Members of the Royal family will bid their final farewells to the Duke of Edinburgh this weekend, who passed away aged 99.

We asked readers and members of our Local Bygones Facebook group to share any memories they had of Prince Philip during any of his visits to the region over the years.

Alan Goldsmith, from Connah's Quay, shared some photos of the Duke from when he opened the new Freeman Chemicals Technical Centre (later DSM) in 1981, which was located in Parkway on Deeside Industrial Park on the site of the current BP Petrol Station.

The Technical Centre housed the research and development and technical service departments for the main Polyester Resin manufacturing facility in Ellesmere Port.

Alan was a few years later employed as an analytical chemist at the centre.

Michael Davies said: "I was working for Bass Brewers and on my way to do a job in a pub in Caergwrle.

"Just leaving the car park laden with spares, piping etc and this lovely big car was coming from the direction of Mold.

"It slowed down and I realised that Prince Philip was waving to me from the car.

"I felt like asking him if he wanted to come and give me a hand but he had gone too soon."

Bernie Peters recalls: "I was working in Brymbo steelworks when he came to open the new blast furnace.

"All was freshly painted and spruced up, even the white stones on the railway track were washed.

"He inspected the furnace with all the officials but to their horror he went and looked in the nearby foundry, which was not part of the schedule and saw the dust and dirt which was normal for a steelworks."

Barbara Rees said: "I watched them from windows in Lloyds TV shop in Lord Street, Wrexham. My husband was service manager there. Perfect view."

Keith Evans said: "I was in the nursery on Aston Grove, they got us all to line Montgomery Road, near Holt Road, when he visited in what must have been 1959/60."

And Margaret Reiner Nurse added: "I lived at Montgomery Road, Prince Philip, waved at us, had a great view of him.

"He came to open, the Queens Park Youth Club, on the Queensway. I recall, remembering how tanned his face was.

"A great loss too us all. Sleep well Sir, you've certainly earned it."