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The sun shines for Princess Anne on her latest visit to the Bailiwick

The sun shines for Princess Anne on her latest visit to the Bailiwick

Wednesday 18 July 2018

The sun shines for Princess Anne on her latest visit to the Bailiwick

Wednesday 18 July 2018


Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, is visiting the Bailiwick today with trips to Guernsey, Sark and the Casquets, off Alderney, on her agenda.

The Princess Royal is visiting the islands in her role as Master of Trinity House, which oversees and maintains lighthouses around the British Isles.

Trinity House is a charitable organisation "dedicated to safeguarding shipping and seafarers, providing education, support and welfare to the seafaring community with a statutory duty as a General Lighthouse Authority to deliver a reliable, efficient and cost effective aids to navigation service for the benefit and safety of all mariners."

The Bailiwick visit by The Princess Royal will start today at Torteval Church, where Her Royal Highness will see the recent restoration work and commemorate its bicentenary.  The Princess Royal will then meet parish officials and see a series of outdoor displays that tell the story of rural and historic Guernsey.  

The Bailiwick visit by The Princess Royal will start at Torteval Church, where Her Royal Highness will see the recent restoration work and commemorate its bicentenary.  The Princess Royal will then meet parish officials and see a series of outdoor displays that tell the story of rural and historic Guernsey.  

Anyone who wants to see Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal during her visit should head to Torteval for the best vantage points.

The best position to see The Princess Royal, will be either outside Torteval Parish Church or in the field behind the Church Hall. Anyone wanting to do so should be there by mid-morning. Additional parking will be available at the main Glebe field, in the car park used for the annual Scarecrow Festival.

Sark lighthouse

Later today, Her Royal Highness will visit Point Robert lighthouse, in Sark (pictured above), before travelling to Les Casquets (pictured below) to visit a team of engineers working on the station.

 Les Casquets

The Princess Royal is Master of Trinity House, which was founded in 1514 by Royal Charter and now maintains more than 60 lighthouses around England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.

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