HRH Princess Royal was guest of honour at the Great Yorkshire Show today (9 July 2014).
Princess Royal was received by Lord Crathorne, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and then spoke to local dignitaries including, Andrew Jones MP, Assistant Chief Constable, Tim Madgewick, Honorary Show Director, Bill Cowling and the Mayor of Harrogate, Councillor Jim Clark.
Bill Cowling’s 6-year-old granddaughter, Francesca Kottler, presented a Yorkshire white rose to The Princess Royal before she went on a tour of the show, stopping to talk to local stone mason and stone sculpture artist Jonny Clasper, the ladies sheep shearing and the pig classes.
Tomorrow (10 July 2014) see the last day of the show for this year.
