January 2006

11	Lunch at Buckingham Palace for financial companies involved in developing Islamic Finance in the United Kingdom.
17	Visit to the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies in London; lunch given by the British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association at the Goring Hotel in London.
22	Visit to the United Arab Emirates and Dubai.

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February 2006

8	Reception at St. James’s Palace for United Kingdom Trade and Investment Inward Investors.
9	Lunch at Buckingham Palace for Confederation of British Industry members prior to a visit to China in March; attend the London Chamber of Commerce’s International Trade Dinner at Claridges Hotel, London.
14	3GSM Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain.
16	Visit to businesses in Derbyshire, including JCB, Toyota and Rolls Royce.
21	Visit to businesses in Sussex, including Wealden Skills Council, T R Fastenings and Rolls Royce.
22	Briefing by J P Morgan Cazenove in the City, London.
28	Visit to Airbus UK Plant at Filton, Bristol.

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March 2006

1	Visit to businesses in Warwickshire, including TNT, Fujitsu and NEC.
9	Visit to businesses in East Midlands, including Terex Pegson and Loughborough Innovation Centre.
21	Conference on “Abu Dhabi: The Gulf’s Best Kept Secret” in London.
22	Reception on behalf of Think London at Buckingham Palace to promote London as the leading European city for foreign direct investment.
23	Visit to the Port of London Authority in London.
25	Visit to China.

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April 2006

10	Gwent away day, visiting Nordam Europe and EADS Defence and Security Systems.
27	Visit to Hydra Engineering, St Columb, Cornwall.

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May 2006

2	Opening TAG Farnborough Airport.
3	Durham away day.
15	Islamic Finance meeting at London Middle East Institute.
17	North Yorkshire away day, visiting Springboard Business Centre.
18	Visit to Port of London Authority, Port Control Centre, Gravesend, and Port of Tilbury, Essex.
23	Hampshire away day, visiting Roke Manor Research and Association of British Ports of Southampton.

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June 2006

5	Visit to Thailand and Vietnam (eight day visit).
28	Visit to Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia (16 day visit).

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July 2006

18	Visit to Farnborough International Air Show 2006.
20	Visit to businesses in Merseyside and Cheshire.

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September 2006

25	New York, Washington, Dallas and New Orleans (four day visit).

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October 2006

17	Visit businesses in Moray.
19	Visit business in Cumbria.
30	Visit to India (3 day visit).

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November 2006

6	Jordan Investment Forum, London.
7	Lunch at Buckingham Palace with the King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan.
8	Reception for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, St James’s Palace.
9	Visit to businesses in Leicester.

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December 2006

6	Visit to the London Stock Exchange.
7	Visit to businesses in Newcastle, including Solar Solve Marine, Walker Filtration and a Lunch with the SME and Inward Investment business community.
11	Lunch at Jardine Matheson and a visit to Seymour Pierce, London.
12	Visit to businesses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
13	Reception for the British-Kazakh Society, St James’s Palace.

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For a full list of The Duke of York’s official engagements going back to 1997, search the Court  Circular on the British Monarchy’s main site. This is a retrospective list of all official engagements
carried out by members of the Royal Family.