Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on Thursday February 22nd presented The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education at Buckingham Palace.

Today The Prince Of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall presented The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education at Buckingham Palace. pic.twitter.com/FanbiAtBjs

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This is the 12th round, prizes are awarded every two years to universities & colleges who submit work judged to show excellence, innovation, impact and benefit for the institution and for society generally in the wider world.

TRH presented awards to 21 UK universities & colleges, who are being recognised for a wide range of innovative work. pic.twitter.com/1oppTmNNvV

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Each silver gilt medallion is given alongside a decorated and inscribed certificate granting the award, signed by Her Majesty The Queen. pic.twitter.com/KRAm8aCKuy

— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) February 22, 2018

They presented awards to 21 UK university and colleges who are being recognised for a wide range of innovative work. Their representatives, deans, president were each given silver gilt medallion is given alongside a decorated and inscribed certificate granting the award, signed by Her Majesty The Queen.

After the ceremony, The Prince and The Duchess met representatives from each university and college in The Picture Gallery. pic.twitter.com/dRQNylVcPF

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After the ceremony, they joined their guests for a small reception at The Picture Gallery, with Princess Anne The Princess Royal joining them. Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Princess Royal spoke  representatives from Harper Adams Uni, which was awarded The Queen's Anniversary Prize for innovations in agricultural engineering in the pursuit of UK and global food security. Princess Anne is the Chancellor of University of London. The university was also present.

The Prince of Wales greets The Princess Royal, who was talking to representatives from @HarperAdamsUni, which was awarded The Queen's Anniversary Prize for innovations in agricultural engineering in the pursuit of UK and global food security. pic.twitter.com/OaWDKz1SCt

— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) February 22, 2018

The Princess Royal, who is the Chancellor of University of London, was also attending The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education. pic.twitter.com/7kf7FDzytO

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Prince Charles then went alone to the staff of Institute of Cancer Research and heard about their research work being done on pre-eminent work in cancer drugs discovery and University of Liverpool on drug design and safety with outstanding work in HIV, leukaemia and epilepsy.

The Prince heard about the work being done at @ICR_London on pre-eminent work in cancer drugs discovery and @LivUni on drug design and safety with outstanding work in HIV, leukaemia and epilepsy. pic.twitter.com/c0hOL4OTmf

— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) February 22, 2018

Meanwhile The Duchess met with representatives from Arts University Bournemouth for leading education and training in costume design serving UK creative industries.