KATMANDU, Nepal : Britain’s Queen Elizabeth I and her husband, Prince Philip, received a Tumultous welcome from tens of thousands of Nepalese today at the start of four day State visit to the Himalayan Kingdom.
The royal couple, on their second trip to Nepal in 25 years, was welcomed by King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya when they arrived around midday aboard a special British Airways Tristar
Five virgins presented the Queen with garlands. The Government has declared the day a national holiday in celebration.
The Queen, who wore a buttercup yellow coat with matching skirt and hat, inspected a guard of honor of a contingent of the crack Gurkha regiment.
The Queen and Prince Philip were driven to the city center past cheering school children and Buddhist Lama monks waving the Union Jack. Katmandu Mayor Kamal Chitrakar presented the keys of the city to the Queen.
The Queen, accompanied by King Birendta, was then taken in a six-horse drawn carriage to the Naraynhiti royal palace, where the British royal couple will stay during their Nepal visit. They were cheered on by about 100,000 people.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 21, 1986
