Britain's Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne arrived at Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport on Air New Zealand's flight from Auckland at 12:30 am today, Saturday, on a four-day Emerging Pacific Leaders Dialogue 2010, a regional leadership development program.

Princess Anne was received at Fua'amotu by Tonga's Princess Royal HRH Princess Pilolevu, before going to Consular House in Nuku'alofa where the princess will stay.

Consular House is the former residence of the British High Commissioner to Tonga located on the Nuku'alofa seafront near the Royal Palace.

it is understood that Princess Anne will attend a program at the Tonga Defence Services Compound this afternoon, where she will hear presentations on issues and meet a Pacific Islands Study Tour Group and Tongan presenters.

The program that brings together 120 mid-career men and women from across the Pacific was opened in Samoa on March 11 and will close in Tonga on March 23.