Although intensive and taxing, the holding of these activities gives us a lot of satisfaction, since they go to show that the restoration of the Saluting Battery in 2004 was a complete success and that this attraction is now firmly established within Malta’s tourism and cultural product. However, the hardest day was reserved for Tuesday when our gun crews were required to fire nothing less than four full-gun salutes in succession to greet four visiting Aida cruise-liners which steamed in a row into the Grand Harbour as part of yet another anniversary, this time the 40th anniversary of Aida Cruises. On Monday evening, another full-gun salute was fired to give start to a gala reception held at the Saluting Battery to mark the 25th anniversary of the German Würth Gruppe in Malta. On the following day, Sunday, a 21-gun salute was fired to greet His Royal Highness Prince William Duke of Cambridge while touring the Grand Harbour on a traditional Maltese dghajsa. On the evening of Saturday 20, a full-gun salute was fired at 20.00hrs as part of the official programme marking Malta's 50th anniversary from independence which was centred around the Grand Harbour. The last few days have proven to be extremely busy at the Saluting Battery.
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