n the past 60 years the people of Bradford and surrounding areas have seen approximately 50 official royal visits, starting on October 28, 1954, when the newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth II and her husband and consort, the Duke of Edinburgh, were here.

In this series of supplements marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, we have chronicled all of them, including in this final supplement the 29 official trips to the Bradford Metropolitan District and just beyond since the year 2000, by three royals – Princess Anne (the Princess Royal), Prince Charles (the Prince of Wales) and Prince Andrew (the Duke of York).

On April 3 this year, Princess Anne notched up her 15th visit in the past 12 years when she launched a special beer called the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Ilkley Brewery, in Ashlands Road.

To mark the occasion, the Princess unveiled a plaque on the company’s sixth new fermenter and, in turn, was presented with two selection boxes of beer, one for herself and the other for her father, Prince Philip.

After the beer came the sausages. At award-winning Lishman’s butcher’s shop on Leeds Road, Ilkley, the making of the authentic Yorkshire sausage was demonstrated to the Princess, who tried some of Lishman’s own salami and ham.

Upon her departure, a hamper of locally-produced food was presented to her. Next stop was the former police station in Keighley’s North Street, converted at the cost of £1 million into a police museum and a function room for local organisations.

The Princess said: “You seem to have assembled everything in this building to bring a civic society together. I hope all ages enjoy it.”

When Princess Anne revisited Eden Gardens in Clayton Heights last September, ten years after she opened the £2.7 million housing development scheme for the disabled, she may have shared the sentiment of resident Fiona Bunn.

“It doesn’t seem like ten years since she was here,” Mrs Bunn told the T&A.

In 2001, the Princess described the scheme, which allows residents to live independently, as “remarkable”. She was there for two hours and paid tribute to the partnership between Bradford Council and Hanover Housing Association.

“We all like to talk about partnerships and it is great to see it working in practice. This must have required an awful lot of hard work,” she said.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006, was a special day for Alwyn Kotze, from Menston. The South African doctor, who had decided to settle here after marrying, was one of 15 people who officially became a British citizen by swearing allegiance to the Queen at City Hall.

Watching the ceremony was Princess Anne, there to present the signed certificates to the people from India, Malaysia, Nigera, Pakistan, the Philippines and Syria.

She said: “Your decision to apply for citizenship is a vote of confidence in this country that all of us can appreciate and celebrate.

“The UK is a complicated arrangement of islands and nations and its history and culture have been outward-looking. People have travelled to all parts of the globe. Those connections have brought back many people here who have set up their homes and made a difference to these islands.

“Today is special because you are adding to that mix and the talents that have been brought here.”