A Japanese porn industry association has apologised and promised reform, amid allegations women are being forced to perform sex acts on film.

The Intellectual Property Promotion Association said it was "deeply sorry not to have taken any active action of our own volition".
It comes after an activist group warned women were being sexually mistreated in the industry.
Japan's adult sex industry has long been accused of human rights abuses.
Doubts about the criminal justice system are said to cause victims to hesitate coming forward.
In March, Human Rights Now, a Tokyo-based advocacy group, said it was aware of a rising number of cases in which young women hoping to be models were pressured to take part in obscene or pornographic videos.
On Thursday, the IPPA, which represents video makers or labels, said after discussions with human rights lawyers it had come up with suggestions to govern the behaviour of production companies to try and prevent further abuse.
It said it would urge firms to make sure actresses agreed to take part in the video, and not force them to pay a penalty if they wished to cancel their appearance.
Earlier this month police arrested a former president of talent agency Marks Japan and two other men after a young woman said she was raped repeatedly on camera for adult videos.
She said she was threatened with financial penalties if she refused to perform sexual acts because it would be a "breach of contract".
Shihoko Fujiwara, a campaigner at a non-profit that helps victims of human trafficking, told AFP the statement was likely the first of its kind issued by the industry group.
But she pointed out that about 20% of adult film producers are not part of the association while some operations are underground.
"The remaining 20% and some illegal porn producers need to comply with the rules, which would require the government to take action," Ms Fujiwara said.


Glyndwr University has been suspended from recruiting overseas students after a Home Office investigation into alleged visa fraud.

Nearly 50,000 immigrants may have obtained English language certificates in the UK, despite not being able to speak it.
Wrexham-based Glyndwr, one of the institutions identified, has lost its right to sponsor foreign students.
The university said it was "deeply upset" by the suspension.
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire told the House of Commons an inquiry into abuse of the student visa system found evidence of criminal activity.
English language certificates are required for a UK student visa, and the probe followed a BBC Panorama investigation.
Of the 48,000 certificates concerned, 29,000 were invalid, 19,000 were "questionable" and Mr Brokenshire admitted it was "likely that the true totals will be higher".
Officers uncovered evidence of "serious concern" at some campuses, and the UK government has downgraded Glyndwr University from its status as a "highly-trusted sponsor" of student visas.
In addition, 57 private further education colleges had their licences for admitting foreign students suspended.
Roughly 3,040 of Glyndwr's 8,800 students are from overseas (non-EU).
The Home Office said concerns centred primarily "but not exclusively" on its London campus, where 2,050 overseas students study.
About 680 overseas students are in Wrexham, but Glyndwr also has campuses at St Asaph in Denbighshire, and Northop and Broughton in Flintshire.
There are 230 Glyndwr-sponsored students with invalid language test results, which rises to 350 when questionable results are included.
The Home Office said existing Glyndwr overseas students could continue studies during the suspension.
Those with a visa, but yet to travel, are advised to wait until after the suspension.
The university said it was "deeply upset," an investigation was under way and it hopes to get the licence re-instated.
It added: "To be put in this position by external partners is frustrating as Glyndwr University takes its responsibility as a highly trusted sponsor very seriously and is committed to supporting the continuing education of those genuine international students who demonstrate full compliance with their immigration requirements."
Beth Button, president of the National Union of Students Wales, said: "This action could have grave and irreversible consequences for thousands of students studying at Glyndwr University, through no fault of their own."
The union said it was "outraged that this news was first announced in the House of Commons", with students made aware afterwards.
Labour's shadow Home Office minister, David Hanson, said it amounted to "systematic abuse on this government's watch".
Aled Roberts AM, the Welsh Liberal Democrat's education spokesman, said: "I'm worried about the effect this announcement could have on Glyndwr University's attempts to improve their financial footing."
Immigration minister Mr Brokenshire told the Commons the revelations followed an investigation into the European subsidiary of an American firm called Educational Testing Services (ETS).
The "systematic cheating" typically involved invigilators supplying or reading out answers to rooms of gangs of imposters being allowed to step into the exam candidates' places to sit the test, he said.
A criminal investigation has been launched.


A sleepy African city is rapidly being turned into a major global trading centre.

After decades of just mining rough diamonds, Botswana's capital Gaborone now cuts, polishes and sells the precious stones itself.
Most people may be unable to find Gaborone on a map, but it's becoming a regular destination for global diamond traders and that's changing the economy here.
This dusty, low-rise city is being transformed, as high-rise flats and hotels are constructed and businesses bet it will mean a boost for them.
Diamond-related companies are setting up factories in anticipation of the global mining giant De Beers relocating its sales business here from London.
Soon, $6bn (Â£4bn) worth of diamond trades will take place here, attracting buyers from around the world.
A local company has already held an auction. A new diamond park has been built to host spin-off businesses.
One of them - a branch of an Indian firm called Shrenuj - has recently opened and is making jewellery partly using Botswana's diamonds.
Dozens of people, mainly young women, are hunched over small workstations, peering through magnifying glasses as they shape, smooth and carve various bits of metal and stone into shiny jewellery.
"We can source rough diamonds in Botswana," the manager, Kim Lenni, says. "It made sense for us to open a jewellery factory. We're able to supply the local market and the US from Botswana."
He says sales are going well.
Other companies - totally unrelated to diamonds - say they're also seeing a jump in business.
At Gaborone's main bus station, passengers are shoving bags and suitcases on to ageing buses as hawkers wander round selling drinks and snacks.
From this chaotic, noisy, bustling place, services travel right across this vast, arid country and beyond.
Abel Monnakgotla, who runs a local transport company, AT&T, has 50 buses and runs routes to neighbouring South Africa and Namibia.
He's now invested in new, shiny minibuses and says he's earning money by ferrying diamond traders around.
"We have diversified. We've gone into car rentals and airport shuttles," he says.
"Most of the benefit has previously been at a macro level - infrastructure, roads. But as entrepreneurs we haven't had a direct benefit. We will now benefit directly."
Not everyone is finding it as easy.
A world away from the bus station, on the edge of Gaborone, is the quiet, green Phakalane golf resort.
It is perhaps the kind of place a diamond trader may well like to while away a spare few hours.
While hopeful his business will do well out of visiting diamond traders, the managing director, Lesang Mahang, is having some problems.
"The world is expecting world class service, the standards they expected in London where the diamond centre used to be located," he says.
But he cannot find a kosher chef in Botswana who can make food the way some people - say, from diamond hub Tel Aviv - demand.
There are some broader concerns about the country's readiness.
There are no direct flights to Gaborone from Europe or the United States, meaning journeys to the country have to go through another African city, usually Johannesburg.
A regular rolling programme of power cuts means hotel guests may be forced to shower in the dark and cafes unable to boil water.
Evening entertainment can be limited - restaurants tend to close by 22:00, there aren't many bars, and there are few street taxis to get around.
Alex Monchusi from the Chamber of Commerce says many businesses aren't yet ready to take advantage of the new diamond work.
"The first time this was announced, I said to the government we were certainly very excited... [but] we felt it was a lot of work to be done and too little time to do it in.
"It is very similar to a country winning the right to host the Olympic Games - you've got a big opportunity to host it at world standards, but you have little resources to do it, not much time to do it."
The government, though, is confident any problems will be fixed, and it will mean a big difference.
Eric Molale, the Cabinet Secretary, says the diamond move is "a once in a lifetime opportunity" for Botswana.
"The ultimate objective of the government is to create a diamond pipeline that is value adding to the nation - not just mine and sell."


A group representing hillwalkers and climbers has made a commitment to better support the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) said it would implement the principles of the Scottish LGBT Sports Charter, which was unveiled last year.
As part of this commitment, it said it would work with LGBT groups interested in hillwalking and climbing.
It said these organisations could become MCofS clubs.
The council also said LGBT youth groups could become partners of Climb Scotland, a body it set up to encourage and support young climbers.
MCofS has outlined the commitment in the latest issue of its magazine, Scottish Mountaineer.
The charter was written by the Equality Network and sets out principles to help make Scottish sports more inclusive.
It followed a study which found members of the community would be more likely to get involved if sport were more LGBT friendly.
The charter was unveiled at Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium, last May.
MCofS has also committed to trying to improve opportunities for disabled people.
Last year, it said it believed there was a strong interest among people with disabilities to take up climbing, but who did not know how to.
The 2015's British Mountaineering Council/MCofS Paraclimbing Series saw no Scots reach the final.


The League One match between Scunthorpe and Doncaster Rovers has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

Referee Mark Haywood assessed conditions at 12:30 GMT and decided the game could not go ahead.
A new date for the fixture has yet to be agreed.


A woman has died after her car plunged into a lake after a crash.

Police were called to the Hillside area at Stithians Lake in Carnmenellis, Redruth, Cornwall, about 20:50 BST on Tuesday following reports of a crash.
The driver of the Ford Fiesta was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital where she later died.
The road was closed for more than five hours. No other vehicles were involved, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
More on this story, and other Cornwall news


A red kite, one of the UK's most highly protected birds of prey, has been found shot dead and riddled with shotgun pellets.

The adult bird was discovered in Chopwell Wood, near Gateshead, where the protected species was reintroduced in 2004.
Police are investigating the shooting, which has been condemned by the Friends of the Red Kite (FoRK) group.
Three red kites were found poisoned in the same area last year.
FoRK's welfare officer Allan Withrington said a red kite had also recently been shot and injured near Malton in North Yorkshire.
"That anyone could even think about shooting these beautiful, graceful birds is beyond my comprehension," he said.
"We are saddened by yet another wildlife crime and look forward to hearing the results of the police investigation."
Red kites are protected under schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and anyone found killing one can face up to six months in jail.
Mr Withrington said FoRK, which monitors red kite numbers, was working with police, the RSPB and Natural England to identify so-called "persecution hotspots" and encourage the public to report suspicious incidents close to 19 known nesting sites.
Last year about 25 red kite chicks were known to have fledged in the north east England, down from 35 the previous year.
There are about 1,000 red kites in England.


Bristol's Lee Haskins will defend his IBF world bantamweight title against Ivan Morales of Mexico on 14 May at Cardiff's new Ice Arena Wales.

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It will be the first time Haskins, 32, has defended the belt he was handed in November when Randy Caballero failed to make the weight for their bout.
Morales, 24, brother of Diego and Erik, a former multiple world title holder, has won 29 of his 30 fights.
Haskins is undefeated since losing to Belgium's Stephane Jamoye in 2012.
"This will be a new chapter in his (Haskins') career," promoter and former world champion Barry McGuigan told BBC Points West.
"He deserves the chance to get the exposure and I really believe he will grasp it with both hands."
Haskins added: "I'm enjoying being world champion. Now I want to get back in the ring and show I am world class.
"A lot of people out there doubt me but I'm going to show them who the best is.
"He (Morales) is going to come and want to win and it will be a good fight."
Haskins also denied that the injury suffered by Wiltshire's Nick Blackwell after fighting Chris Eubank Jr. will enter his mind when he enters the ring himself.
Blackwell is in an induced coma in hospital after a small bleed on his brain was found but Haskins said such incidents could "happen anywhere".
"This is something I have known since I first put on a pair of boxing gloves," he added. "You take punches to the head.
"These things could happen at any point. But this is something that rarely happens and I wouldn't let something like that scare me."
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Middlesbrough midfielder Grant Leadbitter (hamstring) is a doubt for the visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Defender Daniel Ayala (ankle) is still out, while Adam Clayton or Gaston Ramirez could start in midfield.
Wolves midfielder James Henry (hamstring) could come back into contention, while manager Kenny Jackett may recall winger Rajiv van La Parra.
Mike Williamson (hamstring) and forward Michal Zyro (broken foot) are close to returns but are not likely to feature.


New Balance has won a record payout in a Chinese trademark case after three local shoemakers were found to have infringed the brand's "N" logo.

A Chinese court awarded the US sportswear firm more than 10 million yuan (£1.2m; $1.5m).
Lawyers believe it to be the highest award to a foreign company in a trademark dispute in China.
The country has been tightening its laws to tackle the widespread problem of trademark abuse.
A court in the city of Suzhou, west of Shanghai, handed down a ruling last week against three defendants for infringing the American apparel-maker's iconic trademark, and the deceptive promotion of their products.
Though small by international standards, the 10 million yuan award marks a significant increase on previous penalties as China cracks down on brand theft.
"It's definitely the largest trademark award to a foreign company," said Paolo Beconcini, senior global brand protection consultant at law firm Squire Patton Boggs.
China has been strengthening its trademark laws since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001.
Mr Beconcini, who has worked on Chinese intellectual property (IP) cases for 15 years, said recent legislative reforms have significantly boosted brand protection.
The changes include higher thresholds for statutory damages, new punitive damages for repeat infringers, and the establishment of four specialised IP courts.
"China is not what it was in 2001," Beconcini said, "Rights can be enforced in China… you can win cases."
Last year US basketball legend Michael Jordan won a trademark dispute in China's supreme court in a long-running dispute over the use of his name by a local sportswear company.
But while defences for companies exist, trademark violations remain widespread.
"For every big brand that is infringed in China, there are many, many less famous brands that are victims of this situation," Mr Beconcini said.
New Balance has been involved in long-running trademark battles in China where is has more than 2,000 stores.
The firm took a knock last year when a Chinese court ruled against it for trademark infringements and ordered New Balance to pay 5 million yuan in compensation to a local company.
But its latest win is seen as a victory for international firms in China.
Carol Wang, a lawyer at Lusheng Law Firm, which represented New Balance told Reuters the decision "sends a strong and powerful message that should make it easier for foreign brands doing business here."


The Antrim Coast Road has become one of the iconic drives of Europe - but for one woman it represents the journey of a lifetime.

Andrea Bald is the great-great-great-granddaughter of William Bald - the man whose road changed the face of the Glens forever.
In 1831, Mr Bald was tasked with connecting the area's small towns and villages.
Up until then, the people of North Antrim lived as one community with their closest neighbours in western Scotland - connected by the sea.
The Kingdom of Dalriada, as it was known, comprised the northern part of County Antrim and some of the Inner Hebrides and Argyll, in Scotland.
It was easier to trade with those across the water than to traverse the mighty Glen to the likes of Ballymena or Belfast.
Many other engineers had been consulted on how to link the Glens with the rest of Northern Ireland, but most suggested a series of complicated bridges and passageways.
Mr Bald had a different vision. He set out to literally blast a road into the miles of towering sea cliffs - and succeeded.
The Antrim Coast Road - or the A2, to give it its less romantic name - hugs the dramatic coastline. It is flanked on each side by lofty cliff faces or miles of deep blue ocean and is a jewel in the crown of the area.
Ms Bald, who is also an engineer, believed her father's story about his grandfather's accomplishment was nothing more than a family myth.
As a child in the 1950s my Dad was told by his father, 'my grandfather built the Antrim Coast Road,'" she recalled.
"Without any details to go on - not even a first name - in about 2002, Dad decided he should search on the internet and came across an academic paper from the 1960s about William Bald, the man who built the Antrim Coast Road.
"By 2007 he had found quite a lot of information about William, his work and his family, but we hadn't found any records to confirm that he was really ours.
"I sent away to the UK for my great-grandfather's birth certificate, which confirmed that his father was Charles Bald, CE (Civil Engineer), eldest son of William Bald."
Now Ms Bald, along with her son Levi, has visited the Antrim Coast to experience the road for herself.
"It was an amazing feeling, driving the road," she said.
"It's such a beautiful area and certainly lives up to its reputation, it's just spectacular, but having the family link made it super special for me.
"In one way it was like going to an ancestor's house or gravesite.
"What I found really weird was that there were all these people who knew all about William Bald, my mystery ancestor.
"Levi and I stopped at a spot just north of Carnlough that my Dad had researched on the internet, called Largy Road.
"We talked to some people at a house there, sure enough, they knew the little stretch of road as Baldy's Branch, linking the old road down to the new coast road, or Baldy's road.
"It sounds sort of cheesy, but I guess it really instilled in me a sense of pride, learning about how significant the road really was to the communities of the Antrim coast."
Ms Bald was struck by the enormity of the job taken on by her great-great-great-grandfather.
"It's hard to fathom the scale of construction so long ago, and how huge a job it was to blast the cliffs and build miles and miles of road," she said.
"It dawned on me when I was there that there simply was no road before, no access by land to some parts, especially the headlands - so William must have been out in a boat to assess and plan and figure out what he was going to do.
"He must have been a pretty intrepid sort of a bloke."
Shaping the Coast will air on BBC Two Northern Ireland on Sunday 9 October at 10pm.
The three-part series will explore the largely unknown story of the creation of the Antrim Coast Road, as well as stories about its history and its people.


Taliban militants have attacked a foreign guesthouse in Kabul's embassy district, causing several casualties.

Initial reports suggested that the Spanish embassy was under attack, but Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy denied this.
He later added that one Spanish police officer died in the attack.
The Taliban say their fighters detonated a car bomb in the Sherpur area and were currently inside a building there.
It is the latest in a series of audacious raids by Taliban fighters on high-profile targets in Afghanistan.
Casualties have been brought in to a nearby hospital, and eyewitnesses say a gun battle is still under way.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud explosion followed by heavy gunfire on Friday evening.
Fresh gunfire and explosions were heard early on Saturday morning.
It follows a Taliban attack on Kandahar airport on Tuesday evening in which at least 50 people were killed.
Afghan security officials say that seven insurgents are involved in the attack. Both Afghan and Spanish security forces are reportedly at the scene.
"There has not been an attack, nor an attempt to carry one out on the Spanish embassy in Afghanistan" Mr Rajoy said.
"It was an attack on some guest houses that were very close to the embassy." he added.
Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi told the BBC: " I can only confirm a suicide car bomb in the Sherpur area at this moment".
Freelance journalist Bilal Sarwary reported seeing two Spanish diplomats fleeing the compound shortly after the attack.
He saw one of them repeatedly bang their head on a vehicle in a show of grief.
Afghan police report that the militants had burned several armoured vehicles that they found inside the compound.
The initial explosion left two houses on fire, a police official told the Associated Press.
"It's possible the attackers are hiding. We've blocked all the streets and are searching," he added.


A former prison officer has admitted selling information about singer George Michael's time in prison to the Sun newspaper for £2,000.

Amanda Watts, 43, from Suffolk, pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in public office and was told a prison sentence was "inevitable".
The Old Bailey heard that details of Michael's time in Highpoint Prison in 2010 led to five stories in the Sun.
Watts, who was arrested under Operation Elveden, will be sentenced next month.
Judge John Bevan QC told her: "You should understand the fact I'm bailing you until [16 October] is to enable you to make appropriate arrangements.
"A prison sentence is inevitable. I'm sure you understand."
The court heard she received £2,000 for the information she gave.
Operation Elveden is a Metropolitan Police investigation into alleged inappropriate payments by journalists to police and other public officials.
Michael was jailed for eight weeks in September 2010 for crashing his Range Rover while under the influence of cannabis.


Women's Super League One club Yeovil Town Ladies have signed former Notts County goalkeeper Megan Walsh for the rest of the 2017 WSL 1 Spring Series.

The 22-year-old England Under-23 international will be eligible for Wednesday's match against Bristol City.
Walsh was available after Notts folded on 21 April, and Yeovil needed a keeper after first-choice Charlotte Haynes was ruled out for eight weeks.
"What better way to get stuck in than the derby," she told the club website.


A former boxing champion has been cleared of plotting to travel to Syria to fight with so-called Islamic State.

Anthony Small, 33, was found not guilty of disseminating terrorist publications and supporting a proscribed group.
A trial at the Old Bailey heard accusations that he put boxing gloves items and a championship belt on eBay to raise money to get to Syria.
Mr Small was also cleared of conspiracy to possess false identity documents with improper intention.
He had been arrested after Michael Coe, 34, of Central Park Road in east London, and Simon Keeler, 44 of Solander Gardens in east London, were found with false documents in the back of a lorry at the port of Dover in November last year.
Coe has also been cleared of conspiracy to possess false identity documents with improper intention.
However both Coe and Keeler have already admitted a separate charge of possessing false documents.
They will be sentenced at a later date.
When Coe and Keeler were found with the false documents, Coe told police he was trying to get to Sweden to visit his wife, and Keeler that he was trying to reach his wife in Turkey.
The jury was told Mr Small - who won the British and Commonwealth light middleweight championships in 2009 - was not with the pair as he had broken his hand two days earlier.
Mr Small told the court he had intended to visit his Turkish ex-wife on urgent family business. He insisted he had "never" supported people who encouraged terrorism.
The jury could not agree on a final charge against Mr Small of supporting a terrorist organisation, and the prosecution has until Friday to decide whether to pursue it.


The ashes of the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez will be taken to the Caribbean city of Cartagena in December.

They will be permanently exhibited at a colonial-era cloister in Cartagena's historic centre.
Garcia Marquez set several of his works in the city, including Love in the Time of Cholera.
He died in Mexico in April 2014, where he lived for many years with his family.
The decision by his wife Mercedes Barcha and his two sons to bring his cremated remains to Cartagena was welcomed by his Colombian friends and many others in the country.
Garcia Marquez arrived in the city in 1948 and found a job as a journalist with a local newspaper, El Universal. To the end of his life, he kept a holiday home in Cartagena, which he visited frequently.
The celebrated author of One Hundred Years of Solitude also established a foundation there to train Latin American journalists, the Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano.
Its director, Jaime Abello, said the decision to bring his remains to the city made sense.
"Cartagena is where Garcia Marquez built his home, the only one he ever built," he said. "Many members of his family live there and it's where his parents are buried."
"Garcia Marquez and his wife never stopped being Colombian, despite living many years abroad," said Mr Abello.


(Close): Stocks on Wall Street closed little changed on Monday after a drop in commodity prices overshadowed strong corporate results.

The Dow Jones ended up 13.36 points to 18,099.81, and the S&P 500 edged up 1.59 points to 2,128.23.
After closing at a record high on Friday thanks to a surge in Google, the tech-focused Nasdaq index climbed a further 8.72 points to 5,218.86.
Mining shares fell sharply, led by Barrick Gold which fell 15.7%.
Goldcorp and Anglogold Ashanti dropped 12.3% and 10% respectively, hit by a drop in the gold price to a near five-year low.
Morgan Stanley closed down 0.4% despite its results beating expectations.
The bank reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit thanks to a strong performance by its wealth management division.
On the upside,  toymaker Hasbro's shares surged 6.3%, boosted by a better-than-expected 25% rise in second-quarter profit to $41.8m.


A wildlife reserve's visitor centre has reopened to the public after it suffered severe flood damage in last year's tidal surge forcing it to close.

Far Ings Nature Reserve, in Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, was badly hit in the overnight storm on 5 December 2013.
Its education and visitor centre has remain closed for the past eight months.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust said its insurers had paid for the repairs.


A company run by the Queen's grandson, Peter Phillips, was paid £750,000 for organising an event last year to celebrate the monarch's 90th birthday.

The Patron's Lunch - held in June on The Mall -  was a street party for the 600 charities and other organisations that have the Queen as Patron.
It was the idea of Mr Phillips, but the event was not put out to tender.
Royal officials said at the time that it was a "unique proposal" that had been subjected to due diligence.
The tickets, which were given to charities connected to the Queen, cost £150 each.
There was also private sponsorship but the ticket price raised some eyebrows.
A similar reaction might have greeted the size of the fee that was paid to Mr Phillips' company, SEL Ltd.
It was not disclosed at the time of the birthday festivities because, the Queen's grandson argued, it might have an adverse effect on future business.
The £750,000 payment - now in the public domain through accounts filed with Companies House - was almost double the amount the lunch raised for good causes.
Sir Stuart Etherington, chairman of the Patron's Fund charity, which had ultimate control of the event and awarded the contract to SEL UK, defended the payment.
He said something on the lunch's scale could not be run without incurring some costs and Mr Phillips' company had made no profit.
"In addition, we compared their costs to those of other suppliers for organising the event, arranging logistics and security, and raising commercial sponsorship, and we satisfied ourselves that they were competitive in every regard," he said.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson told the BBC: "The Patron's Lunch was an enjoyable and celebratory event which has directly benefitted a large number of Her Majesty's charities.
"Questions about the organisation and financial management are rightly a matter for The Patron's Fund Board of Trustees."
The lunch raised £384,000 before tax.
But the benefit to charities comes not only in the form of the money left over after the Patron's Lunch, but other donations.
In all, £750,000 is being given to 290 charities in the UK and the Commonwealth.


Residents plagued by flies from a recycling centre said they hope to take legal action against the Environment Agency and the site operator.

Fly infestation from the centre on Slack Lane, Derby, is thought to be caused by 5,000 tones of rubbish awaiting clearance.
Shows Waste Management said the waste will be moved by 7 July - the deadline given by the agency.
The government body has begun a criminal investigation.
The fly infestation, which has been ongoing for weeks, has left more than 100 people in the area unable to cook food in their own homes.
Resident Jenny Warren said the flies are "all over the food and you can't open windows".
Campaigner Diane Hanrahan, who lives in the area and held a public meeting on Monday, hopes to raise money to take legal action against the agency and the company.
Councillor Paul Pegg, of Derby City Council, said: "[Ms Hanrahan] is trying to seek legal action, to get representation for the loss of earnings and what they have had to pay out to get the flies removed from the properties."
The company said it is in the current situation due to another firm which provided it with the waste.
Sam Turton, from Shows Waste Management, said since the problem arose lorries have been removing waste from the site to landfill and insecticides have been applied to control the problem.
It has been estimated that it could take more than 200 lorry trips before the site is completely cleared.
Mr Pegg added that he was "disgusted" with the Environment Agency for not attending the latest meeting.
"They are a disgrace," he said. "They have failed to monitor this site, they need to be held accountable."
The agency told the BBC that it has met with everyone involved at previous meetings and has a plan of action in place.


A paperboy was chased with a lighter after having petrol thrown at him in Greater Manchester, police say.

The 14-year-old was on his paper round on Cheetham Hill Road, Tameside at 18:45 GMT on Wednesday when he was attacked by two teenagers, police said.
The pair threw a substance, suspected to be petrol, over him before chasing him with a lighter in "an unprovoked attack".
Officers want to speak to a man the boy ran to for help.
The man, who was walking his dog near Chester Avenue, could have information which could help the investigation, police said.
The two boys are described as about 13 years old, white, of slim build, and about 5ft tall. One of them had dark hair.
Det Sgt Zoe Stapleton said: "Why anyone would want to scare an innocent child like this is beyond comprehension and it's particularly worrying that the culprits appear to be young boys themselves."


Sir Eric Pickles has been urged to apologise to a council leader over false claims of anti-Semitism.

The former Communities Secretary wrote to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calling for "John Clarke" to be suspended from the party for an anti-Israel tweet.
He mistook John Clarke of Nottinghamshire's Gedling Borough Council with John Clarke, who sits on Black Notley Parish Council in Essex.
The Essex councillor has denied he holds anti-Semitic views.
A Conservative spokesman said: "We apologise to Councillor Clarke for the mistake made."
Michael Payne, deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council, said he wanted Sir Eric to withdraw his "disgraceful" comments.
He said: "It's an outrageous slur against John and we're calling on Mr Pickles to apologise personally and publicly for this."
"They've clearly done research in writing this letter, but haven't done the basics. Apologise now - you are plain wrong."
Mr Corbyn launched an independent inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism in the Labour Party in April 2016 headed by Baroness Chakrabati, former head of the campaign group Liberty.
Her report found the party was not overrun by anti-Semitism but there was evidence of "minority hateful or ignorant attitudes and behaviours".
Sir Eric, Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar, wrote in the letter to Mr Corbyn: "This is an opportunity for you to demonstrate that Labour is committed to the new definition of anti-Semitism.
"Failure to do so would be an appalling dereliction of duty to Jewish people across the country and will raise serious questions about your commitment to stamping out anti-Semitism in Labour."
Sir Eric, chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel, was awarded a knighthood in 2015.


Channel 4 has told Noel Edmonds there will be no new deal for the studio version of game show Deal Or No Deal.

Edmonds has hosted the show, in which contestants open red boxes to win money, since 2005.
Channel 4 said the studio-based show will end this autumn but further episodes will be filmed on tour around the UK at the end of the year.
The broadcaster would not confirm whether the touring version would continue beyond that.
But Edmonds has been offered three new game shows on the channel.
One, with the working title Cheap Cheap Cheap, will be set in an "eccentric general store", with contestants asked to guess the cheapest of three items. Thirty episodes have been commissioned.
The other two shows have only been given pilot episodes at this stage. One has the working title Noel Edmonds' Sell or Swap and will see studio contestants bidding live on second-hand and antique items.
The other is simply billed as "a brand new studio-based big money game show".
When it launched, Deal Or No Deal was credited with reviving Edmonds' career and each episode was watched by three million people at its peak in 2006.
The show has given away more than Â£40m in prize money over almost 3,000 episodes, and the format has been sold to 76 countries.
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt said: "I remember watching Deal or No Deal launch and watching it grow to become a hit that captivated audiences for over a decade.
"A lot of the credit for that must go to Noel and his exceptional presenting. As the studio shows ends, I'm delighted he'll now be taking Deal or No Deal to the audience."


Lorry drivers and dock workers have protested outside the Port of Liverpool in a row over toilet and catering facilities.

The union Unite said there is a lack of adequate facilities for drivers waiting to enter the port at Seaforth.
About 100 protesters gathered at the entrance to the terminal.
Owners Peel Ports agree there is a problem "outside the port estate" where hauliers queue and said it has asked local authorities to seek a solution.
The protest comes after the new Â£400m Liverpool2 deep sea terminal opened at the port in November.
There are "intolerable conditions" for lorry drivers who get backed up along Regent and Dunningsbridge Road when delayed accessing the port, Unite regional officer Colin Carr said.
He said there are no toilets or canteen facilities available for them while dock workers have no "hot food after 2pm or at weekends, as well as no trade union facilities for health, safety and workplace representatives".
Steven Gerrard, who has worked at the port for 20 years as a lorry driver, said toilets are "inadequate" and there is "no specific toilet facility for female drivers".
Mr Carr said though Peel Ports is investing to make Seaforth the "dock of the future", it "is more like a port of the past" with "scant regard" for "wellbeing and welfare at work" .
A spokeswoman for Peel Ports said that while visiting lorry drivers "have full use of the customer service toilets on Container Terminals 1 and 2... we do agree that operations outside the port estate - where hauliers do queue - need to be looked into."
She said the firm has written to tenant companies and local councils look for "a viable solution to drivers' needs".


A teenager has admitted killing a man found with stab wounds in a County Durham village.

Dale Arnold, 32, died in hospital after being stabbed in Kelloe, near Durham City, on the afternoon of 3 August.
Josh Johnson, 19, had been charged with murder, but admitted to the lesser charge of manslaughter, which was accepted at Teesside Crown Court.
Johnson, from Ushaw Moor, is due to return to the court on 20 December for sentencing.


The past 12 months have thrown up some classic matches, memorable incidents and remarkable feats.

BBC Sport selected 10 standout Premier League moments from this year and we asked our readers to rank their top 10.
For some - Leicester's title triumph and Jurgen Klopp's impact at Liverpool, for example - there were multiple moments we could have chosen, so we went for the one match that particularly defined that team's year.
The order of the top 10 was discussed on The Premier League Show on Wednesday, which you can watch again on BBC iPlayer.
Here's how the moments were ranked by you:
Leicester's Premier League title win will go down as one of the most memorable moments in football history, so it's no surprise 41% of BBC Sport users picked the Foxes as their top choice.
Many had been waiting for the Foxes' incredible run to falter, but doubters were turned into believers when Claudio Ranieri's side stunned nearest rivals Manchester City with a convincing 3-1 victory on 6 February to move five points clear.
And then, three months later, captain Wes Morgan and co were dancing around Jamie Vardy's kitchen as they watched Tottenham squander a two-goal lead to draw with Chelsea - a result which handed Leicester the title. Over 7,000 readers selected this as their second-favourite moment.
At number three is Liverpool's 5-4 win over Norwich from January, which is a prime example of what to expect from Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool: exhilarating attacking play, wide-open defending, wild celebrations and missing glasses.
Norwich were 3-1 ahead in the second half, before having to recover to 4-4 in injury time, but Adam Lallana's late, late goal won it.
The England midfielder ripped off his shirt and everyone piled on manager Klopp, who lost his trademark glasses in the celebration melee.
Sunderland had been revived under Sam Allardyce and their 3-0 win over Everton in the penultimate game of the season meant his former side Newcastle and Norwich were cut four points adrift.
The Championship beckoned for Rafa Benitez's Magpies, while Allardyce went on to become England manager... for 58 days.
Jose Mourinho called himself 'The Special One' at Chelsea after winning seven trophies during his two spells in charge.
He received a warm welcome on his return to Stamford Bridge with Manchester United in October, but he left humiliated.
Pedro put the Blues 1-0 up after only 30 seconds and the horror show ended up finishing 4-0.
Teenager Marcus Rashford brought back heady memories of the Busby Babes and Fergie's Fledglings when he burst on to the scene in February.
The Manchester United forward - locally born and bred in Wythenshawe - scored twice on his debut against FC Midtjylland and, three days later, added two more as his side beat Arsenal 3-2.
Cue billions of internet searches for 'who is Marcus Rashford?'. The answer now? A first-team regular for United and England international.
On 10 May, West Ham finally bowed out of Upton Park after 112 years to move to the Olympic Stadium.
And their final game against Manchester United was described as a "blockbuster movie". And with good reason.
The visitors led 2-1 with 18 minutes left after Anthony Martial's double, but goals from Michail Antonio and Winston Reid gave the hosts victory.
And then came an extravagant closing ceremony, featuring fireworks, a light show, former players escorted around the pitch in London taxi cabs and Paolo di Canio in a purple suit.
Drama descended on tEtihad Stadium earlier this month. But while both sides clashed late on in ugly scenes, it was the significance of Chelsea's 3-1 win under new manager Antonio Conte that stood out.
This time last year the defending champions were in disarray and disharmony. Now, 12 months on the Italian has the Blues six points clear at the Premier League summit.
Twenty years ago in September, a Frenchman was plucked from Japanese side Grampus Eight and arrived in England as only the third foreign manager to take charge of a Premier League club.
Now, after two decades at Arsenal, 15 trophies, a new stadium and almost £700m spent on players, Arsene Wenger is the longest-serving - and most successful - overseas manager this country has known.
Wenger celebrated his anniversary at Turf Moor, where his side inflicted a cruel 1-0 defeat on Burnley, with the only goal of the game coming from Laurent Koscielny's slightly offside elbow.
With three La Liga and three Bundesliga titles under his belt, Pep Guardiola swaggered into the Premier League at Manchester City this summer and looked totally at home.
They really turned on the charm in their eighth win in eight matches, when they trounced Bournemouth 4-0.
City's winning run finally came to an end in September, in Guardiola's 11th match in charge, when they drew with Celtic in the Champions League. And it's not quite been the same since.
In Wednesday's Sportsday Live, we asked BBC Sport Online users to come up with their own personal 2016 sporting highlights.
Here's the best of them.


Bastian Schweinsteiger is considering taking legal action against a Hong Kong company making Nazi dolls that bear a striking resemblance to him.

The Manchester United midfielder's management company put the matter into the hands of their German-based lawyers earlier this week.
The dolls, named 'World War II Army Supply Duty - Bastian', are made in China by Dragon in Dream.
The company told German paper Bild any resemblance was "purely coincidental".
"We don't sell any figures which resemble footballers. It is a complete coincidence that the figure 'Bastian' looks like Schweinsteiger," a spokesman added.
"We thought that all Germans look like that. Bastian is also a very common name in Germany."
The figurine comes in several outfits - including a version with a steel helmet, white winter jacket and woollen gloves, and another in a typical army uniform, complete with the "Wehrmachtsadler" insignia, an eagle with a swastika above the right breast pocket.
The doll is on sale for about $120 (Â£80).
"This is a clear violation of Schweinsteiger's personality rights," a German media lawyer told Bild.
"Everyone has rights to their own image. To see him as a swastika-bearing Wehrmacht soldier also constitutes a gross defamation and insult," Ulrich Amelung said.
German international midfielder Schweinsteiger, 31, joined United on a three-year deal in July, moving from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for a reported Â£14.4m.
He has made 15 appearances for Louis van Gaal's side so far this season, providing one assist.


Caretaker manager Alan Curtis says Swansea City, the Premier League's bottom side, are suffering from a "crisis of confidence".

Following former boss Bob Bradley's sacking on Tuesday, Curtis oversaw a 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth.
A fourth straight loss has left the Swans four points adrift of safety.
"There are good players out there but, once we concede, you can see the confidence draining out of players," Curtis told BBC Wales Sport.
"The explanation I guess is we're bottom of the table, we're not winning games, conceding too many [goals] and then we get a crisis of confidence once the first one goes in.
"Naively or not, I still think there should be enough to get better results but confidence in sport, especially in football, is such a fragile thing."
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Swansea hope to appoint a permanent successor to Bradley by Monday, with Bayern Munich assistant manager Paul Clement the leading candidate.
Until an appointment is confirmed, Curtis will continue to prepare the team for Tuesday's trip to Crystal Palace with assistant manager Paul Williams.
Swansea's 4-1 Boxing Day thrashing by West Ham prompted a furious backlash from the Liberty Stadium crowd, whose calls for Bradley to be sacked were heeded 24 hours later.
The supporters had also criticised chairman Jenkins and his fellow directors, accused of greed by the fans after selling some of their shares to new American owners Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan in July.
Curtis had sympathy for the Swansea supporters, who turned on Jenkins and the board again during the defeat by Bournemouth.
"At the start of the game there was a good atmosphere but, once that first goal goes in, as we suffer as a team, the crowd suffers," he added.
"They showed their dissatisfaction at the end, but not so much towards the team as the issues off the park."


A 130-year-old Hull-based building company has gone into administration.

About 65 jobs are under threat at the Hall Construction Group, which built the Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI) building next to the River Hull.
Staff and self-employed sub-contractors have been informed of the move at the company's head office in Clay Street.
Administrators said it was "considering all options" for the firm to continue trading after it fell into difficulties following a Â£3m loss.
George Booth, a sub-contractor, said he felt "very sorry" at the company's demise.
"I've worked for Hall's on and off for 20 years," he said. "It has kept me in work."
The firm was working on a number of other buildings in the region, including projects for local councils.
Joint administrator Julian Pitts said it was "extremely sad".
"The company recently suffered from undertaking two significant fixed price design-and-build contracts, one of which subsequently resulted in a Â£2.9m loss.
"However, with its strong reputation in commercial construction, together with a number of blue chip and public sector clients within Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, we are hopeful that Hall Construction represents an attractive proposition for the right buyer.
"We are currently marketing the business and our aim is to find a buyer for the business as a whole, or for parts of the business, in order to achieve the best return possible for creditors."
East Riding of Yorkshire Council said it was "currently drawing up contingency plans to mitigate the impact on council projects in the event of the company ceasing to trade".
The authority added that it expected the company's administration to have minimal impact on unfinished buildings "as most ongoing projects are nearing completion".
The company is yet to comment.


Gloucester City football club has submitted a detailed planning application for a new stadium on its original site at Meadow Park.

The Conference North side has been without a permanent home since their ground was destroyed by flood water in the summer of 2007.
The Tigers have ground-shared with other local sides ever since.
Plans for a 4,000 capacity stadium, including a 1,000 seat stand, have been submitted to Gloucester City Council.
Gloucester City's interim chairman, Mike Dunstan, said he was "thrilled" with the news.
"It's fantastic to take this significant step towards a return to our city, and I hope fans are as thrilled with the scale and ambition of the plans as we are," he said.
Gloucester City have not played a competitive game at their own home since 28 April 2007, when they beat Clevedon Town 3-1 at Meadow Park.
"This stadium will provide the club and indeed the city with a fabulous facility for sport."
The club's planning consultant, Paul Duncliffe, said: "The current planning application has addressed the fundamental flooding issues that have persisted for several years and we are pleased to report that the Environment Agency have no objections to the new stadium."
City council planners are due to decide whether or not to grant outline planning permission for the stadium later this summer.
Previous plans, which included wider proposals for floods defences in the surrounding area, had to be scaled down.
The club has been based in Cheltenham since 2010, having previously shared with Forest Green and Cirencester.


Vote Leave campaigners sent out a letter on Tuesday saying that if the UK left the European Union, then people who were receiving EU funding would continue to do so until 2020.

The claim: People receiving funding from the European Union would continue to get it until 2020 if there was a vote to leave the EU, and more money could be spent on the NHS and tax cuts.
Reality Check verdict: There would be the money to fund these spending promises as long as economic growth was not reduced - which most economists believe it would be - and the UK outside the EU did not continue making contributions to the EU budget. The people making these promises would not necessarily be in power following a Brexit.
This is important because of the £276m the UK contributes to the EU budget each week about £115m comes back to the UK to be spent on things such as:
Vote Leave is saying that those groups will continue to be funded until 2020, unless the programmes for which they were receiving the money were due to finish before 2020.
After that, there would be £161m a week left over, of which, the letter says, £100m a week would be spent on the NHS and another £33m a week would go on abolishing the 5% value added tax (VAT) currently charged on domestic fuel.
There are a few caveats about this promise.
The first is that if, following a vote to leave the EU, the economy grows by about half a percentage point less than it would have done - and most economists believe leaving the EU would reduce economic growth - then the reduced tax take for the government would wipe out the savings from budget contributions.
If that was the case, then the funding for these projects would have to be found from elsewhere.
The letter says: "There is more than enough money to ensure that those who now get funding from the EU - including universities, scientists, family farmers, regional funds, cultural organisations and others - will continue to do so while also ensuring that we save money that can be spent on our priorities."
But while some of the signatories of this letter are ministers in the government, they are not currently in a position to make spending pledges.
Finally, it is possible that if a post-Brexit UK wanted to retain preferential access to the single market, it might still have to contribute to the EU budget, as Norway does, which would reduce the amount of money left over.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate


An Australian mother has said she regrets refusing the whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy after she passed the potentially fatal infection to her newborn baby.

Cormit Avital said she had turned down the vaccination because she was a "healthy, fit, organic woman".
She caught the disease shortly before giving birth and passed it to Eva, who has spent a month in intensive care.
Ms Avital recorded a video warning about her "nightmare" experience.
"If I could turn back time I would protect myself," she said, in the video released by Gold Coast Health, the regional health authority.
Ms Avital contracted whooping cough, also known as pertussis, around the time she gave birth, and was told she had passed it to Eva.
Within two weeks, Eva's cough "became pretty scary, horror movie, coughing to the point of going blue, flopping in my hands, can't breathe," she said.
"For a moment there you think they're dead in your hands. [It's] a lot of suffering for a tiny little cute thing you love so much."
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Gold Coast Health Staff Specialist Dr Paul Van Buynder told the BBC that Eva's condition was improving.
She is likely to be released from hospital in coming weeks.
Dr Buynder said more than 20,000 pertussis cases were recorded in Australia last year, and "sadly this is becoming more common".
"There's always a feeling of pregnancy being this special state and you don't want to put anything into your body, but what's really bad for your baby is to get whooping cough or influenza", Dr Buynder added.
Newborns are highly susceptible to the infection until they start vaccination at two months old.


The unelected members of the House of Lords like nothing better than discussing elections.

Perhaps it brings back happier memories for those who have previously stood for election before being ennobled.
Welsh Liberal Democrat Lady Humphreys used question time today to raise an issue on many a voter's minds: when will the new ballot papers naming the top four candidates on Welsh assembly regional lists be revealed? (A Liberal Democrat amendment to the Wales Act 2014 will mean voters discover the names of some of those seeking election, even if they can only vote for a party in that part of the election).
Government whip Viscount Younger of Leckie told her the details of how this would be achieved would be laid before parliament later this autumn.
Her question sparked a mini-debate on Welsh legislation past, present and future. Another Lib Dem, Lord Thomas of Gresford, asked for the requirement to hold a referendum before the Welsh government can vary income tax rates to be dropped.
Lord Thomas said it was being used as an excuse for a delay in seeking the powers: "Will the government use the forthcoming Welsh bill to remove this block and make the Welsh government accountable for its gross failure in maintaining standards in health and education in Wales?"
Viscount Younger rejected the request: "The Wales Act and the St David's Day agreement empower the Welsh government with the tools and levers it needs to grow the Welsh economy so we believe that the referendum is right as part and parcel of giving the Welsh people more say in terms of their powers."
Former Plaid Cymru leader Lord Elis-Thomas, AM for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, asked if the government's policy was to seek the consent of a majority assembly members for any future Wales bill.
Viscount Younger said it told peers the next Wales bill - due to be published in draft version next week - "will appear here before too long...there are no dates".


Tributes are being paid to a woman who spent her life working to empower women and fighting for peace.

Betty Tebbs, from Bury, Greater Manchester, died on Monday aged 98.
She became involved with women's rights aged 14 when she discovered the boy working with her at a paper mill was earning more for the same work.
Lynn Collins, a friend from the Trades Union Congress, said she laid some of the groundwork for "legislation that now protects all women."
"Betty was a radical hero who worked tirelessly and with great humility to campaign for equal rights, workers' rights and peace her whole life," said Janneke Geene, from the People's History Museum in Manchester.
Born at the end of World War One, Ms Tebbs spent her early years working at the East Lancashire Paper Mill in Bury and campaigned for equal rights there for 17 years as part of the union.
But after World War Two, in which her husband died, she turned her attention to the campaign for nuclear disarmament.
In 1978, she became chair of the National Assembly of Women and met with world leaders to press them to scrap atomic weapons.
Ms Tebbs stayed active in her later years and was arrested while blockading a military base during an anti-Trident demonstration in Faslane, Scotland in 2007.
In recent months, she was awarded the Radical Hero Award by People's History Museum and given the Special Women's Award by Manchester City Council.
"I was so pleased when I got my first wage until I saw the boy's wage, which was two shillings more than me - and yet we were doing the same work," Ms Tebbs told BBC Artsnight in 2015.
"I couldn't understand it at all why that should be so I went and I joined the union and I've been a trade union member ever since."
Ms Tebbs went on to successfully lead women in a strike for equal pay at the mill in the early 1950s.
"My organiser said to me 'Well Betty, you've done it - you're the best paid paper mill women in Britain'. So that was worth all the effort wasn't it," she said.
Her funeral is expected to be held on Tuesday.


Members of the Royal Family and politicians are due to greet China's President Xi Jinping at the start of his four-day state visit to the UK.

He and his wife, Peng Liyuan, will take part in a procession down the Mall to Buckingham Palace later, ahead of a state banquet held by the Queen.
Mr Xi will also address both Houses of Parliament and meet PM David Cameron and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The PM's spokeswoman said "nothing is off the table" in talks with Mr Xi.
She said she expected China's dumping of cheap steel on the world market - blamed by UK industry figures for collapsing prices and subsequent job cuts - and the threat from cyber attacks to come up during two planned rounds of "substantial" talks.
The trip, the first UK state visit by a Chinese leader since 2005, has been hailed by officials from both countries as the start of a "golden era" of relations.
The UK Treasury hopes to make China Britain's second biggest trading partner within 10 years.
Chinese companies are to be allowed to take a stake in British nuclear power plants, and a trip by Mr Xi and Mr Cameron to Manchester later in the week is expected to see the announcement of further investment into the so-called Northern Powerhouse project.
But the visit comes as China's economy grew by just 6.9% in the third quarter, the weakest rate since the global financial crisis.
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The president will begin Tuesday by being greeted at the Royal Mandarin Hotel in London by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
He will then inspect a guard of honour at Horse Guards Parade, where he and his wife will also be given a ceremonial welcome by the Queen and Duke Of Edinburgh.
A state carriage procession will then take place down a flag-decked Mall to Buckingham Palace.
Mr Xi will later travel to Westminster where he will address MPs and Lords at the Palace of Westminster.
He will then visit Clarence House for a further engagement with Prince Charles and the Duchess Of Cornwall, before arriving back at Buckingham Palace for meetings with the Duke Of Cambridge and, afterwards, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The Queen will round off the day by hosting a state banquet in the president's honour, which will be attended by members of the Royal Family, including Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Mr Cameron and Mr Corbyn.
Prince Charles, a friend of the exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, will not be attending, but no official reason has been given for his absence.
China's ambassador to the UK has said he doubts Mr Corbyn will raise the issue of human rights at the banquet, but the Labour leader's spokesman said he would be "using the opportunity" of Mr Xi's visit to raise his concerns.
Amnesty International and other groups have announced their intention to hold protests during the visit over censorship and human rights violations in China.
It is also expected that there will also be a pro-China rally.
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Brighton have signed Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi on a one-month loan deal.

The 32-year-old Oman international has only made one appearance for the Latics this season, in the League Cup defeat by Burton in August.
"With David Stockdale currently being injured, we felt it was important to bring in another experienced keeper," Brighton boss Sami Hyypia said.
"Ali certainly fits into this category as someone who has played at the top level for both Bolton and Wigan."
Brighton number one Stockdale missed his side's League Cup defeat by Tottenham on Wednesday with a finger injury.
Teenager Christian Walton deputised for the former Fulham man, making his senior debut for the Sussex club.
Al-Habsi made 28 appearances for Wigan last season but has been second in the pecking order behind Scott Carson this season.
"Last year he was fantastic but I made a decision this year to go with Scott," Wigan manager Uwe Rosler told BBC Radio Manchester.
"Ali has been absolutely professional.
"He is in my thoughts and in my plans but with such a class goalkeeper, at some point you have to give him games.
"I know his contract runs out at the end of the season and at some point we need to make a decision on that.
"We loan him initially for a month and after that we see where we are and how Ali feels.
"It is a gesture from us to support Ali because he has supported us and to give him competitive games."
Al-Habsi could make his debut for the Seagulls against Bournemouth on Saturday but he is ineligible to face his parent club at the Amex Stadium on Tuesday.


Former Tottenham and Middlesbrough forward Mido has been sacked as the coach of Zamalek for a second time after only 37 days in charge of the Egyptian champions.

The 32-year-old, who had a six-month spell in charge in 2014, was re-appointed on 4 January.
He won his first four games, but a draw and a defeat was followed by a 2-0 loss to arch-rivals Al Ahly on Tuesday.
That left Ahly seven points clear of Zamalek at the top of the table.
Mohamed Salah takes over as interim coach while the club looks to recruit a foreign boss.
Director of football Hazem Emam, who was appointed at the same time as Mido, has also been dismissed.
Mido, who took over from Brazilian coach Marcos Paqueta, is the third coach sacked by Zamalek this season following the dismissals of Jesualdo Ferreira and Paqueta.
Mido retired from playing in 2013 and took on his first coaching role at Zamalek in January 2014.
During his first season in charge, Zamalek finished third in the league and secured a place in last year's Confederation Cup.
He also won the Egypt Cup, making him the youngest Egyptian manager to win a major trophy.
He was replaced in July 2014 by Hossam Hassan following some modest results and differences with the club management.


Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is one of the most unpredictable players in footballing history, says former City star Rodney Marsh.

Balotelli and manager Roberto Mancini reportedly had to be separated after a bust-up at the club's training ground.
"Balotelli is a maverick, a fantastic footballer, and you know at some stage he will let you down," said Marsh.
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"Roberto Mancini is also very flamboyant and volatile. Those two are incendiary."
Balotelli, 22, has been involved in a series of controversies since his £24m move from Inter Milan in August 2010, but Marsh said he could still stay at the club.
"I think Balotelli is one of the most unpredictable footballers in the history of football," said Marsh, who scored 36 goals in 118 appearances for City between 1972 and 1975. "Trying to predict what he is going to do is folly.
"But my feeling is, incredible as it sounds, that Balotelli will start against Watford in the FA Cup on Saturday and probably score a couple of goals.
"Of course they could patch it up. Equally he could be chucked out of the door tomorrow and be back at an Italian club."
Former West Ham and Charlton manager Alan Curbishley said the dispute between Italians Balotelli and Mancini detracted from City's hopes on the pitch.
"The big problem the two of them have got is that we are reading about them for all the wrong reasons," he said.
"You don't get something like this coming out of Manchester United, Arsenal or Chelsea. It just seems to be Manchester City at the moment and they have got to resolve it."
Ex-England international Marsh believes Balotelli is a maverick who needs careful management.
"I love Balotelli. The only question is whether the managers he plays for can handle him," said Marsh.
"It's simple for me, you either love him, and cuddle him and embrace him, or you dump him. I thought he would have been dumped about six months ago. I'm shocked that he's still there now.
"It's just one of those dynamics that comes along from time to time - two personalities clash. It's like a man and a wife constantly arguing and bickering.
"They are both incredibly passionate, brilliant at what they do, are champions, but the chemistry between the two just doesn't seem to work."
Mancini resolved a dispute with striker Carlos Tevez, who did not play for City for six months after the manager claimed he failed to warm-up in the 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich in September 2011, but Marsh said this controversy was different.
"I don't think you can possibly compare Tevez and Balotelli as personalities," he said.
"Balotelli is like a let-down balloon. You never know what he's going to do or when he's going to do it. That's on the pitch as well as off it, whereas Tevez has been a hard-working reliable player that gives 100% at every time to the team.
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"For every two things that Balotelli does great, he does three things that are harmful to the team. I thought his attitude against Manchester United in the first derby of the season, when he started over Tevez, was very poor. In the end I think it cost City three points. If City lose the Premier League by three points, that's how destructive it can be."
Former Manchester City midfielder Dietmar Hamann says the latest incident shows Mancini is "running out of patience" with the striker and told BBC Sport: "I can't see him having a future at the club."
However, Hamann believes City could benefit from losing Balotelli, and explained:  "We musn't forget that when he got sent off against Arsenal in the last six games where he didn't play - he only featured for 15 or 20 minutes in the last game - they won all six.
"So if it wasn't for him being sent off against Arsenal I'm not sure whether City would have won the league last season. I think the team wanted to prove a point to the manager that 'we don't need him'.
"It's got to a stage now where it seriously harms the reputation of the football club. These stories go worldwide. First and foremost the manager has to make a decision."
City have declined to comment, although Mancini will be expected to answer questions about the incident at his news conference on Friday morning.
In December, Balotelli was set to take City to a tribunal over a two-week fine for missing 12 games last season because of suspensions.
He later dropped the action and accepted the punishment, prompting Mancini to say he was willing to give the striker another chance.
In November, Mancini said that he had no intention of selling the player, who scored 17 goals in all competitions for City last season but was sent off twice.


Two men who unknowingly sold more than £100,000 worth of stolen cars to the police during a six-month sting have been jailed.

Dean Cronin, 41, and Daniel Gordon, 28, both from Cardiff, were behind a campaign which saw luxury cars being stolen from driveways across south Wales, the city's crown court heard.
Both pleaded guilty to conspiring to handle stolen goods.
Cronin was jailed for three-and-a-half years and Gordon for 20 months.
South Wales Police said houses were burgled for the car keys inside, and vehicles were driven off while their owners were sleeping upstairs.
But the buyers on seven occasions were police officers, who were building a file of evidence against the pair.
Between June and November, 2016, Cronin and Gordon sold vehicles worth £110,000 to officers for just under £5,400 - including a Mercedes GLA worth £31,000, for just £1,200.
The vehicles had been stolen from places including Cathays and Llanishen in Cardiff, Penarth, in Vale of Glamorgan and Caerphilly.
Det Insp Dean Taylor said: "Dean Cronin and Daniel Gordon headed up an organised crime group which was behind a relentless campaign of crimes across the region.
"They created the market for stolen vehicles and in doing so they inflicted misery and the trauma of being the victim of a burglary upon lots of people.
"The cars which they sold on would have been stripped down for parts or cloned which means they would continue life on our roads as unregistered, illegal and therefore unsafe vehicles."
He said investigations were ongoing to secure convictions for "the burglaries which fuelled their illegal operation".


Lewis Hamilton crashed early in second practice as team-mate Nico Rosberg underlined Mercedes' pace at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Hamilton lost control at Turn 11 and slid into the barriers on his fourth lap. He limped back to the pits but could not run again, ending up fifth.
Rosberg was 0.595secs quicker than Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in second.
Ferrari were struggling, with Sebastian Vettel 0.327secs back, 0.322secs ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
Vettel's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was sixth fastest, more than 1.6secs off the pace.
Raikkonen was less than 0.3secs quicker than the McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button - separated by only 0.059secs in seventh and eighth places.
And Ferrari lacked race pace, too, with Raikkonen doing a long run on heavy fuel at the same time as Rosberg and lapping on average about a second slower.
Mercedes were just as dominant on the race runs, Rosberg well over half a second on average quicker than the next quickest man, Verstappen.
Hamilton's mistake - he lost the rear on entry to one of the most demanding corners on a difficult track - will have cost him track time and experience of the car on full tanks, but that is unlikely to be too much of a hindrance on a track he knows well and is one of his favourites.
He was 0.237secs quicker than Rosberg in the first session and heads into the weekend a point adrift of his team-mate in the championship.
Hamilton has set himself the target of going into the summer break after next weekend's German Grand Prix with a points lead, something he has not had yet so far in 2016 after a difficult start to the season that saw him 43 points behind Rosberg after the first four races.
Renault's Jolyon Palmer was 19th fastest, 0.181secs and two places behind team-mate Kevin Magnussen.
Lewis Hamilton, P5: "They have those new white kerbs, I just put my rear wheel just over the white line and just touched it and they are very slippery. I don't know why they have put them there, it was perfectly fine before.
"Nico had really good runs, so I can study that. Pace was feeling quite good. It is just about getting in the swing of things, if you miss a session that's what you miss."
Nico Rosberg, P1: "An impressive day for us, performance-wise. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean we'll be in quite such a strong position tomorrow - but for now it's very positive.
"I'm feeling great out there and the car is very quick, so a good start to the weekend overall. Obviously, it's a great feeling to start the day like that with the contract being sorted. That was always going to be a positive boost."
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Scotland's largest health board has been taken to court by Catholic staff who claim conscientious objections over abortion procedures were disregarded.

Midwifery sisters Mary Doogan, 57, and Concepta Wood, 51, say being forced to supervise staff taking part in abortions violates their human rights.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde claims conscientious objections do not give them the right to refuse such duties.
The hearing, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, continues.
Ms Doogan and Mrs Wood sought during a grievance procedure to have confirmation that they were not required to delegate, supervise or support staff in the participation and care of patients through "the processes of medical termination of pregnancy and feticide".
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) rejected their application.
Both women have now gone to court seeking to have the ruling set aside in a judicial review.
They claim that the refusal to recognise their entitlement to conscientious objection was unreasonable and violated their rights under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) guaranteeing the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
They are seeking a finding that their entitlement to conscientious objection to taking part in abortions in terms of the 1967 Abortion Act includes the right to refuse to delegate, supervise and support staff involved in such work.
The women said in their petition that they are practising Roman Catholics and: "They hold a religious belief that all human life is sacred from the moment of conception and that termination of pregnancy is a grave offence against human life."
They maintain that they hold the belief that that their involvement in the process of termination is wrongful and an offence against God and the teachings of their church.
Ms Doogan and Mrs Wood, who are both midwifery sisters at the Southern General Hospital, in Glasgow, worked in the labour ward.
Ms Doogan, from Glasgow, has been absent through ill health since 2010 as a result of the dispute.
Her colleague, from Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, has been transferred to maternity assessment work.
NHS GGC, which is contesting their action, said it recognised their right not to participate in terminations under the terms of the Abortion Act.
But it maintains that it decided correctly that requiring them to delegate staff to nurse women undergoing medical terminations and to supervise and support staff undertaking that duty was lawful.
It maintains that the women's rights to conscientious objection under the legislation does not include the right to refuse such duties.
The board said that its decision respects the women's rights under Article 9 of the ECHR.


Convicted terrorists are being recruited by the Metropolitan Police in an effort to stop more people being lured to join the conflict in Syria.

Head of counter-terrorism Commander Richard Walton said ex-jihadis who had abandoned radicalism were "powerful voices" in countering propaganda.
He told the Evening Standard "we have a few" but are "desperate" to find more.
His officers had to engage with terrorists, even those in prison, to try to turn them around, he added.
The Met's counter-terrorism command arrested 225 people on suspicion of terrorism-related offences in the year to August - a 32% increase on the previous 12 months, latest figures show.
Of those arrested, 29 were women or girls and 17 were under the age of 20, the Met said.
Commander Walton said the Met had rescued several families, some including toddlers, heading to Syria from Turkey in recent months after tip-offs from family or friends worried about their fate.
Militant group Islamic State uses social media as a tool to recruit new members in the UK, and elsewhere.
But the Met wants to develop new "counter-narratives" to challenge the group's ideology, with the help of former extremists.
Commander Walton said: "We can't write off anyone convicted of a terrorist offence.
"Some terrorist offence sentences for possession of extremist material are not lengthy. We know they are going to come out.
"It's a concerning offence but they've not gone on to commit more serious terrorist offences, so there is an opportunity to work with them," he added.
At least 700 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq - mostly Islamic State, British police say.
About half have since returned to Britain.


A cargo ship which became stranded in the Solent for 19 days after developing a severe list was "unstable" when it left port, a report says.

The Hoegh Osaka ran aground in January 2015 on its way from Southampton to Bremerhaven carrying high-end cars.
A "significant difference" between the actual and estimated cargo weight left it unstable and contributed to the accident, marine investigators found.
Owner Hoegh Autolines said no one person could be blamed for the error.
"There were a number of circumstances here. We cannot put responsibility on one individual or group," it said in a statement.
The 51,000-tonne vessel, which left Southampton on 3 January 2014 at 20:06 GMT, was "rounding West Bramble buoy in the Solent when it developed a significant starboard list, causing some cargo shift and consequent flooding", the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report said.
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The pilot gave the order to "stop engines" at 21:10 GMT and the ship continued to list at an angle of 40 degrees, leaving the rudder and propeller out of the water.
A JCB stone cutter broke free of its lashings and ripped a hole in the hull, causing sea water to enter the ship.
One off-duty crew member broke an arm and a leg as he stumbled and fell 18m down a corridor, hitting the door at the end.
MAIB chief inspector Steve Clinch said: "The MAIB's investigation found that Hoegh Osaka's stability did not meet the minimum international requirements for ships proceeding to sea.
"Crucially, the assumed distribution of ballast on board bore no resemblance to reality, which resulted in the ship leaving Southampton with a higher centre of gravity than normal."
The report concluded:
Land Rovers were estimated to be two tonnes each but actually weighed significantly more, which accounted for almost 350 extra tonnes.
The report said: "Cargo distribution was such that the upper vehicle decks were full while the lower vehicle decks were lightly loaded.
"The ship's inadequate stability had not been identified as no accurate stability calculation had been carried out before the ship sailed."
It also said no stability estimation had been completed after all the cargo had been loaded, which had "become the norm" in the car carrier sector in general.
There's a very telling sentence in the report: "Unsafe practices had become the norm."
The faults which led to the most dramatic incident in the Solent in decades are not confined to this ship, this company or this port.
They are, the report suggests, endemic throughout the car carrying industry.
When it happened, there were hints that only the brave actions of the captain and pilot had led to the ship being grounded on Bramble Bank.
Today's report says no such thing. It was pure chance that the ship ran aground in shallow water.
If the ship had started to turn a few moments earlier or later, the Hoegh Osaka would have ended up in the only deep water channel.
It would have stopped the container port, stopped the cruise ships, stopped the ferries. And it would have meant Britain's largest oil refinery running out of supplies.
In pictures: The stricken Hoegh Osaka
The MAIB recommended Hoegh Autoliners "enhance its internal procedures and instructions to ensure that the stability of its vessels is maintained throughout the operating cycle".
The report said the ship owners had commenced an internal investigation and introduced new procedures.


Police officers have recovered ammunition in the south of Edinburgh a week after two firearms incidents.

The intelligence-led operation on Saturday evening came seven days after shots were fired at two addresses.
In the first incident, a parked car was shot at in the Murrays Brae and a few minutes later, shots were fired at a property in Gilmerton Dykes Drive.
The ammunition was found in the Blackford area and has been sent for further analysis.
On Saturday, officers carried out high-visibility patrols in areas where the shots were fired and spoke to people to try to get more information.
The shootings are being investigated by the Organised Crime Unit and police said activity would continue until those responsible have been identified.
Det Ch Insp Kenny Gray said: "The recovery of the firearms ammunition on Saturday evening is significant, as it sends a clear message to those involved in serious organised crime that we are continuing with our efforts to shut down their illegal activities.
"Incidents like those witnessed last week remain extremely rare, but can cause significant distress to the local communities when they do occur."
Officers have said they want to trace two people seen on a motorbike in the area. They were wearing lighter coloured trousers, dark tops and the rear passenger may not have been wearing a helmet.
Four people have already been detained. No-one is believed to have been injured in the incidents.


A supervisor for high street chain Wilko groped a woman in a store then told her "I'm a dirty old perv," a court has heard.

Nigel Rowse, 59, put his hand on the woman's bottom and between her legs and told her he was in love with her.
Rowse, of Umberleigh, Devon, admitted sexual assault and received a five-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.
His victim said the assault had "destroyed her confidence".
Rachel Drake, prosecuting at Exeter Crown Court, said Rowse had touched the woman in the firm's store in the city in May last year.
She said the woman jumped and told Rowse to stop but he returned a short time later and repeated his behaviour.
"She told him he had problems and he replied 'I'm a dirty old perv and they ought to put something in my tea,'" said Miss Drake.
A disciplinary inquiry led to Rowse being sacked and the police being informed.
In a victim impact statement the woman said the assault made her feel like "a totally different person" and had caused her stress and anxiety.
Warren Robinson, defending, said the incident and its consequences had forced Rowse to reassess his behaviour and attitudes towards women.
Recorder Donald Tait told Rowse the stress he caused was "serious and significant".
"The woman felt unable to confide in anyone and felt trapped," Mr Tait said.


Jose Mourinho insists he is not concerned about his future as Chelsea manager as he looks to revive their season.

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The defending Premier League champions are 15th in the table and have won three league games this season.
"I am not worried about my job. I am not worried about my future," Mourinho said ahead of Saturday's visit of Liverpool.
"I don't spend one second of my day thinking about it."
He added in his pre-match media conference: "It looks like you want to put a lot of pressure on me in relation to that, where you can't do it. You can't do it."
Reports have suggested the 52-year-old could lose his job if the Blues are beaten by Liverpool on Saturday.
But Mourinho refused to comment on whether he has received reassurances from Chelsea's board and owner Roman Abramovich about his future.
Asked if he had been given a guarantee, Mourinho replied: "I don't have to tell you."
In August, Mourinho signed a four-year contract extension until June 2019, but Chelsea have suffered the worst title defence since the Premier League began and have lost half of their 10 league games this season.
Abramovich has previously dismissed managers when Chelsea's place in the Premier League's top four and qualification for the Champions League the following season had been in doubt.
The Portuguese said he failed to understand the clamour for a manager to be removed from his position, using the example of Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool.
"What I would like to understand is why some people can be so excited and happy with the perspective of somebody losing his job," he said.
"It's sad. The Brendan situation - he was almost winning the Premier League. He was the manager of the season. He won the award from Barclays, the managers' association and everything.
"And suddenly, you (the media) were really happy and working hard until he was sacked. It's strange.
"I don't belong to this world. I'm too much emotional. I hate people losing jobs. Not in football, in everything."
Boss Jose Mourinho says he "cannot promise" that Chelsea will qualify for the Champions League next season.
He said: "Chelsea is a big club. It's the club that I choose to come to. It's a club I live in a very specific way every day.
"Liverpool is a big club, Manchester United is a super big club. Last season Liverpool win nothing and didn't qualify for the Champions League."
Mourinho also declined to comment on two disciplinary matters hanging over him.
The former Real Madrid and Inter Milan boss had until Thursday evening to respond to a misconduct charge relating to his half-time dismissal by referee Jonathan Moss at West Ham.
Mourinho expects his appeal against a £50,000 fine and suspended one-match stadium ban for comments made about referee Robert Madley following the October 3 loss to Southampton to be heard on Friday.
"I think so," he said. "Not optimistic, not pessimistic - just wait."


Cameroon's Sports Minister has said that the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead in the country despite concerns over the pace of preparations.

Recent reports suggest that stadium construction is behind schedule while Cameroon also faces economic problems.
"Despite security concerns, social and economic crises, the government and President Paul Biya are totally engaged to do everything for the Nations Cup to go ahead," said Ismael Bidoung.
Cameroon won this year's Nations Cup.
In the wake of concerns aired about Cameroon's readiness, North African nations Algeria and Morocco have recently put themselves forward as back-up options for the finals.
Bidoung said that group games will take place in five cities, with Limbe having been added to the four venues mentioned in Cameroon's original bid: Bafoussam, Douala, Garoua and the capital Yaounde.
However, more venues are needed for the teams' training - some of which were already used when Cameroon hosted the Women's Africa Cup of Nations last year.
"Of the 32 stadia required for the 2019 Nations Cup, the 11 that served for the 2016 Women Africa Cup of Nations are ready and functional," said Bidoung.
"For the 21 other stadia, 14 are under rehabilitation and 7 are still to be constructed."
The stadiums in Yaounde (the 60,000-capacity Japoma) and in Douala (50,000) are those that require the most reconstruction work.
Italian firm Piccini is working on the Olembe stadium in Yaounde and has reassured Cameroonians that it will deliver the venue three months before the finals begin.
It added that 80% of the material will be precast in Italy before being shipped to Cameroon.
"The stadium will be ready for Caf inspection in September 2017, but you must be aware that work will still be going on in the complex afterwards," said Marc Debandt, the director for the Olembe project.
"The commercial centre and hotel will be completed afterwards."
One former Cameroon international, Patrick Mboma, is fearful about the slow pace of work across his nation.
"For the past two years I have been sending out a distress signal," he said on Twitter.
"Cameroon is not advancing for the 2019 Nations Cup. Let's avoid humiliation. This is a dream that must not be shattered."
Cameroon has won the Nations Cup five times, four more than it has hosted the event - with its sole staging coming back in 1972, when Congo took the title.


The Irish prime minster has said the door remains open for the UK to stay in the European Union (EU).

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was speaking in Brussels where he is attending his first European Union summit.
Mr Varadkar also said the Republic of Ireland did not want the UK to leave the EU, the single market or the customs union.
He said leaving the EU was a matter for the UK, but added that its position "may change".
He said: "Countries can take positions, often very strong positions, they are often negotiating positions, and yet the final outcome might be more favourable.
While Britain says it intends to leave the customs union and the single market, he said, it also says it wants a free trade agreement - and many elements of that free trade agreement might be very similar to the customs union.
The Taoiseach was speaking following a bilateral meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk.
The former GP is the son of an Irish nurse and a doctor from India.
He was first elected as a councillor at the age of 24 and took a seat in the Dáil in 2007.
Shortly before the 2015 same-sex marriage referendum in Ireland he came out as gay during an interview with RTÉ.
His views are regarded as a centre-right politically due to his approach to socio-economic issues.
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Asked if the UK should be given more flexibility on the timetable of the negotiations, so that both sides could get into the future trading relationship more quickly, Mr Varadkar said the outcome was more important than the timetable.
"I would rather have a good deal for Ireland in time, than one that doesn't work for us in a shorter time period," he said.
"When it comes to issues relating to the border... it will be difficult to determine the final shape of that until we know what the new trade arrangements are between the UK and the EU."
Mr Varadkar repeated that the Republic of Ireland's objective remained that there should be no economic border with Northern Ireland.
"Brexit is a British policy, it's not an Irish policy. But we have objectives, some strong objectives too, just as the British may have their views on how to Brexit should take shape, we have ours.
"We want to retain the normal trading relationships there has been between the two islands for many decades," he added.
The Irish government has said it is demanding "special status" for Northern Ireland after Brexit.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has dismissed what he described as the "language coming from London" in recent days that technology alone - cameras and online permits - could bypass the need for border posts.
Mr Coveney, who has recently met with EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, said an unprecedented "political solution" was needed to keep the status quo and an effectively invisible frontier.
"What we are insisting on achieving is a special status for Northern Ireland that allows the interaction on this island, as is currently the case, to be maintained," he said.
"It is not so much about a soft or hard border, it is about an invisible border effectively, that you don't notice as you cross it.
"To achieve that, we need to draw up a political solution here as well as technical and practical one, which doesn't really have any precedent in the European Union."
Mr Coveney said the solution would have to respect the territorial integrity of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom.
"This is not going to be a straightforward problem to solve," he said.
The call for special status is a new departure for the Irish government.
Special status has been previously ruled out by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire.
Sinn Féin, the SDLP and the Alliance Party have all called for Northern Ireland to have some sort of special status after the UK leaves the EU but the UUP and the DUP are both opposed.


World number 10 Justin Rose has withdrawn from next week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth because of a back injury.

The 35-year-old former US Open champion struggled with the problem at the recent Players Championship at Sawgrass, where he finished tied 19th.
"I am sad to have to miss what I regard as my home event," said the Englishman.
His withdrawal follows Rory McIlroy's decision to opt out of the tournament earlier this month.
The Northern Irish world number three did not want to play four weeks in a row.


Schools in England are being promised an extra £1.3bn over two years, as the government responded to pressure from campaigns over funding shortages.

But the cash for schools will be taken from elsewhere in the education budget, such as spending on free schools.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says it represents a real-terms freeze on school budgets for the next two years.
Education Secretary Justine Greening told MPs she recognised there was public concern over school funding.
Ms Greening told the House of Commons this "significant investment" would help to "raise standards, promote social mobility and to give every child the best possible education".
But Labour's shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, said: "This is all being funded without a penny of new money from the Treasury.
"They are not committing any new money and have not been clear about exactly what programmes they will be cutting to plug the funding back hole."
But Jules White, a West Sussex head teacher who co-ordinated a campaign over funding shortages, said: "The government finally appears to be listening."
But he cautioned that any increase would need to keep up with "rising pupil numbers and inflationary costs".
Geoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said this was a "step in the right direction and an acknowledgment of the huge level of concern around the country on this issue".
But he said schools would still have to see the implications of the money being "saved from elsewhere in the education budget".
Chris Keates leader of the NASUWT teachers' union called Ms Greening's statement "a recycled announcement of recycled money".
Jo Yurky, who headed a parents' campaign over funding, said this was "positive news" and an "amazing turn-around" in attitude from ministers, but pressure needed to be kept up on protecting funding.
A joint statement from the NUT and ATL teachers' unions accused the government of "smoke and mirrors".
"Whilst any extra money is welcome this isn't enough to stop the huge cuts that schools are making," said the teachers' unions.
School funding became a major issue during the general election, with school leaders and teachers' unions warning that budget shortages would mean cuts to staffing and subjects.
They pointed to evidence from the National Audit Office and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which warned of £3bn funding gap and schools facing an 8% real-terms budget cut.
During the election, the Conservatives had promised an extra £1bn per year, which on top of planned increases, would have meant the core schools budget rising by about £4bn in 2021-22.
Most of this extra funding was going to come from scrapping free meals for all infants, a policy which was subsequently ditched.
Under the plans announced by Ms Greening on Monday, the overall core schools budget will rise by £2.6bn between 2017-18 and 2019-20.
All schools will receive at least an increase of 0.5% in cash terms.
The Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Layla Moran said: "This is a desperate attempt to pull the wool over people's eyes.
"Schools are still facing cuts to their budgets once inflation and increasing class sizes are taken into account."
As well as concerns about the overall amount of money available, there has been controversy over how it is divided between individual schools.
A new National Funding Formula was announced by education secretary Justine Greening before Christmas.
Ms Greening said the new formula would go ahead and would address unfair and inconsistent levels of funding.
Under the new arrangements, from 2018-19, the minimum funding per secondary pupil would be set at £4,800 per year.
For many years there have been complaints that schools in different parts of the country were receiving different levels of per pupil funding.
Details of an updated version of the formula, with budgets for individual schools, are being promised for the autumn.