The onlookers saw Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, very stylishly dressed disembarking from 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. She was greeted by local officials. Nice 19.3.1951.
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, smiles as she is greeted by a local official upon her arrival at Nice Airport on 19 March 1951. Dressed in a dark coat and a soft, gathered hat, she was making a stopover during a flight from London to Malta to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. Behind her stands the Viking C2 aircraft of the King's Flight from which she has just disembarked.
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