The first official Royal Visit planned for the Turks Islands was in 1861. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was due to arrive on Grand Turk and the Island had prepared itself, but at the last moment the visit was cancelled as the Prince had to return urgently to Britain due to the death of the Duchess of Kent. In fact the HMS St. George which was carrying the Prince, got as near as Inagua before it started its return voyage to England.
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Turks and Caicos National Museum
Nigel Sadler
See Summer 2002 issue of Astrolabe |
