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By .M. McINTYRE HOOD _stires and colonies to be visited fo (Special London’ Correspondent) | make an extended touf of any one

LONDON—The visit to Canada/of*them. There is also the thought of Queen Elizabeth and Prince) that an extended tour, like the Philip this summer is probably | present one in Canada, places a the last extended visit they will | very heavy strain on the Royal pay any of the countries of|Couple, and at the same time it the mmonwealth, and at the!separates them from their fam- same time it is the first of thejily for a much longer period than new pattern now being adopted/they feel desirab’ for Royal Tours There is ee that by

A few weeks ago, it was made|making shorter and more fre- quent.visits to_various parts of |the Commonvealth, they might ibe able to take their two chil- dren, the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne along with them, without interfering unduly with the children’s education

The new philosophy which has developed regarding Royal Tours is that instead of going to Com- monwealth. countries and colon- ies simply. to be seen by the peo-

Duke of Edinburgh had, as a re- sult of the experience gained in their extensive travels throughout the Commonwealth, built up a few philosophy regarding such visits. They wished to make their) future visits of more frequent oc- eurrence but of shorter duration.

The plans for the visit in the fall of this year allow for only 10 days to visit Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia. And from 10} days to two weeks is about the | will Hmit that will be imposed on fu-/of the ‘life and work of the people ture visits of the Queen and her/they are visiting. It is accepted |

\busband to her domains within|that this line of thinking is lar- |

the Commonwealth and Empire.|zgely the outcome of the world-| HEAVY STRAIN wide travels of the Duke of Edin- |

Behind this idea is the thought; burgh, who, with an insatiable | What there are too many coun-|

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probing deeply into the social and industrial conditions whekever he has gone. | FIRST EXPRESSION This new philosophy has had-its first tangible expression in the making of the arrangements for this summer's tour of Canada, in, which the Queen and Duke have stressed their desire to visit those places where they can see some- thing of Canada's expanding de- velopment and to see more of the people at work and mn their” homes.

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sea as a Midshipman and w mentionéd in Despatches serving on the battleship ‘Val-

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was appointed to the destroyer H.M.S. “Wallace” and betame the “Wallace's” First Lieutenant in October, 1942. In' July, 1943, he took part in the Sicily landings, when. the “‘Wallace’’ covered the Canadian beachhead.

In 1944, he was appointed First Lieutenant in H.M.S. “Whelp,” one of Britain’s newest destroy~ ers. He sailed in her for the Far East, took part in the war against |- Japan and served for a time as A.D.C. to his uncle, Lord Mountbatten, then Supreme Al- lied Commander, South-East Asia.

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of Edinburgh continued his naval In. January, 1940, he went to| career. In July, 1950, he was pro- moted to Lieutenant Commander and shortly afterwards took over his first command, H.M.S. ‘“‘Mag- jant” in the Mediterranean Fleet:|pie,” a frigate based at Malta. He commanded her until July, 1951, when he went on indefin-

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as Sub-Lieutenant, Prince Philip[ tn January, 1953, he was pro- moted to Admiral of the Fleet and appointed Field Marshal and Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

Since the accession of Qu Elizabeth II, The Duke of Edin- burgh has*Played an increasingly important part in the nation’s life, and has interested himself in many of its aspects, particularly) those associated with scientific) and industrial development..

The Duke is @ lover of many™ sports, plays polo and races at Cowes Regatta. A few years ago he took up flying and qualified as a pilot, learning later to fly a

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His Royal Highness The Prince | February, “your — to eee

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cedence”’ next to herself “on ell all occasions and in all meetings, ex- cept where otherwise serovided by Act of Parliament.’ February, 1957, it was announced that Her Majesty had granted to the Duke the style and dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom, and that he should in future be known as

inburgh.”

The Dyke has made many visits abroad with The Queen, includ- ing a coast-to-coast tour of Can- ada in the autumn of 1951. Since her accession, they have under- taken tours and visits to all parts of the United Kingdom, the Com- monwealth tour of 1953-54, and a State visit to Norway in 1955.

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