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Princess Anne visits the Falklands and will open Stanley sports complex
Princess Anne arrived in the Falklands on Monday with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
She will formally open the new National Sports Complex in Stanley and meet local residents during her visit.
The trip runs until November 20 and will also take her to South Georgia, where she will commemorate explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Anne is visiting as Patron of the South Georgia Heritage Trust, which works to protect the island’s heritage and environment.
The visit comes during a week of developments in Argentina’s sovereignty dispute with the UK over the islands.
A tribunal is hearing Argentina’s request to halt the Sea Lion oil project, while Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies plans to debate a sovereignty defence bill on Thursday.
Princess Anne arrived in the Falkland Islands on Monday with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
She is due to formally open the new National Sports Complex in Stanley.
During the visit, she will meet community members and visit Cape Pembroke Lighthouse and Tussac House.
The visit runs until November 20 and is being made in her role as Patron of the South Georgia Heritage Trust.
She is also due to travel to South Georgia to commemorate explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
- Who
- Princess Anne, accompanied by her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
- What
- She arrived in the Falkland Islands and is due to open the new National Sports Complex in Stanley.
- When
- She arrived on Monday; the visit runs until November 20.
- Where
- The Falkland Islands, including Stanley; she will later travel to South Georgia.
- Why
- The visit is in her role as Patron of the South Georgia Heritage Trust and includes commemorating Sir Ernest Shackleton.
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Princess Anne arrived in the Falkland Islands with Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is holding hearings in Hamburg on Argentina’s request to halt the Sea Lion oil project.
Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies plans to debate the sovereignty defence bill.
Princess Anne’s visit to the islands is scheduled to continue.
- Arrival
- Monday
- Accompanying her
- Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence
- Stanley engagement
- Opening of the new National Sports Complex
- Visit end date
- November 20
- South Georgia role
- Patron of the South Georgia Heritage Trust
What people are saying
It’s wonderful to have Her Royal Highness back in the Falklands
We are delighted they will get a chance to see the progress made in the Islands since their last visit in 2022