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Menzies, Robert

Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
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Release Date:
26/11/1965
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
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Document:
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  • Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
FOR PRESS: P.M. NO. 92/1965 - NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR QUEEN MOTHER'S DEPARTURE - STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, SIR ROBERT MENZIES

EMBARGO NOT TO BE RiIEEASED BEFORE 10 PM ( EST) 26/ 11/ 65
FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 92/ 1965
NE14 ARRA1NGE1MZ: NTS FOR QUJEE14 MOTHER' S DEPA RTURE
Statement by the Prime Minister. Sir Robert Menzies
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is to
leave Australia by air instead of in the Royal Yacht
" Britannia" at the end of her visit in Mliarch/ April next
year. It had been intended that Her Majesty should
embark in " Britannia" in Melbourne to sail to New Zealand.
Now that plans for the tour have been advanced, it has
become apparent that it will not be practicable for
" Britannia" to go to Melbourne.
Consequently, the Queen Mother will leave
Canberra on board a Qantas Boeing 707 on the 7th April.
She will fly to Nandi in Fiji where she will join the
Royal Yacht. After a brief visit to Suva, Her Majesty
will sail for New Zealand in " Britannia".
CANBERRA, 26th November, 1965.

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