The Duke of Cambridge's Official Engagements of 2015

William did 131 engagements for 2015, 95+ a Royal Tour (36)

(Unconfirmed) - Not Officially Confirmed/ Announced, yet, but Expected

(Possible) -  Not Confirmed or 100% Expected, but Possible due to past appearances or reports of their attendance, etc.

Prince William's Engagements for 2016
Catherine and Harry's Official Engagements of 2015 & 2016

January (0)

No Official Engagements 

February (2 + Tour)

(Sunday 8th: Prerecorded video tribute to BAFTA's former president Lord Attenborough)

(Wednesday 18th: Release Video for Chinese New Year)




(Wednesday 23rd:  filmed Tusk Trust 25th anniversary video, which was released April 20th)

Tuesday 24th

• Investiture at Buckingham Palace
• Attend the Chairman's dinner at Kensington Palace State Apartments (The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry)
• With Joint Patrons Catherine and Harry

Tour of Japan and China: 16 in Japan & 20 in China = a total of 36 engagements

Prince William visited Japan (February 26 to March 1) and China (March 1 to March 4) undertaking official duties on behalf of the Queen. The focus of the trip is to promote UK-Japan/China relations, cultural exchange & combat the illegal wildlife trade and support wildlife conservation. He gave one speech on the tour. 

March (7)
Monday 9th

• Attend Commonwealth Observance in Westminster Abbey

Friday 13th 

• Afghanistan war service at St Paul's Cathedral in London 
• Attends Reception at Wellington Barracks

Tuesday 17th

• Pass out Shamrocks at the 1st Battalion Irish Guards's St. Patricks Day Parade 

Wednesday 18th

• Meet with the  Ambassadors of Nicaragua and Austria at Buckingham Palace
• Attended with the Queen

(March 26th: Attended the Memorial for Richard Meade at Bath Abbey)

Friday 27th 

• Visit the Stephen Lawrence Centre, Deptford 
• tour the facility 
• meet Charitable Trust members
• Visit XLP (The eXceL Project), a charity working to create positive futures for young people from inner London boroughs
• Visit XLP in Gipsy Hill
• watch an Arts Showcase presentation by young performers
• Visit an XLP community bus and the XLP mobile recording studio on the Hazel Grove Estate, Sydenham.
• Held Meeting at St. James Palace for The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry

(Monday 30th: Started Working as an employee of Bond Air Services. Previously he had been training and taking Exams.)

April (1)

(Monday 20th: Article Written by Prince William for, His Patronage, Tusk Trust's 25th Anniversary is released. Also released is a video featuring Prince William for Tusk's 25th Anniversary.)



(Finished 1st Phase of Training with Bond Air Services, taking unpaid leave till June 1st, with 2 weeks Paid Paternity leave once Baby arrives.)

Saturday 25th

• Wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in London to commemorate the Centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign and Anzac Day

May (10)

Friday 1st

• Signs condolence book for Victims of the Earthquake in Nepal. 

(Saturday 2nd: Princess of Cambridge is born)

Monday 18th

• Attend two United for Wildlife taskforce meetings in Gland, Switzerland

Tuesday 19th 

• Investiture at Windsor Castle

Wednesday 20th 

• Meet England Senior Women Football Team at St George's Park, as they train for the FIFA Women's World Cup. (FA)

Thursday 21st

• Investiture at Buckingham Palace
• Met recipients of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Scholarship at Kensington Palace
• Attend a reception and dinner at Windsor Castle to mark the Tusk Trust 25th anniversary
• Gave speech

Friday 22nd

• Private Lunch for Defense and National Rehabilitation Centre at St. James Palace

Saturday 30th

• Attend the FA Cup final between Arsenal and Aston Villa at the Wembley Stadium.
• Present trophy to winning team.
• Gave Speech

Sunday 31st 

• Audi Polo Challenge at Coworth Park
• Raised money for Child Bereavement UK and RFU Injured Players Foundation

June (6)
(June 1st: Returns to Work with Bond Air Services)

Thursday 11th

•  Attend Jewish Care’s 25th anniversary dinner at Alexandra Palace.
• Gave Speech

Saturday 13th

• Attend Trooping the Colour in London. 

Sunday 14th 

• Polo Match at Beaufort
• Raised money for Household Calvary Foundation

Monday 15th

•  Visit Runnymede on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Sealing of the Magna Carta.
• With Queen and other Royals
• Attend a Service for the Order of the Garter at St. George's Chapel.

(Monday 15th: Released video for Queen Young Leaders) 




(Tuesday 16th: Letter from William to First Welsh Award Scheme Achievers released for patronage Skillforce)

(Friday 26th: Private meeting at Kensington Palace with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie-Pitt to discuss shared interest in combating the illegal wildlife trade)

Saturday 27th

• Played in the Halcyon Gallery Royal Polo Match 
• For charity Fields In Trust & Royal Marsden 

(Sunday 28th: Released Statement Congratulating the England Women's team on getting to the World Cup Semi Finals)

July (9)

(Thursday 2nd: Released Statement Praising England Women Team on their achievements at World Cup)

Friday 3rd: 

• Played in Audi Polo Challenge Match
• Raised money for Skill Force

(Sunday 5th: Princess Charlotte Christining)

Tuesday 7th

• Attend 10th anniversary event in Hyde Park commemorating the 7/7 London bombings.

Wednesday 8th 

• Watch Tennis at All England Club/Wimbledon

Thursday 9th

• Host Breakfast Reception at Kensington Palace for England Women's Football Team, after their World Cup Success. (FA)
• Visit the Imperial War Museum Duxford
• Attended the Regimental Boxing Night at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow

Friday 10th

• 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain reception and lunch at Buckingham Palace.
• RAF Flypast 
• with Queen and other Royals

Saturday 11th 

• Tiffany And CO Royal Polo Match 
• Raised money for Tusk Trust & Henry Van Straubenzee Fund

(Monday 13th: starts first full week of shifts as a pilot for East Anglian Air Ambulance)

Sunday 26th 

• Attend the America's Cup World Series in support of 1851 Trust 
• 30+ MPH winds caused the racing portion of the engagment to be canceled.

(Friday 31st: KP and Tusk Trust announce 1st recipient of Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award, Edward Ndiritu. KP releases letter (dated 27th July) written by William to congratulate Edward) 

August (0)
(Friday 14th: KP releases letter about Unauthorized Paparazzi Pictures.)

(Saturday 22nd: KP releases Preface to Douglas Hurd's Elizabeth II: The Steadfast written by William )

No Official Engagements

September (8)
Thursday 17th 

• Investiture at Windsor Castle
• Attend Tusk Trust's 25th Anniversary Ball 
• Gave Speech

Friday 18th 

• Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony 
• attend England vs. Fiji match

Monday 21st 

•  Visit Hammersmith Academy to support the Diana Award's #Back2School Anti-bullying Campaign
• Attend Wales Rugby World Cup team Welcome Ceremony at Guildhall 
• Gave Speech

Tuesday 22nd 

• Visit Royal Air Force Coningsby to observe the 100th Anniversary Parade of 29 (Reserve) Squadron
• Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Seventy Fifth Anniversary of the Battle of Britain Lunch

Wednesday 23rd

• Join DIY SOS to help with the final stages of their Veterans build in Manchester

Saturday 26th 

• Rugby World Cup England vs. Wales Match

(Wednesday 30th: Tust Trust's 25th Anniversary Film featuring Prince William won 4 EVCOM Clarion Awards - 2 Gold [Social Film, Environmental] & 2 Silver [Celebratory, Community Engagement/Social Enterprise]) For film see April 20th.

October (29)
Thursday 1st 

•  Visit the National Sport Centre to launch Coach Core Welsh Rugby Union Programme 
•  Rugby World Cup Wales vs. Fiji match

(Sunday 4th: Financial Times publishes article on Illegal Wildlife Trafficking written by William)

Friday 9th 

• Presents the Welsh Rugby World Cup Team with their Australia vs. Wales Match jerseys. 

Saturday 10th 

• Attend reception for Mind at London's Harrow College to mark World Mental Health Day
• Meet volunteers with Mind in Harrow & the anti-stigma campaign Time to Change
• Rugby World Cup Australia vs. Wales Match

(Wednesday 14th: Appear on BBC1's Big Build Veteran's Special Manchester 8pm)

Thursday 15th  

• Visit St John's College, Cambridge to open the School of Pythagoras Archive Centre
• Attend Child Bereavement UK's 21st birthday dinner
• Gave Speech 

Monday 19th

• Officially open the Leadenhall Building
• With Harry
• Royal Foundation meeting at Leadenhall Building
• With Harry
• Meet Henry Worsley at Kensington Palace 
• William is patron of Worsley’s 2015/16 Shackleton Solo Challenge
• Meeting with Mr. Ma Yun (Founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group).
• Deliver a speech on illegal wildlife trade at the Maughan Library at King's College London.
• The speech will be filmed to air on Chinese TV later this month. 

Tuesday 20th  

• Meet with President Xi of China at Buckingham Palace
• China State Banquet

Wednesday 21st 

• Meet with Mr Yuan Yafei chairman of SanPower about collaboration with United for Wildlife.
• Attend at a creative industry event at Lancaster House to celebrate cultural collaboration, existing and future, between the UK and China.
• With Catherine, and President Xi and Madame Peng 
• Host Reception for Media at Kensington Palace
• Attended the Autumn Dinner at Sunbeam Studios, London (The Royal Foundation)

(Wednesday 21st: Appear on BBC1's Big Build Veteran's Special Manchester 8pm)

Friday 23rd - Dundee, Scotland

• Visit Dundee Rep Theatre and participate in See Me workshop
• Meet See Me volunteers and learn about their work to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination.
• Visit the Corner for an anti-bullying workshop
• Attended a meeting with Young Scotland in Mind stakeholders at the Shore
• meet leaders in the Scottish mental health sector
• Visit Royal Research Ship Discovery
• Attend BAFTA young game designers event at Abertay University.
• winners of the Academy's Young Game Designers Awards 

Monday 26th 

•  Attend creative industries-themed Charities Forum event hosted by BAFTA and Aardman 
• Children from the variety of William, Catherine and Harry's patronages will attend
• Viewing of Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
• With Catherine and Harry. 
• Informal Charities Forum meeting
• at BAFTA 
• Royal Film Performance of new James Bond film, Spectre, at Royal Albert Hall 
• In Support of Cinima and Television Benevolence Fund
• with Catherine and Harry 

Tuesday 27th 

• Investiture at Buckingham Palace
• Attended a Dinner in aid of Stop Ivory, in London. 

Saturday 31st 

• Rugby World Cup Final
• Attend Australia vs.  New Zealand Match 

November (13)

Sunday 1st

• Attend Submariners’ Remembrance Service and Parade in London, with Reception after.

Saturday 7th 

• Attend the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall
• With The Queen, Catherine and other royals 

Sunday 8th  

• Remembrance Sunday at Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
• Take the Salute at the March Past of Veteran and Civilian Organisations on Horse Guards Parade.

Tuesday 17th

• Investiture at Buckingham Palace
• Sign book of condolence at French Embassy 
• Attend England vs. France football match at Wembley Stadium (FA)

Wednesday 18th 

• Visit  Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, in Surrey.
• Tour the Centre for Molecular Pathology 
• Tour  the West Wing Clinical Research Centre 
• Host Private dinner for Royal Marsden at Kensington Palace

Thursday 19th 

• Visit Centrepoint to launch awards evening. 
• Gave speech

Friday 20th - Northern Wales

• Visit GISDA, a charity the supports homeless youth
• Meet staff and youth
• Walkabout at Castle Square
• Visit "Mute: are you being heard?" photography project run by the charity Mind
• Visit an Outdoor Education Centre in Snowdonia run by Mountain Rescue England and Wales.
• Visit Vale of Clwyd Mind Men's Shed project in Denbigh
• Watch performance from the 'Musical Meatballs in Mind' choir.

Tuesday 24th 

• Tusk Trust Conservation Award at Claridge's, in London 
• Host winners and finalists at Kensington Palace 
• Attend Reception to meet Tusk personnel and supporters,
• Present Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award & Prince William Award
• Give Speech

December (10)

Wednesday 2nd 

• Annual Christmas Carol Service for Henry Van Straubenzee Memorial Fund

Monday 7th - Birmingham  

•  Visit Football for Peace initiative at Saltley Academy
• Attend Diana Award at Bournville College
• Visit the "Live and Work" partnership between St Basils and a local NHS Trust. 

(7th: Interview with Big Idea, on Homelessness is released)

Tuesday 8th 

• Investiture at Windsor Castle
• Attend Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace

Wednesday 9th 

•  Attend ICAP's annual Charity Day
• Raise funds for SkillForce, SportsAid and Place2Be
• Tour ICAP offices, meet ICAP brokers and representatives from their charities. 
• Host a global taskforce on conservation for transportation firms, government agencies, and wildlife experts (United for Wildlife)
• Attend reception for The Royal Foundation at St. James Palace
• with Catherine and Harry 

Thursday 10th 

• Visit Keogh Barracks in Aldershot
•  Award members of 22 Field Hospital with them the Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa for their work during the 2014/15 Ebola outbreak.

(Tuesday 15th: Joint Patronage of 100 Women in Hedgefund's Philanthropic initiatives is renewed)

(Wednesday 16th: Attend Funeral of John Pelly)

(Saturday 26th: Make Christmas call to encourage Henry Worsley on Shackleton Solo Challenge)

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