Happy return: the Duchess of Kent paid a visit to Torbay lifeboat station on September 24 to see again the lifeboat she officially named 11 years earlier and which has since saved over 200 lives. She is seen here beside Coxswain Arthur Curnow and talking to other members of the crew.

During her visit the Duchess was presented with two lobsters caught by the deputy coxswain, Dave Hurford, who is a local fisherman..