Show director named Deputy Lieutenant.
Mr Cowling, who is currently welcoming HRH The Princess Royal onto the showground, has been appointed to the role by Lord-Lieutenant Lord Crathorne.
Lord Crathorne said that Mr Cowling’s long experience as a highly successful show director made him ideally suited to the role.
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Hide Ad“I know Bill will do this admirably and be a great addition to the team,” he said.
Mr Cowling told The Yorkshire Post: “I am absolutely thrilled and delighted.
“This is a huge honour and as a North Yorkshire farmers I feel I represent not only the show but our country’s farming and rural interests.”
It is a particularly special day for the Cowling family, with his Bill’s six-year-old granddaughter Francesca presenting a white rose to the Princess Royal later today.