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The onlookers saw Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, very stylishly dressed disembarking from a Viking aircraft 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. - Photo by Edward Quinn

The onlookers saw Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, very stylishly dressed disembarking from a Viking aircraft 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, the future Queen Elizabeth II, is greeted by local officials at Nice Airport, 19 March 1951. Stylishly dressed in an elegant coat, gloves, and an elaborate hat, she had just disembarked from a Viking aircraft during a stopover on a flight from London to Malta to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. Beside her stands a man in a dark, double-breasted suit and an officer in a peaked cap.

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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