"I would describe Prince Phillip as a man's man, he said it as he saw it, talked straight and he didn't take fools gladly. "Obviously when you have a royal visit it is always very difficult to know what to give them as a parting gift, bearing in mind they have everything you can possibly think of, he arrived by helicopter and left by helicopter. "I had to give the speech at the end and part of the speech was obviously thanking them, and I decided that all we could give him was a simple mug with the ADRM logo on it and he took that very well and made a few jokes about that actually, that he would obviously never be able to forget us, 'how can he, he has his morning coffee' "