Prince Harry, who visits Wanganui on May 14, is just the latest royal to include the city on a New Zealand itinerary.
Chronicle reader Tom Cooper brought a wealth of memorabilia into the office recently, tracing royal visits to 1927.
In 1927, the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) arrived in Auckland by boat and later travelled to Wanganui, with a civic reception in Cooks Gardens.
Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester and third son of George V and Queen Mary, after a visit to Australia, arrived at Wellington on HMAS Australia on December 15, 1934.
During his stay in Wellington, the duke laid the foundation stone of the new railway station. His route was by rail to Hawke's Bay and then by road through Gisborne and Rotorua to Auckland.