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Princess Anne visits Fermanagh in 65th NI trip

Mark SimpsonCommunity correspondent, BBC News NI
BBC Princess Anne wearing a teal outfit. She is facing a woman who is wearing a purple top. There is also a man with white hair and glasses wearing a suit. BBC
Princess Anne meets CEO of Brooke House Health and Wellbeing Centre Joan Clements

Princess Anne is in County Fermanagh on her 65th visit to Northern Ireland.

Her first trip to Belfast was in 1961 when she was 10 years old.

On her latest visit, her third this year, the Princess Royal, 75, went to Brooke House Health and Wellbeing Centre near Fivemiletown.

The facility seeks to improve the physical and mental health of serving and retired members of the British armed forces, police, prison and emergency services, and their families and carers.

Princess Anne was shown around a walled garden which is used for therapy purposes as well as to grow flowers and vegetables.

A man with short brown hair smiles at the camera. He is wearing a grey jumper, and is standing outside in front of flowers and a large stone wall.
Head gardener Dougal Dorman said Princess Anne seemed 'genuinely interested'

Head gardener Dougal Dorman said: "I got the sense she was genuinely interested - I think she's a gardener."

A woman wearing a dark-blue blazer smiles at the camera. She has grey hair and is standing in front of a harp. Behind her are trees.
Harpist Eileen Beamish played music for the visitors

Princess Anne spent more than an hour talking to staff and clients of Brooke House.

The royal visitor was entertained by a music group which included harpist Eileen Beamish.

She was greeted on arrival by Lord Brookebrough and the chief executive of Brooke House, Joan Clements.

Princess Anne wearing a teal outfit. She is standing next to a man with short brown hair wearing a grey jumper. Princess Anne is wearing sunglasses and gloves. Behind them are three people. Princess Anne and the man next to her are standing on a patch of grass in front of a stone archway. There are ushes around them.
Princess Anne with the head gardener at Brooke House, Dougal Dorman

It was one of a number of engagements planned for the Princess Royal. It is her third visit to Northern Ireland this year.