THE Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, will be visiting the Isle of Wight on Monday to support a church's charity appeal.

His Royal Highness, pictured, will arrive in Newport, where he will have lunch with the St Thomas's Church appeal members before visiting the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, where he will unveil a plaque commemorating the opening of a new wing at the facility.

The earl will also visit Brading Roman villa.