Princess Anne to visit Greece for Battle of Crete anniversary

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Princess Anne will visit Greece from May 22 to 24, to enactment successful ceremonies commemorating the 85th day of the Battle of Crete, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The Princess Royal will archetypal enactment successful events successful Athens related to her relation arsenic president of the Mission connected Seafarers.

In Crete, she will take portion successful a work astatine the RAF Memorial successful Maleme to commemorate the airmen of 30 Squadron and 33 Squadron RAF who died during the Battle of Crete successful 1941, and be a Service of Remembrance astatine the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery successful Souda Bay.

The King’s sister will then caput to Hania, where she will conscionable relatives of those who fought successful the 1941 battle.