Royalty will be visiting the Chelmsford district next month.
Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex will be in Ingatestone to attend a MENCAP reception.
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones, a patron of the MENCAP charity, will attend the reception at Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary Little Farm, Buttsbury Road, on Wednesday, October 14.
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