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Her Majesty looked resplendent in a pink coat and hat and beamed from
ear-to-ear as she was given a grand welcome at The Sainsbury Centre for
Visual Arts. A red carpet had been rolled out for the 90-year-old
monarch, who was viewing a special Fiji exhibition.
Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific, a collection of over 280 objects, is the largest exhibition of Fijian works ever assembled in the UK. The Queen was given a tour of the new exhibition and shown some of the artefacts by Karen Jacobs, one of the exhibition curators.
A Fijian choir performed a welcome song beside the boat that took part in the Queen's 90th birthday celebration pageant last year. Before leaving, Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque and signed the visitor book.
The royal has close ties with the South Pacific country. The last
time she visited was in 1982 during a tour of Australia and the South
Pacific.
The Queen and Prince Philip also visited Fiji in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Tour, arriving on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, and again in 1953.
In 1974, the couple's firstborn, Prince Charles, visited Fiji on behalf of his mother to celebrate the country's centenary.
Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific, a collection of over 280 objects, is the largest exhibition of Fijian works ever assembled in the UK. The Queen was given a tour of the new exhibition and shown some of the artefacts by Karen Jacobs, one of the exhibition curators.
A Fijian choir performed a welcome song beside the boat that took part in the Queen's 90th birthday celebration pageant last year. Before leaving, Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque and signed the visitor book.
The Queen and Prince Philip also visited Fiji in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Tour, arriving on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, and again in 1953.
In 1974, the couple's firstborn, Prince Charles, visited Fiji on behalf of his mother to celebrate the country's centenary.
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