Hastings grandfather told family of pride of meeting Queen and Prince Philip

By Richard Gladstone
Published 14th Apr 2021, 11:50 BST
The Queen and Prince Philip visiting Hastings in 1966. Picture from Oliver Carpenter-Beale SUS-210414-101825001The Queen and Prince Philip visiting Hastings in 1966. Picture from Oliver Carpenter-Beale SUS-210414-101825001
The Queen and Prince Philip visiting Hastings in 1966. Picture from Oliver Carpenter-Beale SUS-210414-101825001
A man has spoken of his late grandfather’s pride in meeting the Queen and Prince Philip when they visited Hastings in the 1960s.

Douglas Beale was one of a number of people who met Her Majesty and her husband on Hastings Pier in 1966.

His grandson, Oliver Carpenter-Beale, said: “My grandad Douglas was a Master Bowman with the Hastings and St Leonards Bowman archery club.

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