HRH The Princess Royal will visit Chelmsford today for a special service to mark the 60th anniversary of the Great Flood.
The service will be held at Chelmsford Cathedral and will even include a reading from her.
It is the second time Princess Anne has visited Chelmsford since it was granted city status by the Queen last March.
The leader of Essex County Council, Cllr Peter Martin, will welcome the princess alongside council chairman Cllr Kay Twitchen.
The service will be a private event, bringing together dignitaries and representatives from across Essex, including survivors of the floods.
After the hour-long service, Princess Anne will be escorted to Evoke nightclub, in Market Road, where she will meet ten different groups from the community who have been affected by the floods.
Cllr Martin said: "It is an honour to know that a member of the Royal Family will be joining us for this very special service."
On the evening of January 31, 1953, England was struck by some of the most severe flooding from the North Sea ever recorded. In total 307 people died, 24,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and more than 30,000 people were evacuated.
