Another Royal visit for the Bailiwick

Wednesday 03 October 2018

One of the Queen's cousins is to visit Guernsey and Alderney this month.

His Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent, will be in the Bailiwick two weeks today, on Wednesday 17 October.

As first cousin to Her Majesty, the Duke carries out a number of public and private engagements each year - representing a number of charities and organisations he is Patron of, as well as working on behalf of his cousin.

While in Alderney, the Duke of Kent - who is President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, will visit the island's Lifeboat Station and meet the crew.

In Guernsey, HRH will visit St James Concert and Assembly Hall, which is marking its bicentenary. On a previous visit, the Duke had officially re-opened the building in July 1985, after the States of Guernsey had agreed to pay for the restoration two years previously.

 

 

 

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The Duke of Kent meets @RNLI volunteers on the first day of his visit to the Channel Islands. The visit started at St Catherine’s RNLI, where The Duke, who is the president of the RNLI, was introduced to the volunteer crew, fundraisers and operations team at the station. Matt Porteous

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On other visits to the Channel Islands, HRH had met Guernsey's lifeboat crew in May 2016, when he also met Jersey's (above). Before that he also visited the Bailiwick in 2002 and 1985 when he re-opened St James. 

As well as being Patron of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, HRH is associated with more than 140 different charities and organisations including the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (Wimbledon), the National Army Museum and the British-German Association. 

Pictured: The Duke of Kent, image taken from the Royal Family website.