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Welcome to Royal Britain . .e.-. . r # J % I Il ■ A 1 t I |fl , flfi"' I Hilf*"’ I ‘ * j IHlSr* : i r i ?i CIIH/41■| K IsRMRflflIBH■ i : I ~ i,a - m X' ■ --- - 1 fl K Mag/ «YB ; c 8 gss # t ■ 7> ~V . a 7 ' fl' I '■‘S •! V.: V I il II Bi IIK Canterbury Cathedra! Come and celebrate our jubilee year. 1977 is Jubilee Year in Britain, the 25th. A voyage of discovery castles per square mile than any other fortresses like Eilean I Jonan and great anniversary'of Her Majesty’s accession But don't spend all your time in country. houses like Traquair-visited by 27 to the throne. So come on over while London. You have a whole kingdom While you are there shop for English and Scottish monarchs, the flags are out. Air New Zealand to explore-from the rocky wilderness traditional Welsh blankets, jewellery Before you leave lake the car ferr will fly you to Los Angeles, Singapore of Land’s End in Cornwall to the and wood carvings. In the popular across blue-green sea to the timeless or Hong Kong with fast interline mountains and lakes of the Scottish Welsh spa of Llangollen you may see peace of over 700 Hebndcan connections to U.K. for as little as Highlands. So hire a car (for about the Welsh in their national costume at But we ought to warn you. You migh 51,077* return. sg.so a dav) and drive away on a a festival of singing and folk dancing. want to stay for ever. voyage of discovery. You could go A good way to get to know the Welsh See your 1 ravel Xgent or Air Nev Sleeping Kings south to Kent to Canterbury Cathedral is to spend a night at a cottage or Zealand for full details or, send the London will set the scene for your w here Thomas a Becket was murdered farmhouse. You’ll sleep in the best coupon below for a tree copy of royal holiday. You can hop on a big. 800 years ago. West you will find Bath bed and wake to birdsong and a AVelcome to Rosal Britain, red bus and tour the city for $4.70. A looking much as it did in Jane breaklast of bacon, eggs, toast .tea ■ thrilhng sight not to be’missed is the Austen’s day with its splendid 18th- inci marmalade -for about $6.00 " asen! '^ r4:r Changing of the Guard at century crescents and squares of person. ’nca may alter without nonce. Buckingham Palace. It’s still the golden stone. Then drive north to _ _ greatest show on earth. In West- Yorkshire. Round almost every bend London to Scotland in 5 hours 3IT fIELU ZEB I rtHH minster Abbey you can walk past the you will come across something Scotland’s capital Edinburgh is only 19 t-OliU tombs of most British sovereigns- marvellous such as the ruins of the hours by fast train from London. In i D •• u r • L 1 I since 1066. 2th-century abbey of Rievauix. t h e Old Town are antique shops full British Jounst Authority. Kings in their royal barges used to , treasures of Scotland's past and kilt- | P.O. Bex 3655, Wellington, take the same route down the Thame A ild mountains and makers who will show' you a magni j Please send me a free copy of that brings you to the Tower of vonderful castles centarray of tartans. In fashionable ‘Welcome to Royal Britain’ London. Here you can see the price- Vestward are the mountains of Wai Princes Street you can buy beautifi , N, am£; J less Crown Jewels and the spot where ou will notice the difference cashmere sweaters for about $24. 1 dd ress many historic figures were beheaded. mmediately you cross over from the _ But it won't be long belore the , A boat trip up the Thames brings yot irandeurofthe countryside along th Highlands lure you away. Here is a | | to Hampton Court where Henry VIII -order with Wales, known as the w ildemess of light, colour and she- I __' —— __ —n^'-1 courted and quarrelled with his mam ’Marches” Wales is rich in great 13th emptiness that is good tor the soul. > AT JU . wives. century fortresses and has more Everywhere you will discover

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