BUCKINGHAM PALACE

13 August: The Duke of York today visited Thurso Golf Club, Thurso, and was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Caithness (the Viscount Thurso).

ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS

The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, today visits the Royal Aberdeen Workshops for the Blind and the Disabled. The Princess Royal, Patron, All England Women's Lacrosse Association, today attends the 1993 Lacrosse World Cup Final, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Changing of the Guard

TODAY: The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 11am. TOMORROW: The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment mounts the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards, 10am; 1st Battalion Irish Guards mounts the Queen's Guard, at Buckingham Palace, 11.30am, band provided by the Coldstream Guards.

Bands playing in the

Royal Parks

TODAY: St James's Park, London Electricity Redbridge Brass, 12.30pm-2pm, 5.30pm-7pm; Regent's Park, Lewisham Concert Band, 12.30pm- 2pm, 5.30pm-7pm. TOMORROW: St James's Park, London Electricity Redbridge Brass, 3pm- 4.30pm, 6pm-7.30pm; Regent's Park, Lewisham Concert Band, 3pm-4.30pm, 6pm-7.30pm; Hyde Park, Coventry CPA Band, 3pm-4.30pm, 6pm- 7.30pm; Greenwich Park, Atlas Copco Band, 3pm-4.30pm, 6pm-7.30pm.