ROYAL VISIT TO HONOUR SIGS

Her Royal Highness (HRH), the Princess Royal, Princess Anne will attend the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (RNZSigs) Centenary event at Linton Military Camp in Palmerston North on 15 February. Princess Anne is Colonel in Chief for the Corps and the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

The centenary celebrations include a parade, a cultural welcome, Royal Salute and inspection.

HRH will attend a Service of Remembrance at Pukeahu National War Memorial in Wellington where she is expected to lay a wreath and pay her respects at the United Kingdom Memorial.

During her visit to the Wellington region Princess Anne will visit the Riding for the Disabled Association in Pauatahanui for whom she is Patron, to view ride demonstrations, tour facilities and meet staff and service users and unveil a plaque to commemorate her visit.

Her New Zealand visit included Christchurch where she will be briefed about the Christchurch rebuild and rededicate the Citizens’ War Memorial in Cathedral Square.

She will also visit the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand (RAS) at the Canterbury Agricultural Park, the home of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. She is to receive an update on the role of New Zealand’s agricultural and pastoral showing movement, and the sheep and wool industry.

HRH will unveil a plaque in the Canterbury Agricultural Park Show Saviour garden, in commemoration of the support shown to the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association by the public during the years when shows were not held due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Army News centenary coverage: Page 6