For some, the memory of having met the Duke as a child still looms large.
Major Retd Philip Wright recalls the time in 1950 when, at 10-years-old, Prince Philip leant him a pair of flippers in a swimming pool in Cyprus.
Major Retd Philip Wright was a child when he met the Prince in CyprusMajor Philip Wright
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“He was commanding HMS Magpie, his ship, and they called in on Cyprus as part of the mediterranean fleet.
“My father, Sir Andrew Wright, was governor and he visited us in Government House. My father said ‘any time you want to use the swimming pool, do come and use it’.
SIR – Although a republican, I shall miss the Duke of Edinburgh. He was an example to the rest of us and an impossible act to follow.
The Queen deserves our sympathy for her loss, and gratitude for her unique double act with the Duke on the world stage for nearly 70 years.
Dominic Shelmerdine
SIR – How very sad that the Duke of Edinburgh should have died so close to his 100th birthday.
Having twice been president of the MCC, it would have been so nice if he had managed just one more single to get to a very well-deserved ton.
Kim Potter
30 January 2021 • 12:01am
Stella Kyriakides, the EU s health commissioner, who said of AstraZeneca s vaccine supply: We reject the logic of first come, first served. That might work at the neighbourhood butchers but not on our contracts
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SIR – Reading between the lines, it looks as though the AstraZeneca plant in Belgium is having scale-up problems. Hence its “best efforts” fall well short of the EU’s belated order.
With our astounding success at securing supplies of vaccines, why don’t we offer to divert any excess UK-made supplies to the EU – provided it cuts the unnecessary bureaucracy on our exports?