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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1953Vol. XXIV, No. 4

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Monthly

November, 1953

Vol. XXIV. No. 4.

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Royal Visit

to Pacific

A formal portrait (by Baron) of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, whose visit with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, to Fiji and Tonga in Dec ember is regarded as probably the most important event in the history of both those Pacific coun tries. The Queen is wearing the blue Ribbon and Star of the Garter, and a diamond and pearl diadem which was reset for Queen Vic toria and dates back much earlier.