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The famed canopy of India Gate where a grand statue of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose was on Thursday unveiled marked a milestone transition in the history of India, as ‘Netaji’ was accorded a place that was once occupied by an imposing marble statue of British monarch King George V
The canopy, standing on four columns of Delhi Order devised by Sir Edwin Lutyens, had been lying empty since the statue of the king was removed in 1968
John Handcock, Windsor ‘institution’ with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Royal Borough – obituary
He was involved in numerous organisations and played a notable role in celebrating royal jubilees and important wedding anniversaries
John Handcock arriving for the annual Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle, circa 2000
John Handcock, who has died aged 90, was one of Windsor’s most prominent citizens, the long time Secretary of the Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough, Captain of the Lay Stewards at St George’s Chapel, and hailed as “an institution [who] probably knows more about Windsor than anyone”.
Born in Reading on October 7 1930, his father was an optician, while his mother, Gladys was a co-founder of Upton House School in 1936, John being one of their first 10 pupils. He went on to Haileybury and Imperial College Junior School, Aldenham, gaining an LLB at King’s College, London.