Prince Philip carried out countless engagements in Dorset over the years, his most recent being the unveiling of a statue of the Queen Mother in Poundbury alongside the Queen in 2016.

He also visited the area in 2009 when he did a walkabout on Weymouth beach with the Queen.

Andy Sloan of Weymouth met Prince Philip on this occasion.

He said: "It was an honour to have met this legend. He made me laugh pretty hard. There was a group of women playing volleyball 50 metres behind me and he leaned in with a naughty smile and said 'I bet you wish you were over there’."

Prince Philip also met Pete Bennett and Graeme Sawyer, chairman of Weymouth Beach Volleyball Club.

The pair, who were involved in running the annual Weymouth RAF Careers Beach Volleyball Classic, had set up students from Royal Manor Arts College to play beach volleyball.

Graeme tells us both Prince Philip and the Queen expressed a real interest in the volleyball and asked a lot of questions and the Queen went on to talk to one of the young players

We also heard from Peter Fry, who shared photos of Prince Philip's visits to AEE Winfrith during the the late 1960s. At that time Peter's father Donald was the director.

Prince Philip visits AEE Winfrith in 1969

Peter said: "He visited Winfrith on 23 February 1968 to formally start the operation of the Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHW) which, subsequently produced electricity for the National Grid for 23 years. The following year on 11 July 1969 Prince Philip again visited AEE Winfrith in support of HM The Queen.

"I am also aware of another visit by Prince Philip on 6 June 1978 to AUWE at Portland to open an extension to the AUWE laboratories there during the time my mother, Jessie Fry, was the borough mayor of Weymouth and Portland."

Reader Magdalena Connery also got in touch. She remembers meeting Prince Philip in 1973 in Indonesia when he was on a tour there with the Queen.

It happened to be the same day as an attempt was made to kidnap Princess Anne - about which Prince Philip spoke of his relief - for the gunman. "If the man had succeeded in abducting Anne, she would have given him a hell of a time in captivity," he remarked.

Magdalena remembers: "It was touch and go whether the visit would happen, but it did. I remember being coached on how to curtsey, how to address them the first time, then subsequently. I remember being surprised how short HM was! Then Prince Philip started asking me a question. Flustered, all coaching forgotten, I just blurted 'pardon?'. He then asked my husband which company he worked for, and when told 'Huntings', Prince Philip asked if he was one of the fellows 'flying around in one of those planes'. (Huntings was an aerospace company) My husband was a hydro geologist, he laughed."

Finally, we heard from John Tweed of The Chesil Sailing Trust, which helps young, disadvantaged or disabled people to experience the thrills of sailing and watersports.

He said: "We were honoured that Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh saw these programmes in action on their visit to Weymouth and Portland in June, 2009 (and the Duke made some of his characteristic amusing remarks).

"It has been suggested that people may wish to make a contribution to charity, rather than buying flowers or signing books of condolence.

"If you feel that you would like to honour the memory of the Duke of Edinburgh with a contribution to this activity you can do so by a bank transfer to The Chesil Sailing Trust, Sort Code 60 07 01, Account Number 40424944 or by visiting our website https://chesiltrust.org.uk/ All contributions will be very gratefully received."

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