East End Welcome For The Duke H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh arriving at the memorial gates of king Gerorge's Field, at Stepney this afternoon, to perform the opening ceremony. Duke is balding - Britain is worried that the Duke of Edinburgh will be bald within a few years. Women are specially upset that all efforts to save the Duke's hair so far have failed. They consider a bald Duke would spoil the ideal of the glamorous young Royal couple. When the Duke's hairline first started to recede several years ago, he had a special series of treatment, but they failed to cure the complaint. October 20, 1952.