We're delighted to have HRH The Princess Royal visit us yesterday to learn more about the work we're doing to save Scotland's wildcats 🧡
Following a tour of the project hub, HRH unveiled a plaque to commemorate the visit.
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25 March 2024
The Princess Royal has paid her respects to those who lost their lives in the Lockerbie bombing, which happened 35 years ago.
On 21 December 1988, a bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit as it flew above the Dumfries and Galloway town, killing all 259 passengers and crew onboard.
A further 11 people died on the ground as parts of the wreckage landed on homes in the town.
Princess Anne visited Dryfesdale cemetery and the visitor centre on the town’s outskirts to remember those who lost their lives to the bombing.
She met officials from Dumfries and Galloway Council, as well as others involved in keeping the memory of those who lost their lives alive.
She was joined by Fiona Armstrong, Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries.
Ms Armstrong, also a newsreader and reporter, covered the bombing while working as a journalist.
The princess was shown around the visitor centre and spoke those in attendance.
She signed the visitor guestbook and unveiled a small plaque created in honour of her visit to the site.
Shortly afterwards, she walked through the graveyard to the official memorial for those who were killed as a result of the bombing, where she laid a special wreath signed by her in commemoration of the dead.
Ahead of laying the wreath, Ms Armstrong said:
“I was there on that night and I saw first-hand how this town rallied, how it copes and has continued to cope over the decades.
You could never be more proud of a community. A disaster like this can never be forgotten.
So much grief, such senseless losses, 270 innocent lives, remembered here on this memorial, each and every name will never be forgotten.
Lockerbie’s moto is forward, and we move together in hope.
Your Royal Highness, your brother, now the King, came here following the disaster.
Your mother, the late Queen; your father, the Duke of Edinburgh; also came here some years after to pay their respects.
And how we are honoured to have you here today, as the Princess Royal, but we also ask you to lay a wreath, please, of remembrance.”
Former Libyan intelligence officer, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, remains the only person to have been convicted following the atrocity.
He was found guilty of 270 counts of murder by a panel of three Scottish judges, sitting at a special court in the Hague in 2001 and was imprisoned in Scotland.
He was granted compassionate release in 2009 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer and returned to Libya where he died in 2012.
Libyan Abu Agila Masud is alleged to have helped make the bomb.
He is to go on trial in the US in May 2025 facing three charges which he denies.
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Special ring!
In a new study by ethical jewellery brand, KIAASH, Princess Anne's £25,000 engagement ring has been named the 'most eco-conscious celebrity engagement ring' and the most planet-friendly of all the royal family's wedding jewels, boasting a carbon footprint of 1,299Kg.
Princess Anne's stunning cabochon-cut blue sapphire ring, given to her by second husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, has been recognised for its earth-friendly components.
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Princess Anne, Patron of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Vice President of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, at the Trafalgar Night Dinner at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London on 19th October 2023.
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