The Duke of Kent has accepted the Institution's invitation to become its next President. This was announced formally at the annual general meeting of the Governors of the Institution on 25th March (see page 618). The Duke of Kent thus succeeds both his father and his mother as President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The late Duke of Kent was President from 1936- 1942. The late Princess Marina followed him as President from 1943-1968. The photograph was taken on the occasion of the Duke of Kent's visit to Padstow last year to name the new life-boat.

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