The official table was decorated with the Queens favourite flowers pink roses along with pink dahlias. The tour was planned as an opportunity to thank the Commonwealth for its support during the Second World War, and to introduce the new Queen to her subjects. Between November 1953 and May 1954, the Royal Family visited 13 countries in the West Indies, Australasia, Asia, and Africa, covering more than 40,000 miles by land, air and sea. Queen In Victoria the Queen and Duke met workers at the brown coal mine at Yallourn. To her port were 53 vessels of the Fremantle fishing fleet, fully dressed. Im wondering if what were seeing is entirely the result of fashion, or whether a major component was to make sure even more than usual that everyone would have a good view of the Queen, given what a huge event the tour was, and what massive crowds were expected to be there in person. RM 2CFDY1Y Street scenes of Melbourne at the time of the 1954 Royal Visit . WebThis 1954 film50,000 Royal miles in CinemaScope and Eastman Color/Colourcovers the earlier-in-the-year six-months tour of the British Commonwealth by Queen Elizabeth and Philip, later joined by Prince Charles and Princess Anne toward the end of the trip. Type on the line above then press the Enter/Return key to submit a new search query, Letter from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II's First Visit to Australia. Queen Elizabeth Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YkbLdj8RQllqXWtwIGPe_w',sig:'K718iu3poyk-qwBOvo5y1nfeIXnoNgLEC3nm_oudp-w=',w:'594px',h:'478px',items:'78966532',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Brilliant!

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