HER Royal Highness, The Princess Royal will next week attend a village housing seminar at Grasmere to speak to councillors about their role in promoting local affordable housing projects.

Princess Anne will attend the event at Grasmere Village Hall on Thursday (March 15) as president of the Rural Housing Trust, which has organised the seminar with support from the Lake District National Park Authority.

For full story see the March 9 edition of The westmorland Gazette.