In most years the British Royal Navy sends a ship on an official visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands. The next official Royal Visit was during one of these naval stopovers. Prince Charles was one of the crew of HMS Minerva when it visited the Islands in 1973. He visited Grand Turk and South Caicos and during his stay played in two cricket matches as one of the HMS Minerva team. Unfortunately, his first innings was short: Maurice Hanchell bowled him out first ball and the Navy team went onto defeat. In South Caicos Norman Saunder’s Cockburn Harbour Cricket Club also beat the Navy team, with the Prince making 12 runs this time.
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Turks and Caicos National Museum
Nigel Sadler
See Summer 2002 issue of Astrolabe |
