The Prince of Wales is due to visit troops at Wattisham tomorrow as they prepare to depart for the Gulf. The prince, who is colonel-in-chief of 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps and 3 Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, will meeting personnel from the two units who are readying to join other British forces for potential conflict in the Gulf.

The Prince of Wales is due to visit troops at Wattisham today as they prepare to depart for the Gulf.

The prince, who is colonel-in-chief of 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps and 3 Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, will meeting personnel from the two units who are readying to join other British forces for potential conflict in the Gulf.

Members of 7 Battalion, Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, based at Wattisham, are also heading for the possible war zone.