Protest greets Queen
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh sailed into a political storm at the weekend when they landed at the Caribbean island of Antigua. Minutes after they stepped on to the gaily decorated quay of St Johns, an antiGovernment demonstration began. The Prime Minister (Mr Vere Bird) was shouted down during his welcome speech by angry protesters who claimed that the was making a police State, The Queen appeared to ignore the demonstration and, in her speech, told Mr Bird: “Your Government have both maintained internal peace and have successfully pursued economic development programmes which have raised the standard of living.”—St Johns.
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Press, 31 October 1977, Page 8
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