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Anne arrives in Papua New Guinea as part of Queen’s jubilee programme

The Princess Royal was greeted on the tarmac of Jacksons International Airport with a 21-gun salute.

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The Princess Royal has arrived in Papua New Guinea to continue her southern hemisphere tour to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, landed in Port Moresby on Monday after a weekend of engagements in Australia, including opening the 200th Sydney Royal Easter Show on Saturday.

Princess Royal visit to Papua New Guinea
The Princess Royal is presented with a garland of flowers at Jacksons International Airport (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

She will also open a Women’s Resource Centre at Vabukori Village and the National Cardiac Diagnostic Centre at Port Moresby General Hospital, and will meet elders and community leaders at Hanuabada Village.

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Anne was a guest of honour at the Sydney Royal Easter Show’s opening at Homebush (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

It comes after the Queen and the royal family on Saturday marked the first anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death.

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