Three people from different parts of the globe have been united in friendship through a love of the Brontes.

The trio has been meeting up annually in Haworth since 2010.

And on their latest visit, the three – Flavia Vitale, from Naples, Kathleen Shortt, of Dundee, and Oxford-based Ben Lovegrove – were given a VIP welcome.

They were greeted at the Parsonage Museum by executive director Professor Ann Sumner and Bronte Society chairman Sally McDonald.

Flavia first met Kathleen at a Bronte Society meeting in London, and they immediately became friends. They met Ben on their first trip together to Haworth.

“We knew we had made friends for life,” said Kathleen.

Prof Sumner said: “It’s wonderful to discover Bronte Society members who met in London at one of our events now travel to the Parsonage for an annual reunion.”