When the late Prince Philip visited Malta’s Polo Club 15 years ago, he expressed surprise that the pitch had not yet been taken over by construction.
That’s a memory shared by the club’s honorary secretary Jean Vella.
Jean Vella sitting to the left of Prince Philip when he visited the Malta Polo Club in 2015.
Polo was one of the Duke of Edinburgh’s many passions. He would often play the sport while stationed in Malta in the 1950s, said Vella, who also met Prince Philip in 2015.
And whenever he visited the island following Independence in 1964, he always made time for the club.