Tight security in Co Kildare as Prince Charles and Camilla drop in for a visit

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are visiting Co Kildare as part of a four-day official trip to Ireland.

The Prince of Wales will be a guest of honour at the United Nations Training School Ireland at the Curragh Camp while the Duchess will visit the Irish National Stud near Kildare Town.

No exact timings for the official engagements have been released yet.

There will be heavy security presence by Gardai and royal security officers around both locations with local roads closed off during the visits - expected to take place tomorrow.

There will be 'no fly zones' enforced in some areas - which will include a ban on drones.

Prince Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth also visited The National Stud during her historic visit in 2011.

The Irish National Stud & Gardens announced on its website that it will close to the public from 4pm today and will reopen on Friday morning at 9am.

"We apologise for any inconvenience," the notice said.

Prince Charles and Camilla, who began their visit in Northern Ireland yesterday, are travelling to Dublin this Wednesday afternoon where they will be greeted by President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina at Áras an Uachtaráin.

The royal visitors will then go to Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin to commemorate those who lost their lives in the 1916 Easter Rising and the first World War. Other highlights of the visit to the Republic will include an engagement at Kilkenny Castle, where they will hear traditional music and watch a hurling match.

This is the couple’s third visit to the Republic in the past three years.

In May 2015, they travelled to Mullaghmore in Co Sligo where the prince’s great-uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and three others were killed in an IRA bombing in 1979. Prince Charles also will meet Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Dublin during the trip. The royals will conclude their visit on Friday by attending a reception at the British ambassador’s residence.