The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, will be visiting Bermuda in June of this year, at the end of the Centennial Newport-Bermuda Race that starts on 16 June in Newport, Rhode Island.

At the invitation of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Her Royal Highness will be the Guest of Honour at the Newport-Bermuda Race Prize-Giving which will be held at Government House on Saturday, 24 June and at associated events.

Among her many other charitable interests, Her Royal Highness is President of the Royal Yachting Association.

She will stay at Government House and her programme will include other engagements on the island. She last visited Bermuda in 2001.