The onlookers saw Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, arriving in a Viking 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.
A gleaming, twin-engine Vickers Viking of The King’s Flight rests on the tarmac at Nice Airport on 19 March 1951. Its highly polished fuselage, which reflects the sunny surroundings, bears the royal crest with the ‘GR’ monogram. The aircraft carried Princess Elizabeth during a stopover on her journey from London to Malta, where she was to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. A French tricolor and a Royal Standard fly from atop the cockpit to mark her arrival.
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