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Yemen Remembers Queen Elizabeth’s Visit and a Lost Era of Hope

Yemen Remembers Queen Elizabeth's Visit and a Lost Era of Hope

Just two years into her reign, a young Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh left the UK for her first and longest Commonwealth tour as monarch. It lasted from November 1953 until May 1954, covering 44,000 miles and stopping in the West Indies, Australasia, Asia and Africa. Continue reading “Yemen Remembers Queen Elizabeth’s Visit and a Lost Era of Hope”