The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh continued their six-month Commonwealth Tour in Australia when they arrived in Brisbane on this day in 1954, following Tours around the United Kingdom after the Queen’s Coronation. The stops in Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand and Australia were followed by visits to Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar.
After returning from a month-long Commonwealth Tour, the newlywed Princess Anne presented the 1974 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at the Royal Albert Hall in London on this day in 1974, 50 years ago, a few weeks before her kidnapping attempt.
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh made a return to royal duties following the birth of Prince Charles with a three-day visit to Edinburgh on this day in 1949, 75 years ago, as part of an extended series of Tours around various parts of the United Kingdom.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended a Gala Performance of the Comedie Française, the French National Theatre, at the Savoy Hotel in London on this day in 1939, 85 years ago, ahead of the French State Visit to Britain.
Prince Charles and Princess Anne joined the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret for the Royal Performance of Rudelf Nureyev’s production of ‘The Nutcracker’ at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London on this day in 1968.
Seventy years ago, the exiled Spanish Royal Family, Spanish Aristocracy, and the leading Italian Noble Families got together for a dazzling Gala at the magnificent renaissance Palazzo Torlonia in the heart of the city of Rome to celebrate the 18th Birthday and the debut into society of Doña Alessandra (Sandra) Torlonia, the eldest granddaughter of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh continued their six-month Commonwealth Tour in Australia when they arrived in Melbourne on this day in 1954, following Tours around the United Kingdom after the Queen’s Coronation. The stops in Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand and Australia were followed by visits to Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh continued their six-month Commonwealth Tour in Australia when they arrived in Tasmania on this day in 1954, following Tours around the United Kingdom after the Queen’s Coronation. The stops in Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand and Australia were followed by visits to Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar.
The Russian Imperial Family gathered to celebrate the Wedding of Prince Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia at the Anichkov Palace on this day in 1914, 110 years ago, the last Royal Wedding of Tsarist Russia before the outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Revolution.
President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos hosted Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia of Spain, then the Heirs of Fascist Dictator General Franco and later the King and Queen of Spain, on their four-day visit to the Philippines on this day in 1974, 50 years ago, which came following their visits to the United States, Iran, and Ethiopia.
