HRH?the Prince of Wales will be visiting the offices of The Abergavenny Chronicle on Friday, December 13 at the start of a day of engagements in Wales.

The visit, will see him meeting Abergavenny Chronicle staff as well as the paper's owner Sir Ray Tindle and representatives of other newspapers in Tindle Newspapers' Welsh division.

Also celebrated during the morning visit will be the 125th anniversary of one of the Chronicle's sister newspaper The Brecon and Radnor Express.

During his visit, which is expected to last around an hour, the Prince will unveil commemorative plaques for both offices.

"All of us at The Abergavenny Chronicle - general manager Mary Purcell, editor Liz Davies and the entire staff - join me in saying that we are absolutely delighted that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has chosen to visit Abergavenny next Friday," said Sir Ray Tindle.

"This is a great honour for the 142 year old Chronicle.

"The visit came about when I invited the Prince to acknowledge the 125th anniversary of our sister paper The Brecon and Radnor Express. To our great pleasure His Royal Highness said he would happily do this, and at the same time visit The Chronicle.

"The entire staff of the Brecon paper will therefore be at the Chronicle offices on Friday to be personally thanked by The Prince of Wales, who will also meet every member of the Chronicle team.

The full board of Tindle Newspapers - Wendy Craig, Sue Yates and Brian Doel - will also be presented," said Sir Ray.

It is anticipated that Prince Charles will arrive at Abergavenny railway station, where he will be welcomed to the town by mayor, Councillor Sheila Woodhouse before being driven to Nevill Street and the Chronicle offices.

While in Nevill Street he will entertained by Abergavenny Borough Band and meet local schoolchildren before beginning his visit to the newspaper.

During his time at The Chronicle Prince Charles will hear presentations from representatives of the Welsh division of Tindle Newspaper, which owns newspapers in west and mid Wales as well as Monmouthshire.

Following the visit members of staff of both the Chronicle and The Brecon and Radnor Express, will join Sir Ray and members of the Tindle board for a celebration lunch at The Angel Hotel.

The visit comes at the start of a weekend of fundraising for The Chronicle, which next year will be supporting The Prince's Countryside Fund.

This support gets underway on Saturday when local company Dai Laughing will be staging a murder mystery evening in a marquee in The Chronicle's 'secret garden'.

The comic caper will involve the investigation of the 'murder' of one of the Chronicle's senior managers and will include a fish and chip supper.

Tickets are available from the Chronicle office on 01873 852187.

Prince Charles was last in Abergavenny in November 2011 when he attended the Welsh premier of Owen Sheers' film Resistance, which was held at the Baker Street Cinema.

The Prince was greeted by a crowd of more than 100 wellwishers, many of whom had waited for several hours in dreadful weather to catch a glimpse of him.

Their patience was rewarded when he broke from the schedule of the evening to chat to them ahead of the Abergavenny Museum benefit screening.

The Prince told those present that he was impressed with the 'relaxed family atmosphere' of the cinema, which owned by Peter and Irene Davies and praised them for launching the cinema during a time of recession..

Prince Charles has also visited Abergavenny's St Mary's Priory Church on several occasions and is a patron of the development trust.

He most recently wrote the foreward for the church's award winning guidebook.