Plans are being finalised for the visit to Somerset this Thursday, (28th March) by Her Majesty The Queen.

It is the first visit by Her Majesty since her visit to the county in 2012, as part of the Jubilee Tour of the UK.

Her Majesty will make visits to three venues:

• Manor Farm Stables Yard in Ditcheat – where she will meet trainer, Paul Nicholls, and students from the University of Bath, who are working on research projects on equestrian sport spinal injuries and racehorse welfare.

• King’s Bruton School, in Bruton, which is celebrating its 500th birthday – where Her Majesty will open a new music school.

• Hauser and Wirth Gallery in Durslade Farm, Bruton, where The Queen will meet schoolchildren and an artist-in-residence.

During the visit to the King’s Bruton School, Her Majesty will meet members of Avon and Somerset Police’s mounted unit, where she will name a new police horse. She will also meet police horse, Jubilee – the horse that she named during her 2012 visit to Yeovil during the Jubilee Tour.

Avon and Somerset’s Chief Constable Andy Marsh and Police and Crime Commissioner, Sue Mountstevens, will be among a number of guests who will meet The Queen.

Somerset County Council will be putting some crowd pedestrian barriers and coning in place for the visit. No parking will be permitted in the centre of Bruton during the visit, and anyone ignoring this is at risk of having their vehicle towed away.

Superintendent Rhys Hughes, police commander for the visit, said: “This is an opportunity for the people of Somerset to see Her Majesty for the second time in seven years.

“This is likely to be one of the biggest events in the area for some time, and we are sure the people of Somerset will give Her Majesty a warm welcome,” said Supt Hughes.