King shares fond memories of life in Navy

THE King told Royal Navy cadets at his old training college he spent his time there trying to avoid becoming “yet another headline” in the tabloids.

- BY EMILY FERGUSON Royal Editor

He was visiting Royal Britannia Naval College in Dartmouth on his final public engagement before Christmas. Giving a speech to 191 cadets, the monarch said his time there in 1971 set him up for life as well as his naval career.

“I have so many memories of my time here,” he said.