Let’s take a trip down memory lane with nostalgic shots of Cumbria in the spotlight.

Cumbria has been visited by many famous faces in the past, including heads of state from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II.

This month marks five years since Queen Elizabeth II passed an important milestone, becoming the longest-reigning British monarch since her great-grandmother Queen Victoria.

Queen Elizabeth II visited Carlisle Castle as part of her Jubilee Programme in 2002.

The Queen is pictured leaving Tullie House through a guard of honour made up of the area’s scout groups.

A delve into our archive unearthed a shot of Margaret Thatcher arriving at the Crown Hotel in Wetheral to speak at the Cumbrian Newspapers’ Cumbria Export Awards 1989.

The Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne has been a frequent visitor to Cumbria over the years, in one set of pictures she can be seen meeting the staff at Newspapers House on Dalston Road in Carlisle.

Princess Anne unveiled a plaque at the headquarters, marking the 200th anniversary of The Cumberland News.

Camilla The Duchess of Cornwall can also be seen wearing a Royal Navy jacket as she explores a nuclear attack submarine, the HMS Astute at the BAE Systems shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness.

In a snap from 1975, we see Prime Minister of the time, Harold Wilson arriving at the George Hotel in Penrith with his wife Mary. She attended the Old Congregational Church in Penrith and her father was the Congregational Minister for the town.

Harold Wilson represented the Labour Party and is remembered for enacting social, housing and educational reform.

In another set of images, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown can be seen meeting and greeting staff of vital emergency services and rescue teams during a trip to Cockermouth in 2004.

Mr Brown visited Cockermouth to see first hand how the town was affected by the devastating floods and how it was fighting back.