Masterton man remembers meeting Prince Philip 67 years ago
14 Apr, 2021 12:56 AM
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Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth came to Masterton in 1954. Photo / Wairarapa Times-Age
Wairarapa Times-Age
By: Sue Teodoro
Retired Masterton businessman and newspaper columnist Rick Long vividly remembers the day he met Prince Philip in Masterton on a hot summer day over 67 years ago.
The then-13-year-old Long, now 80, was one of a group of Boy Scouts chosen to stand front and centre to welcome the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh when they spent the day in town on Friday, January 15, 1954.
Although a photo of the occasion - including the prince and Long - had appeared in the Auckland Weekly, Long had never seen it.