Royal Tour of the Caribbean, 1966

In 1966, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visited fifteen Commonwealth Realms and Crown Colonies and Territories on their month-long Tour of the Caribbean, which we are featuring ahead of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas this week. The Queen and Duke visited Barbados, British Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, which were featured in the film:

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Throughout the month-long Tour, there were countless Gala Dinners and Receptions in the fifteen Commonwealth Realms and Crown Colonies and Territories, as well as Dinners on the Royal Yacht Britannia, and many glittering State Openings of Parliament, particularly in Trinidad and in Jamaica. However, despite the plethora of Gala Events, it seems the Queen only brought with her the Girls of Great Britain & Ireland Tiara and her Belgian Sapphire Tiara.

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