Royal visit to Kings Lynn's RAF Marham

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The Queen continued her long-standing association with RAF Marham today when she paid a visit to the air base.

On her first public engagement of 2020, the Queen was greeted by the base’s commanding officer, spoke with service personnel, and toured the facilities.

The Queen spoke to service personnel from across the base Credit: ITV News Anglia

More than 3,600 service personnel, civil servants and contractors work at Marham, which was formerly home of the RAF's Tornado aircraft.

The Queen became Honorary Air Commodore of the base in 1977.

More than 3,600 service personnel, civil servants and contractors work at Marham Credit: ITV News Anglia

The base provides engineering support across the RAF and is home to the F-35B Lightning, a military aircraft.

The Queen also got to see a demonstration of the special equipment that provides new pilots with simulation-based training.