She has also worked in advertising for the Evening Gazette and as an assistant librarian at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.
She rejoined Tyne Tees in 1989 as a main presenter of the nightly news magazine programme, Northern Life, alongside Paul Frost.
Three years later, she presented the programme's short-lived lifestyle spin-off Primetime, which in spite of good ratings[citation needed] was cancelled after just four weeks on air.
[7][8] [9][10] Royle is a patron of the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), North East Ladies Day (NELD), Durham St John Ambulance, radio stations TFM and Greatest Hits Radio Teesside's "Cash for Kids", Evening Chronicle's "Sunshine Fund",[11] and Evening Gazette's "Make a Child Smile".
Royle also helped to promote the work of the Salvation Army for sixteen years and was a member of the advisory board.
[12] She is a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists and Royal Yachting Association, with qualifications in personal watercraft, radio operation and powerboats.