On Tuesday 29th October 2019 members of the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) and eye health professionals from 28 countries were invited to an evening reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by Her Majesty The Queen. This special event was a celebration to mark the achievements of ICEH project Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium and its funder, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, as well as the Trust’s other eye health programmes. The vice-patron of the Trust, Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex, gave a speech at the reception.