The Queen last came to our local area in 2015 when she made an official visit to Lancaster Castle.
Her Majesty's visit was part of the celebrations to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the creation of the Duchy of Lancaster.
It began with a ceremonial welcome at Lancaster Castle and included a tour of Duchy farms across the Myerscough estate.
The Royal Train arrived at Lancaster railway station at 10.22am on May 29 and, wearing a turquoise outfit by Angela Kelly, her favourite designer, was met by large, cheering crowds in pouring rain, and the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Her car pulled up outside the castle’s John O’Gaunt gate and Her Majesty stepped out onto a temporary stage. Crowds in the Castle Hill area greeted her waving Union flags, and a band played 'God Save the Queen'.
The approach was also lined by local air, sea and army cadets and members of the Duke of Lancaster’s own Yeomanry were in attendance.
On her arrival at the Castle, Her Majesty was officially welcomed by the chairman of the Duchy of Lancaster Council and presented with the keys of the Castle by its Constable, the first Lady Constable in the Castle’s long history.
Duchy Chancellor The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP was also part of the welcoming party on the platform.
Eight-year old Nancy Weedy, a pupil at Dallas Road Primary School and chorister at Lancaster Priory, presented Her Majesty with a posy of red Lancaster roses.
In the Upper Courtyard, the Queen, who was also the Duke of Lancaster, met members of the Duchy Council.
Brownies from 5th Lancaster Bowerham and cubs from 35th Lancaster, Skerton formed a guard of honour into the Chapel Courtyard, where actors from local company Demi-Paradise performed an extract from Shakespeare’s Richard II.
Invited guests then took part in a reception in ‘A’ wing, an area of the Castle closed to the public as part of Her Majesty’s Prison Lancaster until 2013.
Her Majesty The Queen then travelled to one of the Duchy of Lancaster’s rural estates at Myerscough. At Lodge Farm, agricultural students demonstrated their skills as farriers, sheep-shearers and cattle handlers.
The Queen also made official visits to Lancaster Castle in 1969 and 1977, her Silver Jubilee year.
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