Princess makes A&P a real 'royal' show

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Princess Anne is due to arrive in Christchurch on Friday to present awards at the Royal Show which starts today.

She will present the award for the Royal Agricultural Society supreme champion animal on Friday afternoon.

The Royal Show is expected to attract over 115,000 people, and features more than 7000 livestock.

Princess Anne is representing her father, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the 23rd Commonwealth Agricultural Conference.

She will also present a cheque for funds raised for CureKids by a charity event at the agricultural and pastoral show.

It is her first New Zealand visit since June 2006. She will visit the shearing pavilion to meet champion shearers celebrating 50 years of shearing at the show, and make a short visit to the "city farmyard".

On Saturday she will present the New Zealand Cup at Riccarton – the first time a royal has attended the race meeting since 1963.

- NZPA