A GRACEFUL GESTURE BY THE QUEEN An unrehearsed incident at the laying of the wreath on the Villers-Bretonneux memorial, After King George had placed his wreath, the Queen stepped forward and reverently placed on it a bunch of Flanders poppies which had been presented to her by a boy with the Australian contingent.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23577, 13 August 1938, Page 5
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53A GRACEFUL GESTURE BY THE QUEEN An unrehearsed incident at the laying of the wreath on the Villers-Bretonneux memorial, After King George had placed his wreath, the Queen stepped forward and reverently placed on it a bunch of Flanders poppies which had been presented to her by a boy with the Australian contingent. Otago Daily Times, Issue 23577, 13 August 1938, Page 5
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