On July 6 HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, visited three Scottish lifeboat stations: Invergordon and Macduff, both established in 1974, and Buckle, established in I860. At each the Duke inspected the lifeboat and met lifeboatmen, their families and station officials and he is seen in this picture, at Buckie, shaking hands with Kevin Philip, son of Assistant Motor Mechanic Gordon Philip (extreme right); introducing them is Coxswain George Wood.

photograph by courtesy of W. F. Johnston.