Princess Anne has announced she will be visiting Norwich later this year.

The Princess Royal is expected to make a trip to the city on December 12 and according to the Royal Family diary, she will visit the Quadram Institute Science, Food and Health Research Facility in Norwich Research Park.

It comes after the Princess Royal's last two planned trips to the county were unexpectedly cancelled this summer due to her spending five nights in hospital after being struck by a horse while out walking.

Princess Anne last visited the county in January to celebrate the National Coastwatch Institution's 30th anniversary in Cromer (Image: Denise Bradley)

She was scheduled to visit the Citizens Advice Norwich at The Forum as Patron of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and Brancaster Station in north Norfolk as the Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution.

Her last official visit to the county was when she travelled to the Cromer Coastwatch station to celebrate the 30th-anniversary of the National Coastwatch 30th-anniversary celebration this January.

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The Princess Royal also officially opened the Norfolk Schools Sailing Association's new facilities at Filby Broad.

In 2023, the Princess Royal climbed the 112 winding steps to the top of Happisburgh Lighthouse as she visited the county.