The Prince of Wales travels to Leeds in ITV documentary Pride of Britain: A Windrush Special, which airs on Thursday at 9pm, to meet Alford Gardner.
The Prince of Wales met Alford Gardner in an ITV documentary. READ MORE:This is the heartwarming moment Prince William plays cricket with a Windrush passenger who formed the first Caribbean cricket club in the UK in 1948.
The pair, who previously met on Windrush Day in 2022, then travel to Headingley cricket ground where William takes to the crease with the bat as Alford bowls to him - and he asks the pensioner to 'be gentle'. Speaking about the club in his home, Alford tells Prince William there were other cricket clubs in Leeds when he arrived in 1948, but says: 'I wanted a West Indian team!'
— Russell Myers October 18, 2023 Alford set up the Caribbean Cricket Club in 1948 when he moved to Leeds after arriving in the UK on HMT Empire Windrush In one incredibly emotional moment, a gentleman who came to the UK when he was just a baby breaks down in tears upon finally receiving a British passport.
'Here by Windrush that was wicked to find out that he was actually on the ship. My mother was a military policewoman from Ireland'. '"When you come in can you bring a passport or driver's licence just to verify the details?" And I’d have to get into my story all over again'.
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