INVENTOR James Dyson will be putting in a good word for his firm's new Contrarotator washing machine when he shows the Queen around his Malmesbury factory tomorrow.

The Queen and Prince Phillip are due to arrive at Dyson's at 3.40pm, when they will be given a tour of the production line and stop to look at the Contrarotator washing machine, released in November last year.

"I will be showing how the washing machine works, although I'm sure she has seen our adverts on television," said Mr Dyson.

He said the Queen already has plenty of Dyson vacuum cleaners, which are used at the royal family's stately homes, but does not yet have a Dyson washing machine.

"I am sure a Dyson could do the work of many machines at the palace," he added.

Mr Dyson is encouraging staff who are not working on one of the firm's shifts at the time of the visit to go along tomorrow. "The main purpose is for Her Majesty to meet as many Dyson people as possible and we really hope that those not on that shift will come in to meet her," said Mr Dyson.

At the end of the Queen's visit, she will unveil a commemorative plaque outside the factory's main entrance.

Farmer Alex Joynson will meet the Queen on her visit to Malmesbury tomorrow and said it is a sign that things are back to normal following the foot and mouth crisis.

Mr Joynson, 41, of Hyam Farm, Malmesbury, said he is immensely proud to have been invited to the royal reception in the town hall at 1.20pm.

"The fact that the Queen had to cancel her visit earlier in the year but now it is back on is a sign that things are getting back to normal," said Mr Joynson.

"I am very excited, although it is tempered with quite a lot of trepidation about what I am going to say," added Mr Joynson.

He is not the only one in the family who is eagerly awaiting the Queen's visit. Tomorrow, Mr Joynson's wife Clare will be collecting their children Peter, seven, and sister Katherine, five, early from school to see the Queen as she enters Malmesbury Abbey.

The Queen will arrive at the abbey via the Tolsey Gate, through the churchyard, following the town hall reception. The walkway to the abbey will be lined by schoolchildren.

The Queen will enter the abbey to a Royal Fanfare written by John Hughes, the abbey's organist.