West Waterford is set for a Royal Visit at
the end of July.
Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth’s eldest Grand
Daughter and currently 16th in line of succession to the throne is
set to take part at this year’s Campire International Horse Trials outside
Cappoquin which take place from 22 to 26 of July.
Zara Phillips who is married to former
England Rugby International Mike Tindall, shares the same love of horses as her
Grandmother and is understood to be taking three horses to the event which this
year has record numbers taking part.
The Royal visitor to West Waterford three
years ago took part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London where she won a Silver
Medal. She has also won individual and team medals at the European Eventing
Championships as well as medals at the World Equestrian Games in the past.
Entries for this years event at Campire have
now closed, but the visit of a Senior Royal to the area could well swell the
number of spectators at the event.
Royal Visits to the area are not new.
Zara Phillips Uncle Prince Charles and his
current wife Camilla visited nearby Lismore in 2004 when he stayed at Lismore
Castle for the weekend.
The current Duke of Devonshire Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, the owner of
Lismore Castle is a distant cousin of Prince Charles and Zara Phillips mother
Princess Anne.
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