The University of Cambridge announced today that Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will be visiting Cambridge tomorrow. The stated purpose of their visit is to mark the bicentenary of the Fitzwilliam Museum and to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the University Library.

The press release reveals that the heir to the British throne and his wife will have a packed schedule. Their first stop will be one of Cambridge’s most prized cultural assets, the Fitzwilliam Museum, where they will be welcomed by local dignitaries including the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Sir Hugh Duberly and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz.

According to the University, Their Royal Highnesses will also meet pupils from King’s Hedges School and Soham Village College who will be taking part in educational activities designed by the museum to get primary school children involved in their exhibits.

While at the Fitzwilliam, The Prince and The Duchess will meet with representatives of University-led and local outreach, education and development initiatives. Such initiatives include the Cambridge Africa Programme, the Cambridge Development Initiative and the Campaign for Female Education.

They will also have a chance to be introduced to foreign students awarded the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships, the programme started by Bill and Melinda Gates in 2000, which provides full-cost scholarships for approximately 90 postgraduate students to study at Cambridge every year.

Their Highnesses will also meet with members of staff from the University Library and be given a demonstration of the UL’s digitisation techniques, as well as being shown rare items from the UL’s collection including a copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.

They will also visit King’s College Chapel where they will sit in on a rehearsal of King’s College Choir before meeting the choristers and members of the College. King’s Chapel is the famous location from where the Christmas Eve carols are broadcast, and is an iconic Cambridge location.

The Prince of Wales is not expected to visit Trinity College – his alma mater – where he studied archeology, anthropology and history, graduating in 1970.