Originally Posted by
treadigraph
I put this well-known pic of HRH's encounter with 'PNZ on JB:
I seem to recall 'SAM's cockpit was slightly longer and would have accommodated the Duke's 6' whatever rather more easily...
Many years later I managed to speak to John Severne who was Philips equerry at the time of the WW jolly, and was present at the time.
He himself had a very distinguished later career, but recalled that the WW incident caused quite some 'what ifs' at the time, and he was mightily relieved to see him back on the ground. Apparently P arrived in a Mini and hopped into PNZ 'as attired' hence that wonderful image of him with sunglasses with head somewhat over the windscreen (PNZ also had a cut down windscreen and was able to reach VNE in level flight in race mode)