{"id":25251,"date":"2006-09-15T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/Abingdon2006\/2006\/09\/15\/princess-royal-visits-abingdon\/"},"modified":"2006-09-15T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-15T12:26:00","slug":"princess-royal-visits-abingdon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=25251","title":{"rendered":"Princess Royal Visits Abingdon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prabschoo1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prabschoo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>HRH Princess Anne landed in this helicopter at Abingdon School at about 10:30. She was there to unveil a plaque commemorating their 750th anniversary.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prabschoo2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prabschoo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>After about an hour there she travelled the mile to town in this car. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prts.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prts.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Many small troops of school children walked to town from the different schools. Thameside, pictured in the centre, brought along about thirty pupils.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prbtsong.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prbtsong.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>But St Nics had a starring role, singing the &#8220;Bun Throwing Song.&#8221; Princess Anne is watching on.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prpr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prpr.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>She then went to talk to the singers. That is Peter Green, the Mayor next to her. And then for about twenty minutes she went round the Market Place meeting school children and community groups.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prbuns02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prbuns02.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Princess Anne joined the Mayor on the steps of the Guildhall for &#8220;God Save the Queen.&#8221; Then the church bells of St Nics began ringing, and the second bun thow of the year started. Here are the Town Councillors launching the buns from the roof of the County Hall.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prbuns01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prbuns01.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>There was a good crowd, trying to catch the 450 buns.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/1600\/prbuns03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4552\/136\/320\/prbuns03.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>And lastly here is one of the buns. The letters PR stand for Princess Royal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HRH Princess Anne landed in this helicopter at Abingdon School at about 10:30. 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