In July 2019, the Earl and Countess, visited Forfar on their first official visit to the town since the Queen granted the Earl the additional title Earl of Forfar in March 2019.
(meta data) TITLE: The Earl and Countess of Forfar visit Forfar | The Royal Family Skip to main content # The Earl and Countess of Forfar visit Forfar Show me related content Published 1 July 2019 The Earl and Countess of Forfar, Earl and Countess of Wessex, visited Forfar today on their first official visit to the town since The Queen granted The Earl of Wessex the additional title Earl of Forfar earlier this year. His Royal Highness is Patron of a number of Scottish charitable organisations, including Edinburgh International Festival, the The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland and Badminton Scotland. As Trustee of the DofE Award, His Royal Highness has supported the non-formal education of thousands of young people in Scotland, and holds annual Gold Award presentations at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh. The Earl of Forfar has a personal connection to the area as The Queen Mother's family home was situated closeby. The Earl and Countess today viewed the entry for the Confirmation of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon - His Royal Highness's Grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother - in the St John's Episcopal Church in Forfar. The Earl and Countess met local residents, visited businesses and landmarks in the town - including Saddlers, makers of the famous Forfar Bridie. His Royal Highness was presented with 'Earl of Forfar' tartan, which has been designed for Their Royal Highnesses to celebrate their new titles. And met Forfar residents young and old. In the last engagement of the day, Their Royal Highnesses visited Guide Dogs Scotland, where The Countess met Gunner. Engagements continued in the Scotland the following day, and began at Glenfiddich's Distillery Visitor Centre. The centre was the first of its kind for the Scotch whisky industry and helped to kick start the local whisky tourist industry which attracts more than two million visitors a year. #DYK Glenfiddich started life when William Grant hand-built the original distillery in a single year in 1887 with the help of his seven sons and two daughters? In the afternoon, The Earl and Countess of Forfar learnt more about another great Scottish invention: the kilt. Their Royal Highnesses met teachers and students keeping the craft of kilt-making alive at the Keith Kilt School and Textile Centre. 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Activities.:Public appearances.
An avid supporter of charities that deal with learning disabilities, the Countess made a solo trip to Belfast in January 2018 to visit a number of charities that she had supported through her work over the last decade including Mencap's children's centre. She also opened the new dementia-friendly unit of Northern Ireland Hospice, the first of its kind in the UK. The Earl and Countess of Wessex visited Sri Lanka in February 2018 to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Independence, Sri Lanka–United Kingdom relations, the Commonwealth, education and young people. In October 2018, the Earl and Countess of Wessex toured the Baltic states. 
 In March 2019, the Countess travelled to New York City to attend the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The annual event brought together more than 9,000 gender equality representatives from around the world. The CSW is "the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women." From 29 April to 3 May 2019, the Countess, Vice-Patron of The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, visited India in her final overseas tour as vice-patron ahead of the Trust's planned closure in January 2020. The Countess saw the work the charitable foundation has supported to tackle avoidable blindness and heard about programmes successfully launched by Queen's Young Leaders.