PRINCESS Anne is set to visit a carers centre in Blackburn today.
The Princess Royal was invited to The Carers Centre, Oakenhurst Road, at 10.30am for a hour-and-a-quarter tour.
During the visit she was meeting carers, support workers as well as council and NHS trustees and representatives.
The centre is a member of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, of which the Princess is its president.
She will be received by the Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Judith Duckworth.
Others guests were expected to include the Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Coun Dorothy Walsh, chief executive of Blackburn with Darwen Council Graham Burgess and Blackburn MP Jack Straw.
Coun Frank Connor, the council's executive member for social services, said: "The carers' service is already making a massive difference to the lives of carers in Blackburn with Darwen.
"I am pleased that Her Royal Highness will be able to speak to local carers, discuss their needs and aspirations and find out what the centre can do."
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