The onlookers saw Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, arriving in a Viking C2 aircraft, King's Flight, during the stop she made at Nice Airport, while on a flight from London to Malta where she was going to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. Nice 19.3.1951.
Princess Elizabeth arrives at Nice Airport on 19 March 1951, during a stopover en route from London to Malta to join Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her Viking C2 aircraft of the King's Flight, with its polished metal fuselage and a royal crest below the cockpit, is observed by a small crowd on the tarmac. The French tricolor is visible atop the fuselage, marking the occasion.
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