Beautiful azure skies were the backdrop to the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral. The atmosphere was sombre. Members of the public were dotted on benches before swelling into a crowd despite coronavirus restrictions.
Chris Imafidon, 60, director of research for the Excellence in Education programme, travelled from Essex to pay his respects to Prince Philip. He said he had had a “massive impact” on his life’s work.
Referring to the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme, he said: “What he did, is he looked at the educational system critically because he is an intellectual, and saw that more than 50% of the boys and girls are not academic. He thought to himself: ‘Why don’t you start a practical-based scheme that would bring out the better in these children?’”
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