Royal send-off for trek across Arabian desert in British explorer's footsteps
The Princess Royal has launched a daunting desert expedition to cross the Arabian Peninsula from coast to coast - her first public engagement since the funeral of her mother Queen Elizabeth II./ The Heart of Arabia expedition will retrace the 1,300km (813-mile) journey taken by the early 20th Century explorer Harry St John Philby, from the tiny fishing village of al-Uqair, on the Gulf, all the way across the Arabian plateau to the Red Sea port of Jeddah./ The team, led by the veteran British explorer Mark Evans, will be joined by Philby's ...
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