A cruise ship is set to return to Southampton tomorrow a week after a British passenger was airlifted to hospital by the Spanish coastguard.

The Sky Princess left Fort Lauderdale, Florida on March 9 for a 27-day one-way cruise around Spain and Portugal.

But Spain's Galican Coast Guard shared photos of staff on the Princess Cruises ship and emergency personnel helping a woman into a helicopter rescue basket.

She was transferred to the Álvaro Cunqueiro hospital "due to heart problems" on March 26, a Facebook post from the coastguard confirmed.

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The post said: "The Pesca 1 helicopter of the Galician Coast Guard service evacuated a passenger from the Sky Princess cruise ship, 15 miles west of A Guarda."

The ship, which has a capacity of 3,660 guests, returns to Southampton tomorrow.

From the south coast city, it will set sail on a seven-night cruise to Spain and France.

The 21-day round-trip to the Mediterranean, Spain and France awaits the Sky Princess after she departs at 4pm tomorrow.