Princess opens £100,000 indoor riding arena

At the Throstle Nest Riding School she opened an indoor riding arena on behalf of the Throstle Nest Riding for the Disabled Group which raised over £100,000 for the all-weather facility.

The arena includes a new ramp to help disabled riders get onto horses.

In Leeds, the Princess Royal celebrated the opening of a two-storey family assessment centre at Browning House, Chapeltown.

The new centre has been named the Jubilee Building in recognition of the organisation’s 60th anniversary.

Staff at Browning House work with local authorities and families who are referred to them when professionals are unsure of their ability as parents.

The usual length of an assessment is 12 weeks and parents are given their own furnished room or flat.

The Princess had a third commitment at Bishop Burton College at Beverley where she attended a seminar about transporting competition horses during the Olympics. She is patron of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.