08-05-2025
Princess Anne to become first royal to visit Little Sark
Little Sark will get its first royal visit as part of its Liberation Day Princess Royal will visit the island on 10 May to mark 80 years since the Channel Islands were liberated from Nazi occupation during World War will also unveil an 80th Liberation Day plaque at The Avenue on Seigneur of Sark, Christopher Beaumont, said: "She has a very full programme. I'm sure she will be blown away by the beauty of the island."
The princess will also receive a briefing on two commando raids, Operations Hardtack and Basalt, while a Royal Navy vessel, HMS Medusa, keeps watch off Sark's will be an opportunity to meet Chelsea Pensioners and Gurkhas at The Avenue and a street party after the unveiling of the plaque with performances, events and are also encouraged to dress up and take part in a cavalcade to St Peter's Church and the Millennium Field on 11 the afternoon, a theatre sketch called The Dame of Sark and a screening of Appointment with Venus, a film set in the Occupation of Sark, will follow the school's Liberation display.
