Court Circular

The Court Circular is the official record that lists the engagements carried out by the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms; the Royal Family; and appointments to their staff and to the court. It is issued by Buckingham Palace and printed a day in arrears at the back of The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Scotsman newspapers. An archive of the circular back to 1998 is provided on the British monarchy's website.

The circular is traditionally written in very formal language, and describes persons with their official styles and titles at all times (Michael Ancram, for instance, was referred to as "the Marquess of Lothian MP" from 2004 to 2010). There has, however, been some modernisation of the writing style in recent years.

The Court Circular was first established by King George III. The King had become irritated by the press at that time, who frequently reported false movements of the Royal Family. Therefore, the King created an official circular to all the press that listed the engagements carried out by his family.

Until the 1960s the Circular as printed in The Times and elsewhere would record the movements of members of the upper levels of society even if they were not part of the Royal Family and were not acting on its behalf.

The Court Circular follows royal protocols very strictly. Announcements in the circular are listed by the official residences of those being reported on, in precedence. Only engagements which are carried out by the Queen (or in the UK on the Queen's behalf) are listed. Certain engagements carried out in the UK by persons not of the queen's family but on her behalf are also listed.

Today, the following members of the Royal Family are listed in the Court Circular:

Note that the Duke of York, the Earl and Countess of Wessex and the Princess Royal do not actually reside permanently at Buckingham Palace. However, their offices are based there, and they have use of apartments at the Palaces as a London residence.

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