Queen sees Fiji island
NZPA-Reuter Suva The visit yesterday by the Queen to the second-largest of the Fiji islands, Vanua Levu, was the first visit by the British monarch outside the main centre on her jubilee trip of the Pacific Islands. It was also the first time that a reigning British monarch had set foot on the island. The Royal party left the Royal Yacht Britannia at 9.30 a.m. and went to Albert Park, near Parliament House, for an ecumenical service of thanksgiving. Last night, Her Majestyheld a dinner aboard the Britannia while a choir and bands of the Royal Fiji military forces and the Royal Fiji police force played on the wharf before the guests went ashore at 10.45 p.m. and the yacht sailed for Auckland at 11 p.m.
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Press, 18 February 1977, Page 5
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