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PHILIP’S first visit to Bournemouth was typical of the independent, quirky man the British public came to know over the past eight decades. Many of the 10,000 who turned out to cheer their young Queen s dashing husband almost missed him because they were looking out for a grand car and plenty of outriders. Instead, Hatless, and dressed in a grey lounge suit , he arrived during a heat haze driving a comparatively small and old-fashioned car which was jammed in a stream of traffic . Philip was greeted that blazing September day in 1949 by church bells and hundreds of flags hung from shops and offices . He was visiting as president of the National Playing Fields Association and to captain his own cricketing XI, containing several England stars, against Hampshire at Dean Park. ....