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ROYAL VISITOR FOR ANNIVERSARY 

The Duke of Edinburgh

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh will meet over 100 staff and go behind the scenes to see how the world’s busiest ferry port keeps on the move when he visits to mark Dover Harbour Board’s 400th anniversary on Friday (17 February).

Arriving at the Eastern Docks, he will be welcomed by Robert Dibble, chairman of Dover Harbour Board, and chief executive Bob Goldfield at Port Control where ferry, cruise, cargo and marina vessel movements in and out of the harbour are co-ordinated. From there he will move on to Terminal Control to see how shore-side operations are orchestrated. 

The Duke of Edinburgh is then due to visit the Western Docks where he will be presented to staff representing a cross-section of the Harbour Board workforce. 

He will unveil a plaque commemorating his visit and sign a copy of a book commissioned by Dover Harbour Board to record the port’s royal connections and development over the past 400 years. The visit is due to last one-and-a-half hours. 

It was on 6 October 1606 that the Dover Harbour Board was established by royal charter under King James I to maintain, administer and improve the harbour.