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THE Princess Royal reminisced about sailing in her younger years as she made her first in-person appearance at an official event since her father’s death. HRH appeared in good spirits as she met with members of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on Wednesday – the prestigious club the Duke of Edinburgh was once admiral of. The princess, 70, said she could “understand” why Philip visited the Cowes-based club, adding that he “enjoyed coming down here”. Asked by Royal Yacht Squa...

The Regatta at Kippford in 1898 © Rev. Bill Holland collection Despite the ongoing Covid restrictions still preventing in-person gatherings, the Club went ahead with an online season-opener to coincide with what should have been "Craning-In" day, traditionally followed by the Fitting Out Party in the Clubhouse. Instead, Robert Dinwiddie, the Club Commodore and local historian, gave a great presentation of the Clubs background, intertwined with the Kippford villages history from the...

The Prince subsequently became life Patron of the Flying Fifteen class association

The Duke of Edinburghs Links to Irish Sailing Were Many & Varied 12th April 2021 Bloodhound racing in Cowes Week, Duke of Edinburgh on helm. In theory she was the Royal Yacht, in reality she was the Peoples Boat   When the Duke of Edinburgh died aged 99 on Friday, it took a while before the hundreds of public appreciations of his remarkable life began to mention the fact that sailing played a very important role in it. Yet although non-active in the sport for his last dozen or so years, he h...

By Lucy Morgan Audience and Content Editor Royal Yachting Associations tribute to "keen, competitive" Prince Philip The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is among those paying tribute to His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh – a key name in the sailing world, the former RYA President and RYA Honorary Member and Admiral of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The organisation said: "Our thoughts are with Her Majesty The...

by Fay Gould Premium Content Subscriber only He was the pauper prince, turned dashing sailor, who became the longest-serving consort in British history. Prince Philip left his own indelible mark on the monarchy, with his resolute support of the Queen, no-nonsense approach, hard work and acerbic wit.   Philippos as he was formally registered, was sixth in line to the Greek throne when he was born in 1921 to Princess Alice of Battenberg, pictured holding her...

A real all-rounder! How athletic Prince Philip excelled at everything from cricket to sailing and achieved international standard in polo and carriage driving - the sport he brought to Britain and continued into his 90s Her Majesty announced death of her husband of 73 years at midday today and joined the world in mourning Duke of Edinburgh graced the world of sport as a participant and a spectator and was gifted at many sports He was among the top polo players in Britain in his youth, a keen an...

Royal Yachting Association pays tribute to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh by Loretta Spridgeon, RYA 9 Apr 13:13 BST Charles, Prince of Wales with his father the Duke of Edinburgh and crew members Uffa Fox, the Dukes Yachting adviser and Lieutenant-Commander Alistair Easton, Sailing Master of the yacht "Bluebottle", at Cowes, during their Dragon class race © PA Archive / PA Images The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is deeply saddened by the loss of His Royal Highness The Duke o...

From the moment the Queen, as a prim young girl of 13, was shown around the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth by a dashing 18-year-old cadet, no other man really counted. His death yesterday severed a partnership that had lasted for eight decades. As the Queens oldest friend, the late Margaret Rhodes, once told the Daily Mail: She was the definitive one-man woman. There could never be anyone else. In fact, Princess Elizabeth had been only eight when they first met, at the wedding of his cousin P...

13th March 2021 George OBrien Kennedy FRINA, (1912-1998). Known to everyone as Brian, and renowned as a dreamer of dreams, he is seen here in his early days of pioneering the Shannon Hire-Boat industry in the 1960s You know how it is. Youre wondering if the slightly odd flavour of the evening cuppa is a hint of the imminence of the C-Monsters indicator of taste-loss. All this, too, just as its increasingly clear that your already-proposed personal date with the jab before the end of March now ...