Heath Wins At Cowes Regatta
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COWES (Isle of Wight), August 4.
The British Prime Minister (Mr Heath), won a 24-mile yacht race off the Isle of Wight last night against competitors who included Princess Anne.
Mr Heath was sailing his £7OOO yacht Morning Cloud, which has been specially equipped with high-powered radio equipment to keep him in touch with world affairs. With two other girls. Princess Anne made up a crew of seven in the yacht White Knight with officers from the regiment of which she is colonel-in-chief, the 14/20 Hussars. They came fifteenth in the race.
Her brother, Prince Charles, finished thirteenth of 21 starters in another race, and their father, Prince Philip, was among several . competitors who retired from the main event in the Cowes Regatta, a 30-mile race.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32367, 5 August 1970, Page 13
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