The last official Royal Visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands was in March 2000 when the Duke of York, Prince Andrew, paid a three-day visit to the country. Arriving on March 16th, he started off in Grand Turk where he took in a visit of the National Museum and later that evening HE Governor Mervyn Jones hosted a reception in his honour at Waterloo. The following day Prince Andrew gave a presentation to the Legislative Committee and then attended a display from Grand Turk Children on the Parade Ground. On March 18th the Duke of York flew to Providenciales where he visited Clement Howell High School, Cheshire Hall Plantation site and a reception at Beaches Resort before returning to Grand Turk for the night. On the following day he left the Islands.
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Turks and Caicos National Museum
Nigel Sadler
See Summer 2002 issue of Astrolabe |
