Brazil Welcomes Queen Elizabeth

Series

Series Name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

34A

Date Released

Dec 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

873

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Brazil Welcomes Queen Elizabeth

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrived at Rio de Janeiro in the royal yacht ‘Britannia’ at the start of the first state visit to Brazil of a British sovereign. At Brasilia, the capital, they were welcomed by the President and his wife, Senor and Senora Costa de Silva. The Queen received from the President the Grand Collar of Cruzeiro and conferred on him the Order of the Knight Grand Cross of the Bath before addressing the National Congress and attending a state banquet. In Sao Paulo the Queen laid a wreath at the Independence Monument and visited both the Jockey Club and a stud farm before returning to Rio to hold a reception on board the royal yacht. Her majesty and the Duke saw samba dancers during a reception at the British Embassy. On the following day they attended a remembrance ceremony at the tomb of Brazil’s unknown soldier. Queen Elizabeth also watched a football match at the Maria Filho stadium before leaving by air at the end of her one-week state visit.

Local distribution only

Brazilian/Portuguese special

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Foreign relations; Ceremonies

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI

MI 1168/34A

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

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