Princess Anne has been carrying out a number of engagements during a two-day visit to Northern Ireland.

Her visit began on Wednesday morning, as she unveiled a memorial to Second World War veterans and met members of a sailing project for disabled people.

The plaque at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Cultra County Down was erected to remember the 210 members of the club who had served in the war.

The Princess Royal was greeted by the Lord Lieutenant of County Down, North Down MP Lady Sylvia Hermon and other local politicians.

Care home visit

She then met representatives and guests of the Royal Yacht Association Sailability project, a pilot unit for disabled sailing established just over a year ago.

She then attended a presentation ceremony at which the charity Save the Children presented awards to schools and individuals who had helped raise funds, at the nearby Culloden Hotel.

Princess Anne made a short speech and met Save the Children volunteers.

Princess Anne also visited patients at a care home in east Belfast.

She was met by Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble and other politicians before speaking to a group of ex-servicemen and women at the Somme Nursing Home, a charity established in 1914.

Princess Anne also had an engagement at Musgrave Park Hospital where she visited the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Unit and Regional Disablement Services (RDS) Unit.

Contemporary

Musgrave Park Hospital is one of only a handful of facilities in the world to have a custom hip-manufacturing unit on site.

She met members of the hospital's senior management team inside the X-ray department, before observing a patient undergoing an MRI scan.

The Princess Royal also had the opportunity to meet technicians involved in the manufacture of artificial limbs.

The princess also visited the Ulster Museum where the highlight was a fashion show depicting style through the ages.

On arrival, she was met by Lord Lieutenant Lady Carswell who introduced Arts Minister Michael McGimpsey, Margaret Elliott, chairman of the board of trustees and Mike Houlihan, chief executive of the National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland.

She viewed a display of contemporary costumes dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day and observed children modelling some of the costumes and drawing some of the garments on display.

Before departing, Princess Anne signed the visitors' book.