This selection includes the then Prince Charles visiting the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar and his visit to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on Portsdown Hill. Her Majesty The Queen met the crowds as HMS Invincible returned from the Falklands, Princess Diana was seen surveying the hull of the Mary Rose from up high and Margaret Thatcher paid a visit to South Downs College in Waterlooville.
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9. Memories from 1982
Diana, Princess of Wales taken up on an hydraulic platform for an aerial inspection of the hull of the Mary Rose in November 1982. The News PP184 Photo: The News archive
10. Memories from 1982
Raising of the Mary Rose.
The giant cradle housing the 400-year-old timbers of the Tudor warship in October 1982. The News PP3738 Photo: The News archive
11. Memories from 1982
The Polish ship Pogoria in 1982's Tall Ships Race. The News PP1702 Photo: The News archive
12. Memories from 1982
Staff on board HMS Hermes sunbathing on the flight deck as the naval task force heads for the Falkland Islands following the Argentinian invastion, April 1982. (Photo by Martin Cleaver/Pool/Getty Images) Photo: Hulton Archive