The Princess Royal is scheduled to undertake a series of visits in Lewis next month.
Princess Anne has returned to royal duties following a recent spell in hospital after being struck by a horse on her estate at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement she had sustained “minor injuries and concussion.”
She was discharged after spending five nights under observation. A series of planned engagements for this month were postponed while her trip to Canada was also put off.
The 73-year-old royal has began a “gradual return to duties.” Today, she is due to
visit lighthouse tender ship, NLV Pharos, in Greenock.
Princess Anne is scheduled to travel to Lewis on Thursday 29 August.
Her itinerary includes a visit to the Ishga seaweed company at Gleann Seileach Business Park in Stornoway.
She will also visit Bethesda Care Home and Hospice, the facility she officially opened in 1992, some 32 years ago.
The Princess Royal also plans to attend at two community-run hubs on the island -
the Aros an Rubha facility in Point and the Carloway Community Centre and shop.
This will be the latest in a number of visits to the islands the princess has undertaken in recent years.
Castlebay School pipers gave her a musical welcome when she visited Barra in 2021 to officially open Barra Citizen’s Advice Bureau new offices. She also presented awards to long serving staff members.
In 2019, The Princess Royal officially opened the newly refurbished Kinloch Community
Hub which includes a newly purpose-built charity shop, a laundrette, a café, two
museum rooms housing the social and military history of Kinloch, and an archive and
research area.
She was also guest of honour at the official handover of the Flannan Isles former
shore station to the Breasclete community. Princess Anne - who has a passion for
lighthouses - unveiled a plaque commemorating the new ownership of An Taigh Mòr (the
big house), marking a new chapter in the historic building’s 120 year history.
The listed sandstone building was built in 1899 as a shore base for the families of lighthouse keepers to the Flannan Isles.
Two of the keepers lost in the Flannan Isles tragedy of 1900 - James Ducat and Thomas
Marshall - lived with their families in the house. Donald Macarthur, the third missing
keeper, was local to the village of Breasclete.
She officially opened a £2.4 million extension to the Shawbost mill in 2017, and she stamped a length of Harris Tweed with the official Orb mark to verify it was the real article. On that occasion she wore an autumn brown coloured Harris Tweed jacket with a distinctive check pattern gifted to her by volunteers at the Lewis branch of Save the Children in 2001.
Princess Anne plans to visit Lewis
15 July 2024