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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The real Colin Tennant, 3rd Lord Glenconner, has been exposed - by his long-suffering wife, Anne, best friend of the Queen s late sister. ....
What was I to do now? The Duke had a reputation – underserved I think – of being irascible – not suffering fools gladly. I had to sit through the rest of the briefing contemplating facing him for the first time in what I suspected would be far from a forgiving frame of mind. When the meeting ended I went up to him, introduced myself, apologised profusely, explained I had definitely been told to meet him at Wramplingham and awaited what I thought would be an angry outburst. None came. He wasn’t pleased, but given the situation he recognised the embarrassment, put me at ease, and treated me with a kindness I certainly was not expecting. ....
Prince Philip was a restless pragmatist with an extraordinary range of interests From helping young people become valuable members of society, to being a champion for nature, the Duke was committed to improving the world The Duke was a man of striking contrasts Credit: PA Prince Philip was a man ahead of his time. From the early 1950s, he addressed issues that are now at the forefront of international politics, but which back then were often dismissed as off-beat and even irrelevant. This could be frustrating. In the case of the environment, he could see what needed to be done and felt he had to bang his message into people whose heads were firmly in the sand. In 1968, more than 50 years ago, he wrote that in man’s long history he had struggled to survive in a hostile environment, but that now “the earth and the whole natural environment in which we live is on the defensive against mankind’s ruthless exploitation”. Man was exploiting his environment “ ....