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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 28 OctObEr 2015 News 1S\b`S>]W\bB`W_2c\9O`[ 0W`YW`YO`O0g^Oaa0W`YW`YO`O 09@'!%;OZbO >V]\S(!#$ ! "!!" ESP(eeeRW[SQVS\bQ][ 3[OWZ(OZO\.RW[SQVS\bQ][ Busy schedule for Queen Elizabeth in Malta The Queen, Duke of edinburgh, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have a busy 3-day sched- ule when they visit to attend the Commonwealth leaders' meeting Queen elizabeth II, along with the Duke of edinburgh, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Corn- wall, will be attending the Com- monwealth heads of government meeting between the 26 and 28 November, in a busy schedule that includes several other engage- ments. On the 26 November Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will of- ficially welcome the Queen and Duke of edinburgh, who will then receive a ceremonial welcome in Valletta by President Marie Lou- ise Coleiro Preca before departing to San Anton Palace. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will arrive later and continue on their own set of engagements. That after- noon, Prince Charles will attend the ChOGM Business Forum while Kate visits Mdina Glass in Ta' Qali. In the evening, the royal family will host a reception for the Mal- tese people in San Anton gardens. Prince Charles, as president of the Prince's Trust, will launch Prince's Trust International. The visit will not be Queen elizabeth's first in Malta. Before her accession to the throne the Queen and Prince Philip enjoyed a taste of relative normality of life as young newlyweds. Next month's visit will be the Queen's first visit to Malta since 2007 when she travelled together with Prince Philip to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Malta has a special relationship with the house of Windsor and the Queen has in the past spoken of her "deep affection" for the is- land, where she lived for several extended periods between 1949 and 1951 as a naval officer's wife, while the Duke was posted there with the Mediterranean Fleet. During her most recent visit, Queen elizabeth praised the "out- going, generous Maltese people who have always offered us the hand of friendship." On Friday 27 November, the roy- al family will attend the opening ceremony for the 24th ChOGM at the Mediterranean Confer- ence Centre in Valletta. Later, the Queen and Prince Charles will return to San Anton to meet with new heads of government, includ- ing the Australian and Canadian leaders. The Prince of Wales will then visit the Maritime Museum in Bir- gu, where the finalists in the "Out of the Blue: The Prince of Wales' Commonwealth environmental Photography Awards" have exhib- ited their work. Prince Philip will visit St Paul's Cathedral for mass and to meet with former members of the Duke of edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) as well as Friends of the Cathedral, an or- ganization of which he is a patron. Afterwards, the Duke will visit the Casino Maltese to attend the Duke of edinburgh International Awards. The Duchess of Cornwall, as a patron of the Book Trust, will visit the St Thomas More college in Zejtun and its literacy program, "Read with Me", before attending a commemorative ceremony at the Capuchin naval cemetery. The royal family will attend the traditional ChOGM dinner at the Corinthia hotel in Attard. On Saturday 28 November, Prince Charles and Princess Kate will visit Mdina before leaving Malta. The Queen and the Duke of edinburgh will visit heritage Malta, to view ongoing restoration works on a number of artifacts as well as an exhibition. After this visit, they will cross the Grand harbour to their final engagement at the Marsa race course, before they are due to leave the island. The then Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in Malta in 1949