This week, a member of the royal family visited Cumbria for a special event commemorating a milestone anniversary of a vital local charity, so we have decided it would be the perfect time to take a trip down memory lane, via our photograph archives, to see other times in which people from the royal family visited our county.

On Tuesday, March 14, the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Richard, visited Askham Hall in Penrith as part of the celebrations for Hospice at Home's 25th anniversary.

The event saw the venue packed full of hospice staff, guests, and county dignitaries, come to celebrate the achievements of the charity, a relatively small charity that provides vital end-of-life care for people who need it in the county.

As part of the event, HRH Prince Richard was invited to make an appearance and shake everyone's hand, while also cutting a ceremonial cake and unveiling a special plaque marking the visit.

It's always seen as a special event when the royals visit, especially those members who are high up in the monarchical hierarchy, but a royal visit says more about how great the area is itself that it warranted such a highly-supervised, high-security and highly-publicised event, rather than the attention being put on the royals themselves.

Cumbria itself is home to several beautiful sights, and is on many tourists' radar when looking for places to go that are in the country, so it's no surprise that there have been plenty of these events throughout our history.

While nothing unique, a royal visit to Cumbria is always welcomed, as, conversely to it being a tourist hotspot, institutionally it is often perceived to be overlooked in comparison to richer, more populous areas of England.

It reminds us that we're very much on the map, and we are worth attention, whether that means the then Prince of Wales testing some cheese or the then Princess Royal pondering a horse, we deserve all the praise we can get.