reinforcing Britain's commitment to her dependent territories.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Bermuda between March 8-10, as the last stop on her visit to the Caribbean.

It is the Queen's first official visit since 1975 and a short four-hour stop in 1976.

While in Bermuda, the Royal couple will visit St. George's -- in particular Tucker House on Water Street and Town Hall. It is likely there will be a "walkabout.'' The Queen will visit Bermuda College and Dockyard and meet and be entertained by young people.

The Duke of Edinburgh will make a special visit to the Bermuda Biological Station for Research.

On their extensive tour of the Caribbean the couple will visit Anguilla, Dominica, Guyana, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and the Bahamas.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the visit will reinforce Great Britain's commitment to former colonies like Bermuda, Anguilla and the Cayman Islands.

It is also intended to strengthen links with Her Majesty's other realms where she in head of state, like Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas.

The Royal tour of Guyana will mark, at the highest level, the restoration of democracy in the country since the elections of 1992.

And the Queen will also make her first ever visit to Anguilla. Anguilla rebelled against federation with St. Kitts and Nevis in 1967. The terms under which it remains a British Dependent Territory were finally agreed in 1971.

The spokesman said: "All the countries being visited are in the Commonwealth and the visit aims to support the objective of encouraging democracy and stability in the region as well as the promotion of trade and investment.'' The Queen and Prince Philip last touched down in Bermuda in February 1983 when, during a brief stopover, they met schoolchildren and residents during a walkabout on the tarmac at the Civil Air Terminal. They were greeted by Government officials inside the terminal building.