the Queen
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The French Will See the Queen
When the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were about to arrive at Kaikohe airport in the far north of New Zealand, a shabby green English station waggon was noticed parked amongst official cars.
Security officers, puzzled, hastily investigated—and were even more concerned when they found that one of its two occupants could not speak English. The driver, a New Zealander, soon cleared up the mystery, however. His passenger was Monsieur Robert Vermont, a newspaper man from Vila, New Hebrides, representing the French Press and especially the magazine Voir. Somehow the two had omitted to equip themselves with the special passes issued to the Press. Not until M. Vermont had dismantled his camera tripod, and the contents of the van had been thoroughly ex amined by the Security people was the all-clear given—and M. Vermont permitted to remain and get his photos.