Lunch in honour of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall; Afternoon tea for Australian Defence Force Families

On Saturday 10 November 2012, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, received Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a lunch in honour of Their Royal Highnesses to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Guests included: the Honourable Tony Abbott MP and Mrs Margaret Abbott; Mr Clive Alderton; Ms Bronwyn Bancroft and Mr Peter Alford; Mr Ryley Batt and Ms Crystal Laws; Mr Bruce Bonyhady AM and Mrs Rae Bonyhady; Ms Anna Burke MP and Mr Steve Burgess; Professor Ed Byrne AO and Mrs Melissa Byrne; Ms Jennifer Byrne; Dr Tom Calma AO and Mrs Heather Calma; Mrs Joy Camm; Mr Michael Chaney AO and Mrs Margrete Helgeby; Laureate Professor Graeme Clark AC and Mrs Margaret Clark; Mr Adrian Collette AM and Ms Rachel Slattery; Ms Alicia Coutts and Mr Stephen Hardy; Mr Charles Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran; Mr Ken Done AM and Mrs Judy Done; Deputy Commissioner Peter Drennan APM and Commander Fiona Drennan; Mrs Kylie Drury and Mr Simon Drury; Mr Matthew Evans and Ms Sadie Chrestman; Mr John Fairfax AO; Ms Jan Ferguson and Mr Chris Ferguson; Professor Ian Frazer AC and Mrs Caroline Frazer; the Honourable Chief Justice Robert French AC and Mrs Valerie French; Ms Jacqueline Freney and Mrs Joanne Freney; Ms Katy Gallagher MLA; Sir Christopher Geidt KCVO OBE; the Honourable Julia Gillard MP; Professor Barney Glover and Ms Maree Collins; Mr James Grose; Mr Patrick Harrison LVO; Ms Anne Hollonds; Mr James Horwill and Ms Lauren Diamond; the Honourable John Howard OM AC and Mrs Janette Howard; General David Hurley AC DSC and Mrs Linda Hurley; Mr David Jackson AM QC and Dr Monica Jackson; the Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG and Mr Johan Van Vloten; Associate Professor Kelvin Kong; Professor Michael L’Estrange AO and Mrs Jane L’Estrange; Mr Cunxin Li and Mrs Mary Li; Dr Simon Longstaff and Mrs Suzanne Longstaff; Mr Hugh Mackay and Dr Sheila Mackay; Mr Simon Martin; Professor Patrick McGorry AO and Ms Merilyn Hawke; Mr Walter Merriman and Mrs Tina Merriman; Ms Sue Middleton and Mr Michael Brennan; Mr Richard Mills AM and Mr Zev Eleftheriou; Mr Hugh Morgan AC and Mrs Elizabeth Morgan; Mr Malcolm Page OAM and Mrs Fiona Page; Senator Stephen Parry and Mrs Allison Parry; Dr Susan Powell and Mr Glenn Doney; Dr Ron Radford AM; Ms Adele Rice; Ms Jessica Rowe and Mr Peter Overton; Professor Brian Schmidt and Dr Jennifer Gordon; Mr Dick Smith AO and Mrs Pip Smith; Mr Waverley Stanley and Ms Llew Mullins; Mr Murray Stewart and Ms Rebecca Keelan; His Excellency Mr Pedro Villagra Delgado; Mr Sam Walsh AO and Mrs Leanne Walsh; Mr Ken Warriner AM and Ms Sally Ford; Dr Ian Watt AO and Ms Lorraine Watt; Mr Robert Winnel AM and Ms Vlada Piven; Mr Tony Wright and Ms Jessica Wright; Mr Michael Zavros and Ms Alison Kubler; and Professor Helen Zorbas and Professor David Gillett AM.

Later, the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief, and Mr Bryce hosted an afternoon tea for family members of Australian Defence Force servicemen and women in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses. The afternoon tea was also attended by the Prime Minister, the Honourable Julia Gillard MP and the Leader of the Opposition, the Honourable Tony Abbott MP.

In the afternoon, at Defence Establishment Fairbairn, the Governor-General was represented at the departure of the Their Royal Highnesses from Australia by the Official Secretary, Mr Stephen Brady CVO.