Queen and Duchess of Sussex head to Cheshire

The Duchess of Sussex is accompanying the Queen for the first time together on an official royal visit to Cheshire.

Both are arriving by royal train at Runcorn train station to begin the day's engagements before departing by car for the Mersey Gateway Bridge.

There the Queen is unveiling a plaque to officially open the £1.86 billion project, and the event is being held at Catalyst Museum in West Bank, Widnes, which offers a bird's eye view of the new crossing from the glass top observation gallery.

The royal party is also watching a performance by local school children there called Bringing Communities Together: Halton's river crossings over the ages.

Afterwards the Queen and the Duchess will depart by car for Chester for two more royal engagements.

The first is for the official opening of Storyhouse, a library, theatre and cinema complex, where they will be taken on a tour of the building.

While there they will meet a Syrian settlement group engaged in craft work and watch a performance by Fallen Angels, a dance theatre company for people in recovery from addiction, before moving to the theatre to see a medley of songs from Storyhouse's latest production, A Little Night Music.

Local schoolchildren will also sing songs alongside actors from, Swallows And Amazons.

The Queen and the Duchess will then walk to Chester Town Hall where they will attend a lunch as guests of Chester City Council, which will mark the conclusion of their visit to Cheshire