THE Isle of Wight will host royalty next week, as HRH Anne, The Princess Royal visits Ventnor, Cowes and Newport.
Princess Anne, the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will visit the Island next Tuesday (July 26).
She will visit Cheetah Marine boat building factor on Eastern Esplanade in Ventnor.
As patron of UKSA, The Princess Royal will open a new accommodation facility at the Island-based national maritime charity at Arctic Road in Cowes.
Princess Anne will then be given a tour and meet staff, volunteers, patients and their families at Mountbatten in Newport.
The visit to Mountbatten is part of this year’s celebrations to mark 45 years of hospice care on the Island.
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