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Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (in the Military William Order) hosts a glittering State Banquet for Queen Juliana (wearing the Mellerio Ruby Tiara), Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix (in Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara), and Prince Claus of the Netherlands at the Jubilee Palace in Addis Ababa on this day in 1969, at the start of their State Visit to Ethiopia.