Dawn Nell‘Delicate racial matters’: Queen Elizabeth’s 1947 southern African tourContinuing the Royal Tour of southern Africa (see ‘Planning Queen Elizabeth’s First Tour of Africa’ and ‘24-Carat Safari’), the Royal…Sep 11, 2022Sep 11, 2022
Dawn Nell24-Carat Safari: Queen Elizabeth II’s first southern African tourOn their first evening in southern Africa, the Royal Family attended a State Banquet hosted by General Smuts. Unlike earlier in the day…Sep 11, 2022Sep 11, 2022
Dawn NellAfrican Queen? Planning Queen Elizabeth II’s first tour of AfricaMahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress called for a boycott of the 1947 Royal Tour of South Africa. But what…Sep 10, 2022Sep 10, 2022