Prince Andrew, Duke of York Current Events 7: Feb 2015 - Sep 2022


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Court Circular 21st October:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, Outward Bound, this afternoon received Mr Charles Philipps (Chairman) and Princess Beatrice of York (Trustee).

Court Circular 22nd October:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, this morning received His Excellency Mr Gao Yunlong (Chairman, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce) at the Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16.

His Royal Highness, Patron, afterwards officially opened the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention at the Excel Centre.

The Duke of York, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Irish Regiment, this afternoon received Lieutenant Colonel Paul Walkley upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion and Lieutenant Colonel Simon Baxter upon assuming the appointment.

His Royal Highness, Patron, World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, this evening held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace.
 
Is it unreasonable to ask who pays for the pitch@palace events, both UK based and overseas, and the government entity which shoulders the transport costs and security?
 
Pitch@Palace is funded from the same source as the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards Scheme, Save the Children and the other charitable causes of the BRF, other than those of the Wales branch of the family - the Queen, the Sovereign Grant, the Metropolitan Police and the royal transport costs.
 
Thank you, Iluvbertie. This is sobering information.
 
Court Circular 23rd October:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this morning received Lieutenant-General Sir John Lorimer (Defence Senior Adviser to the Middle East).
 
The Duke of York was in Cambridge today, October 29, to visit the Civil Engineering Building and the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, to visit the Cambridge Judge Business School as well as the Peacock Centre at Brookfield's Hospital:


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The Duke of York visited the Oxford Nanopore Technologies Harwell Campus and the Harwell Campus Oxford today, October 30:


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Court Circular 29th October:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, the Institution of Civil Engineers, this morning visited the Civil Engineering building, University of Cambridge, 7a JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (Mrs Julie Spence).

His Royal Highness afterwards visited the Peacock Centre, Brookfields Campus, Mill Road, Cambridge.

The Duke of York, Patron, this afternoon visited the Entrepreneurship Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge.

His Royal Highness later visited Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 47 Bateman Street, Cambridge.

Court Circular 30th October:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, Science and Technology Facilities Council Harwell and Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, this morning visited Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited, Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, was received by Mr Brian Buchan (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire) and remained to Luncheon at Harwell Campus Headquarters Building, Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus.

His Royal Highness, Founder, Pitch@Palace, this afternoon held a Meeting at Harwell Campus Headquarters Building.
 
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The Duke of York hosted Pitch@Palace Thailand today, November 4:


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Court Circular 1st November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this morning departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for Thailand.
Mrs Amanda Thirsk is in attendance.

Court Circular 2nd November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this morning arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, and was received by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand (His Excellency Mr Brian Davidson) and His Excellency Mr Jirayu Isarngkul Na Ayudhya (Privy Councillor to The King of Thailand).

His Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Luncheon given by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at Sa-Pathum Palace.

The Duke of York this evening attended a Dinner given by Dato’ Sri Aswin Techajareonvikul (Chief Executive Officer, Berli Jucker Public Company Limited) at the St Regis Bangkok, 159 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok.

Court Circular 3rd November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Founder, this morning attended Pitch@Palace ASEAN Bootcamp at C asean, CW Tower, 90 Ratchadapisek, Huai Khwang, Bangkok, Thailand.

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Impact Exhibition Centre, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok.
 
The British Monarchy website has Andrew with an extra engagement on the 3rd:

Buckingham Palace

1.The Duke of York, Founder, this morning attended Pitch@Palace ASEAN Bootcamp at C asean, CW Tower, 90 Ratchadapisek, Huai Khwang, Bangkok, Thailand.

2.His Royal Highness this afternoon received Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) at the St. Regis Bangkok, 159 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok.

3.The Duke of York this afternoon visited the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Impact Exhibition Centre, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok.

This is one of the reasons I like to have two sources as sometimes this happens.

I wonder if this extra engagement may turn up in the print version as an Addendum at some time in the future.
 
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The Duke of York hosted Pitch@Palace at St. James's Palace today, November 6:


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Court Circular 4th November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this afternoon received The Crown Prince of Selangor, Malaysia at the St. Regis Bangkok, 159 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok, Thailand.

His Royal Highness, Founder, afterwards held Pitch@Palace ASEAN, Imax Theatre Hall, Icon Siam, 299 Soi Charoen Nakhon 5, Charoen Nakhon Road, Khlong Ton Sai, Khlong San, Bangkok.

Court Circular 5th November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York this morning arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from Thailand.
Mrs. Amanda Thirsk was in attendance.

His Royal Highness this evening attended a Reception at the House of Lords, London SW1, to celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of Tickets For Troops.

The Duke of York, Founder, afterwards held a Dinner at St. James's Palace for supporters of Pitch@Palace.

Court Circular 6th November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Founder, this afternoon held Pitch@Palace 12.0 at St. James's Palace for entrepreneurs and supporters.

Court Circular 7th November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Patron, the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust, this morning received Mr Stephen Bayley (Chairman) and Mr Robert Bargery (Executive Director).

His Royal Highness today received Mr Tian Guoli (Chairman, China Construction Bank), Ms Sun Jianbo (Head, International Business Department, China Construction Bank) and Mr Yang Aimin (Chief Executive Officer, China Construction Bank, London).

The Duke of York, Grand President, Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, this afternoon received General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux (Deputy Grand President).

His Royal Highness, Grand President, Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, afterwards attended the Commonwealth Council at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London SW1.

Court Circular 11th November:
Buckingham Palace

The Duke of York, Colonel, Grenadier Guards, this morning held a Regimental Council Meeting.
 
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Well unless the "bevvy" wee all underage I fail to see the point of the arrival.
 
^^^

Simples. The point of the article is to make money by taking advantage of recent events and revived interest in Randy Andy to sell newspapers (or newspaper advertising - however it works in the digital age) by dredging up and printing an old story about something that was ostensibly perfectly legal if perhaps a bit iffy.

Recent reporting has blurred the lines between what is truly illegal activity and actions that, depending on your own point of view, are simply inappropriate/sleazy/immoral. And of course there are other issues like holding a person guilty by association.

Andrew's only real "crimes" may be a highly developed sense of entitlement, arrogance, a lack of empathy, a tendency to ignore servants or other people he deems unworthy of his attention, a fondness for liaisons with young women, a tendency to not commit to memory (or to quickly forget) those liaisons when they are with young women in the "unworthy of my attention" category, and a tendency to terminological inexactitude about the foregoing if he deems it warranted.
 
https://news.sky.com/story/pitchatpalace-hopes-for-new-lease-of-life-at-wework-building-11916789
Looks like Andrew’s Pitch @ the Palace has moved.
I’m not sure if Andrew is still involved w/ his Pitch@the palace scheme & also I’m not sure that it’s appropriately named since there doesn’t seem to be any ‘palace’ involved anymore.
If Andrew shows up at its’ events in China & the Middle East, then we’ll know that he’s still a part of the organization I suppose.
 
I'm not surprised. This was one genuinely good initiative from Andrew so it'll be a shame if it has to stop completely. Perhaps it could be changed to just "Pitch" and obviously run under someone different?
 
The last that I've heard is that it has been renamed Pitch and will be headed up by Amanda Thirsk, Andrew's former private secretary, as CEO.
 
HereditaryPrincess said:
I'm not surprised. This was one genuinely good initiative from Andrew so it'll be a shame if it has to stop completely. Perhaps it could be changed to just "Pitch" and obviously run under someone different?
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According to the following article from December, Pitch@Palace CIC was being wound up, whereas the directors of Pitch@Palace Global wanted the Duke of York to step away.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/20/bosses-give-duke-york-ultimatum-quit-project/

Pitch@Palace CIC, which is based in Buckingham Palace, is being wound up after trustees concluded it had no future in the wake of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

But the Duke is refusing to give up its sister company Pitch@Palace Global, prompting three of its directors to offer their resignations.

While Pitch@Palace CIC is a non-profit-making company and is controlled by the Prince Andrew Charitable Trust, the overseas arm Pitch@Palace Global is owned by the Duke himself and was set up to make profits by brokering deals between tech start-ups and wealthy investors.

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The companies had also raised concerns that the Duke was mixing his charitable work with his business interests. Auditors advised the Duke and his team that Pitch@Palace Global, established to earn money from tech investments abroad, was too closely linked to Pitch@Palace CIC.
As a result, directors – who sat on both boards – were ordered to choose one or the other, resulting in a stream of resignations from each in early November. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that the directors urged the Duke to step away from the project, which he founded in 2014. They initially assumed he would go but the Duke has clung on to the initiative.
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This event was even recorded in the CC which simply says 'The Duke of York was present'. The same wording is used for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester - who were also present.

Other than recording his birthday and an event where someone else represented him this is the first time he has appeared in the CC since his interview.
 
Court Circular 9th March:
Buckingham Palace

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Ford (Extra Equerry to The Queen and formerly Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s Office) at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Malcolm Ross (Extra Equerry to The Queen and formerly Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s Office) which was held in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, this morning.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were represented by the Earl of Rosslyn.

The Duke of York was present.

The Princess Royal was represented by the Hon Dame Shân Legge-Bourke.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present.

The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by Brigadier Harry Nickerson.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy was represented by Mrs Diane Duke.
 
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