The Duke of Edinburgh has ended 65 years of public engagements.
Prince Philip at the age of 96 is now to officially retire from the public eye.
In memory of his service to the UK, Energy Voice has uncovered this video from 1967 showing the Prince on a North Sea oil rig ‘Sea Quest’.
The semi-submersible drilling rig discovered the UK’s first North Sea oil on September 14, 1969, in the Arbroath Field.
She also discovered the Forties giant oil field in October 1970.
The clip shows the Duke arriving by RAF helicopter and being met by British Petroleum’s chairman Sir Maurice Bridgeman before being given a tour of the rig.