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Memorable moment for me- the day I met Prince Phillip -by Irangani Gunatillake   Memorable moment for me- the day I met Prince Phillip. It was in the year 1968, I was nominated as the Tea Queen to represent Sri Lanka at the Scottish Wholesale Society (SCWS), Centenary celebrations in Glasgow, on 5th July 1968.   Queen Elizabeth 11, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh graced the occasion and declared open the centenary celebrations, on the 5th of July. The Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) was founded to serve the Scottish cooperative movement as a wholesaler, in 1868. This wholesale Society imported ‘Ceylon Tea’ during the eighteen nineties, and since it was a profitable venture those years, to show appreciation to the Tea trade, a Ceylon Tea exhibition Stall was initiated among other stalls, within the premises of the wholesale building where the celebration was held. I was sent as Tea ...