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The Duke of Edinburgh made one of his first public appearances in Hamilton
Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionAnd the following day, a crowd of 21,000 flocked to the racecourse for a visit by King George VI and Princess Margaret Rose – but the real focal point was Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (later Prince Philip), who were making one of their first public appearances.Few people in Scotland had ever seen the young lieutenant before he made his appearance in Hamilton.It was stated in the Hamilton Advertiser that ‘it is probable that the attendance record for Hamilton Park will have been smashed’.The Royal parade route went through Motherwell Cross and through Hamilton Cross, on their way to Cadzow Street and
