THE Isle of Wight will host royalty today (Tuesday), when The Princess Royal visits Ventnor, Cowes and Newport.

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Princess Anne, the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is set to visit three organisations while here.

She will visit Cheetah Marine boat building factor on Eastern Esplanade in Ventnor.

A successful operation for 30 years, Cheetah Marine focuses on the specialist design and construction of power catamarans.

As patron of UKSA, The Princess Royal will open a new accommodation facility at the Island-based national maritime charity at Arctic Road in Cowes.

She will then be given a tour and meet staff, volunteers, patients and their families at Mountbatten in Newport.

The visit to Mountbatten is part of this year’s celebrations to mark 45 years of hospice care on the Island.

The Princess Royal has made numerous visits to the Island in recent years, including to Citizens Adice, Riding for the Disabled, NCI Needles Station, Hampshire and IW Wildlife Trust in Cowes, the RNLI lifeboat station in Cowes, and the RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre in East Cowes.