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This Day In Our Past: April 30, 1975

Published:Tuesday | April 30, 2013 | 9:35 AM

On April 30, 1975, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh flies out of the Norman Manley International Airport at the conclusion of a five day visit to Jamaica.



The Queen spent most of her visit granting audience to heads of delegations attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.



In the evening she gave a dinner and reception to say good-bye to the officials of the Commonwealth delegations and Jamaican staff on board the Royal Yacht Britannia.



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