{
  "id": 7595417,
  "title": "The Duke of Edinburgh visits CERN",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/the-duke-of-edinburgh-visits-cern",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-15T16:07:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CERN",
    "slug": "cern",
    "url": "https://home.cern/the-duke-of-edinburgh-visits-cern/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, September 8th, 2026, CERN opened its doors to His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh. Upon his arrival at LHC Point 5, he was welcomed by the sub-prefect of Gex, Joël Bourgeot, and a delegation of CERN officials including Director-General Mark Thomson, Oliver Brüning, Gautier Hamel de Monchenault, Ursula Bassler, Jan-Paul Brouwer, Mar Capeáns, Enrica Porcari, James Purvis, and Roger Jones and Pippa Wells, the liaisons for the United Kingdom.\n\nThe Duke was then granted access to the underground world of CERN to witness some of the facility's experiments firsthand. Guided by CMS Spokesperson Anadi Canepa and Technical Student Amandine Meertens from the University of Bath, the Duke toured the CMS experimental cavern. He then ventured to LHC Point 4 to view a section of the LHC tunnel.\n\nNext, the Duke journeyed to the CERN Science Gateway where he engaged in a brief conversation with secondary school students from the University College London Academy. He subsequently participated in a roundtable discussion with British CERN scientists and engineers.\n\nThe Duke concluded the visit by signing the official CERN guest book, a tradition that began with the late Prince Philip, the former Duke of Edinburgh and father of Prince Edward, who made an informal visit to CERN in April 1960 after flying himself to Geneva by helicopter.",
  "summary": "On Tuesday, 8 September, CERN welcomed His Royal Highness, Prince Edward the Duke of Edinburgh, to visit the site and meet members of the CERN community. Upon arrival at LHC Point 5, he was greeted by the sub-prefect of Gex, Joël Bourgeot, and a CERN delegation that included Director-General Mark Thomson; Director for Accelerators and Technology, Oliver Brüning; Director for Research […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}