RESIDENTS of Weston can easily recall two notable visits from a monarch, most recently the late Queen, but can you remember any others in years gone by?
Queen Elizabeth II toured the town on her Silver Jubilee journey of 1977 and 30 years later in 2007.
Scores of people lined the streets, and on both occasions she travelled with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Her visits have been remembered here.
But just how many monarchs have visited Weston? The answer - four.
King Edward VII - 1901 to 1910
The king successor to Queen Victoria, Britain's second longest reigning monarch, came to Weston as a 15-year-old prince in 1856.
Historian Cllr John Crockford-Hawley said Edward stayed for one night in a Weston hotel which thereafter became The Royal Hotel.
"Don't run away with any idea that monarchs slept at the Royal Pier Hotel - they didn't, though the Beatles did," he said.
King George VI - 1936 to 1952
Cllr Crockford-Hawley recounts how the Queen's father visited the seaside resort twice in his lifetime.
First, as The Grand Old Duke of York in 1928, when he came to open Weston's 'new' hospital on the Boulevard - named after his late mother as the Queen Alexandra Memorial Hospital.
But the councillor notes this name, unfortunately, 'never caught on'.
He then visited again, albeit secretly, during the Second World War in 1942 to inspect the Green Howards - an army infantry regiment based in Yorkshire.
The King was pictured at the time inspecting troops on Beach Lawns.
The fourth visit...
"And the fourth monarch? Not just a king, but an emperor," Cllr Crockford-Hawley said.
"When the Italians invaded Ethiopia - then known as Abyssinia - during World War Two, Emperor Haile Selassie was rescued by the Royal Navy and brought to Britain as a refugee.
"Selassie settled in Bath, from there he much enjoyed visiting Weston where he stayed at a small seafront hotel.
"He liked to bathe in Weston's new 'open air pool' - now the beloved Tropicana - and gained a reputation for joining the queue and paying his entrance fee.
"He always said that though an emperor and 'Lion of Judah', he was a mere guest in this country and had no right to jump a queue.
"A blue plaque on the Tropicana wall now commemorates these visits."
Other royal visits to Weston include the Princess Royal, Prince Andrew and Edward, and even Princess Margaret, after she touched down at Weston Airport, now the Haywood Village housing development.
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