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	Date added: 22 May 2009

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Princess Royal opens the new central library

The new central library in Swindon received an official Royal seal of approval today with the visit of HRH The Princess Royal.

Her Royal Highness was escorted around the award-winning building by Swindon council leader Rod Bluh and architect Nic Newland, and took time to speak to staff and the many other people involved in providing what the princess described as a 'library everyone in Swindon should be immensely proud of'.

Princess Royal in Swindon gallery

The Princess Royal in Swindon to offcially open the new Swindon central library

Welcome to Swindon ma'am:

Council leader Rod Bluh greets The Princess Royal, alongside (from left) Swindon MP Anne Snelgrove, Council chief executive Gavin Jones, the mayor and mayoress and the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, John Bush

	HRH Princess Royal officially opens central library - 22/05/2009

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