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’.