome at Horse Guard Parade 
• Lunch at Buckingham Palace 
• View Royal Collection
• Attend State Banquet 

Thursday 13th 

• Open New Scotland Yard, the new headquarters of the Metropolitan Police
• With Queen

Tuesday 18th 

• Received Mr. Michael Blaylock upon relinquishing his appointment as Commodore of , Royal Mersey Yacht Club, and Mr. John Collingwood upon assuming the appointment
• Received a delegation on the occasion of the University of Salford's Fiftieth Anniversary
• Present awards at the Annual Meeting, at the Royal Geographical Society

Wednesday 19th 

• Attends reception at Canada House, Trafalgar Square to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Confederation
• With the Queen

Thursday 20th 

• Took the salute at Sounding Retreat & attended Officers Regimental Dinner for The Rifles

August (2)
Wednesday 2nd

• Attend parade for Royal Marines to mark the finale of the 1664 Global Challenge on the Buckingham Palace Forecourt

(3rd: Prince Philip officially begins his retirement) 
Wednesday 23rd

• Received a delegation from the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) at Balmoral Castle

September (1)

(Saturday 2nd: Attend Braemar Games with the Queen and Royal Family)

Monday 4th 

• Attend open the Queensferry Crossing at South Queensferry
• With the Queen

October (0)

(None)

November (5)
Tuesday 7th 

• Held a Regimental Council Meeting for Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace

Saturday  10th

• Festival of Remembrance 

Sunday  11th 

• Remembrance Sunday at Cenotaph in Whitehall, London
• Watch on Balcony with the Queen 
• Equerry will lay wreath

Monday 20th 

• Invested with the Insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen

Wednesday 29th

• Visit The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre in London (National Maritime Museum)

December (1)
Tuesday 19th 

• Received Major-General Robert Magowan & Major-General Charles Stickland of Royal Marines with Prince Harry
• Prince Philip & Magowan relinquishing their appointments as Captain-General & Commandant-General.
• Prince Harry & Stickland assumed the appointments

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