NewsgalleryGallery: Crowds gather in Chester to see The Queen and MeghanThe day of the highly anticipated royal visit is finally here!BookmarkShareNewsBySallie EhlenSocial Media Editor & Senior Reporter11:03, 14 JUN 2018Updated10:20, 4 JAN 2019Royal watchers in Chester (Image: Andrew Teebay)1 of 26Charlotte, 9 and Ben, 8 Linforth from Oxton with flowers for The Queen and Meghan (Image: Sallie Ehlen)2 of 26David Ewart-Jones from Hoole (Image: Andrew Cain)3 of 26Trudy Riley, Kim Smith, Lianne Evans and Nicole Luinenburgh all from Chester, made up to be seeing The Queen and Meghan4 of 26These royal watchers nabbed a front row spot (Image: Sallie Ehlen)5 of 26Colin Edwards from Ruthin and Ian Wolstenholme are avid royal followers (Image: Sallie Ehlen)6 of 26A very royal dog! (Image: Andrew Cain)7 of 26People waiting for Her Majesty The Queen and the Duchess of Sussex to arrive in Chester (Image: Andrew Teebay)8 of 26Sheila Callaghan and Carol Robinson from Laura Ashley9 of 26Star pupils from years 7-10, based at University of Chester Academy Northwich, on a right royal day out to Chester (Image: David Holmes)10 of 26Colin Edwards from Ruthin has met The Queen over 150 times already and is looking forward to seeing her and Meghan in Chester today (Image: Sallie Ehlen)11 of 26Amy Conde, originally from Chester but now living in Rhyl, camped out waiting for a glimpse of the royal guests. She and the kids went to Meghan and Harry's little do in Windsor recently. Picture by David Holmes (Image: David Holmes)12 of 26These girls travelled from Manchester to get a good spot (Image: Sallie Ehlen)13 of 26Tom Hughes, Landlord at The Shropshire (Image: Sallie Ehlen)14 of 26Maryan Khan, Henrietta Halligan and Katherine Richards from The Queen's School (Image: Sallie Ehlen)15 of 26These spectators arrived early to bag a top spot (Image: Sallie Ehlen)16 of 26These spectators arrived early to get a good spot (Image: Sallie Ehlen)17 of 26Deborah Till from Derbyshire travelled over the night before to get a good spot (Image: Sallie Ehlen)18 of 26Crowds gathered in Chester from 6am (Image: Andrew Cain)19 of 26Pupils of Newton Primary School , Chester, who are taking part in a musical performance in front of the royal VIPs (Image: Crowds gathered in Chester from 6am)20 of 26Colin Edwards, 77, from Ruthin, a royalist since the Coronation in 1953. He hopes to present photos he's taken of the Windsors over the years to both the Queen and Meghan (Image: David Holmes)21 of 26Sam Ricketts and baby Ella from Newton, very excited as its Ellas first time seeing the royals (Image: Andrew Cain)22 of 26The crowd at Chester on the Royal visit23 of 26A Policeman taking a picture of the crowd at Chester (Image: LIVERPOOL ECHO)24 of 26Massive royalist Anthony Welsh from Liverpool with Princess Cleo (Image: David Holmes)25 of 26Visiting art education teachers and friends Mingxiu Zhu and Xuemei Sun from China but currently based at the University of Chester (Image: David Holmes)26 of 26More OnRoyal FamilyThe QueenChester City Centre