The Duke of Edinburgh, who is 95, will no longer carry out public engagements from the autumn of this year, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The Palace said in a statement it was the Duke’s decision taken with the support of the Queen.
The statement read: “His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh has decided that he will no longer carry out public engagements from the autumn of this year.
And in the 'News' archive, we look back to when the Duke paid a surprise visit to the village of Fairlie.
The village enjoyed an unaccustomed place in the limelight in November 1953 when there was a surprise visit to the pier by the Duke of Edinburgh from the royal yacht, Britannia.
To the public his arrival was a complete surprise, but the police had been notified, and several hundreds, mostly women and children, including railway workers and tradesmen, gathered on the pier and the Royal Highness was loudly cheered on his arrival.
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