THE Queen arrived at the Royal Cornwall Show at Wadebridge yesterday lunchtime in warm sunshine – to be greeted by a guard of honour of local Guides, show-goers from throughout the county, and a fanfare from the band of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
Immediately upon arrival, right on time at 12.10pm, the Queen, wearing a knee length navy blue coat over a dark and light blue dress and a navy blue hat with feather, met with wives of Royal Cornwall show officers.
These included Marjorie Bunt from St Neot, wife of Bevil Bunt, the chief horse steward, who was due to escort the Queen into the royal box at the horse ring in the afternoon, and Bridget Kent, The Cornish Times' correspondent from St Neot, whose husband, Peter, is a