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==Present day== Today, the following members of the Royal Family are listed in the Court Circular: {| class="wikitable" border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;" |- ! Name ! Residences ! Styled |- | King [[Charles III]] | [[Buckingham Palace]]<br/>[[Windsor Castle]]<br />[[Sandringham House]]<br />[[Balmoral Castle]]<br />[[Holyrood Palace]]<br />Various [[Government Houses of the British Empire and Commonwealth|Government Houses]] | The King,<ref>A relationship with an organisation or place is generally indicated, e.g. ''The King, Duke of Lancaster'' or ''The Princess Royal, Patron''</ref><ref>When visiting the [[Isle of Man]], the style used remains ''The King'', and no mention is made of the style ''[[Lord of Mann]]''. See Court Circular, Monday, 7 July 2003 for an example.</ref> then ''His Majesty'' |- | [[Queen Camilla]] | [[Buckingham Palace]]<br/>[[Windsor Castle]]<br />[[Sandringham House]]<br />[[Balmoral Castle]]<br />[[Holyrood Palace]]<br />Various [[Government Houses of the British Empire and Commonwealth|Government Houses]] | The Queen, then ''Her Majesty'' |- | [[William, Prince of Wales]] | [[Kensington Palace]]<br />until July 2013: [[St James's Palace]]<br />until July 2009: [[Clarence House]] | The Prince of Wales (in Scotland: The Duke of Rothesay), then ''His Royal Highness''<ref>''Duke of Cornwall'' is used as an addition, not a replacement to ''The Prince of Wales''</ref> |- | [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]] | [[Kensington Palace]]<br />until July 2013: [[St James's Palace]] | The Princess of Wales (in Scotland: The Duchess of Rothesay), then ''Her Royal Highness'' |- | [[Anne, Princess Royal]] | [[St James's Palace]]<br />until February 2019: [[Buckingham Palace]] | The Princess Royal, then ''Her Royal Highness'' |- | [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]] | [[St James's Palace]]<br />until March 2019: [[Buckingham Palace]] | The Duke of Edinburgh, then ''His Royal Highness'' |- | [[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh]] | [[St James's Palace]]<br />until March 2019: [[Buckingham Palace]] | The Duchess of Edinburgh, then ''Her Royal Highness'' |- | [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]] | [[Kensington Palace]] | The Duke of Gloucester, then ''His Royal Highness'' |- | [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester]] | [[Kensington Palace]] | The Duchess of Gloucester, then ''Her Royal Highness'' |- | [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] | [[St James's Palace]]<ref name="Kents">The Duke and Duchess of Kent do not reside at [[St James's Palace]]. However, their offices are based there, and they have use of apartments at the Palaces as a London residence.</ref> | The Duke of Kent, then ''His Royal Highness'' |- | [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy]] | [[St James's Palace]]<br />until April 2019: [[Buckingham Palace]]<br />until April 2015: [[Thatched House Lodge]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] | Princess Alexandra, then ''Her Royal Highness'' |} Although the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh do not reside permanently at [[Buckingham Palace]], their offices are based there, and they have use of apartments at the palace as a London residence. Prince William began carrying out royal duties in July 2005, and was listed for the first time in his own right on 2 July for representing the Queen at a war memorial service in New Zealand. Since they [[Megxit|stepped back]] as senior members of the Royal Family and emigrated to the United States of America, the [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Duke]] and [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Duchess of Sussex]] do not carry out official royal engagements and do not appear in the Court Circular, unless attending an important royal function with other members of the Royal Family. [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|The Duke of York]] also does not carry out official royal engagements and therefore does not appear in the Court Circular (unless attending an important royal function with other members of the Royal Family) after he stepped down from public duties in November 2019 following intense negative reaction to [[Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal|a BBC television interview]] he gave regarding allegations of sexual abuse, which he denies. [[Princess Beatrice of York|Princess Beatrice]] and [[Princess Eugenie of York|Princess Eugenie]] do not carry out official royal engagements and do not appear on the Court Circular, except when attending an important royal function with other members of the Royal Family. [[Vice Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice Admiral]] [[Sir Timothy Laurence]] is occasionally listed as accompanying his wife, the Princess Royal, on visits overseas and within the United Kingdom. He was styled as Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, until 2011. Now he is styled as Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, with Vice-Admiral occasionally hyphenated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/november-10-p5p9r3rpw|title = November 10}}</ref> [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent|The Duchess of Kent]] stepped back from royal duties in 1996 and only appears in the Court Circular when attending an important royal function with other members of the Royal Family. [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince]] and [[Princess Michael of Kent]] only appear in the Court Circular when attending an important royal function as they do not carry out official royal engagements on behalf of the King. ===Joint engagements=== When Royals undertake joint engagements, it is listed under the section of the Royal with the higher precedence. They are referred to as "X and Y" (in order of precedence), then "Their Majesties," "Their Royal Highnesses," or, "His/Her Majesty and His/Her Royal Highness."
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