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Earlier on arrival at the Pier, His Royal Highness had been met by Nigel Atkinson Esq, the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire who in turn introduced him to Anthony Smith, Chairman of the Hythe Pier Heritage Association (HPHA), which had undertaken the renovation project. Mr Smith proceeded to introduce e Duke to Sath Naidoo, Manager of the Hythe Ferry, HPHA Directors Philip Appleyard, Councillor Alex Wade and Allan Fairhead, also a Director of the Hythe Shed (at the Pier) which carried out much of the work. His Royal Highness subsequently inspected one of the railway carriages under renovation in the adjacent workshop, where he was introduced to Alan Titheridge, HPHA Director who explained the progress of the train renovation project, and a group of ferry company engineering sta and volunteers working on the carriage that had carried King George VI along the pier during a Second World War visit. Outside of the workshop, he spoke with HPHA Director John Goddard about the track renovation scheme. A er cutting the ribbon, e Duke boarded the train and travelled the 640 metres length of the pier. At the pier head John Goddard explained future planned renovation works. e Duke then met Jill Gower, HPHA Director responsible for education, who presented him to a group of schoolchildren and their teacher from Hythe Primary School. He was invited to view an exhibition of children’s art depicting the train and pier. from an Admiralty launch. Accompanied by Princes Leopold and Maurice of Battenberg (grandsons of Queen Victoria) and Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (youngest child of Queen Victoria), the Spanish monarch ambled along the pier to the joyous cheers of onlookers, before being taken to Highcli e Castle by a eet of cars assembled at the Drummond Arms. A er a lunch, the royal party returned to Hythe, en route to Osbourne Castle on the Isle of Wight. King Alphonso subsequently returned to Madrid for his wedding to Princess Ena of Battenberg (youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria) on 31st May. e occasion was marred by a fortunately unsuccessful assassination attempt. Almost two decades earlier, on 13th August 1888, Princess Beatrice of Battenberg’s husband Prince Henry of Battenberg had promenaded along Hythe Pier during a private visit to the New Forest, having alighted from a launch from his yacht at anchor nearby. Princess Beatrice would become a frequent visitor during the rst decade of the 20th Century, as on 25th August 1909 when she attended a garden party at West Cli Hall. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of Germany, graced Hythe Pier on 6th December 1907. At shortly before noon, he arrived at the pier entrance by car from Highcli e Castle. During a well-orchestrated visit, he walked the length of the pier applauded by a large crowd to board a launch that took him on a tour of the harbour before embarking the German Royal Yacht Hohenzollern at anchor o Netley. e crowds on and nearby the pier had swollen considerably by the time he alighted the pier landing stage, carpeted for the occasion, again at about 4 o’clock. He subsequently made his way through the excited gathering to his car, waiting at the pier entrance to take him back to Highcli e. His Royal Highness reboarded the train and returned to the renovated landward pier station. Before he departed Hythe Pier, Allan Fairhead presented His Royal Highness with a gi of thanks for the visit, a small section of the railway track that had been in service for more than four decades mounted on a piece of polished wood reclaimed from a previous railway carriage restoration. Royal visitors treading the boards When His Royal Highness visited Hythe Pier, he was following in the footsteps of a number of previous royal visitors. On 27th April 1906 King Alphonso XIII of Spain stepped onto Hythe Pier HRH the Duke of Gloucester cutting the ribbon with Anthony Smith, Chairman of HPHA (Credit: HPHA) Continued on page 5
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