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PHOTO FLASHBACK: Queen Elizabeth II in Jamaica, February 1983

Published:Friday | February 17, 2023 | 7:38 AM
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Her Majesty glances with delighted anticipation at the welcoming party as she alights from the Royal Air Force jet with her husband, the Duke of Edingburgh, at the Norman Manley International Airport on February 13, 1983.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth greeted school children at the National Heroes Park in February 1983, where she and her husband, His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, laid a wreath at the War Memorial.
Queen Elizabeth inspecting the Guard of Honour mounted by the Second Battalion of the Jamaica Defence Force shortly after Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on Sunday, February 13, 1983, on their four-day visit to Jamaica. With Her Majesty is (right) Captain Stewart E. Saunders. commander of the guard; and behind them are Major-General Robert Neish, Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force; Lt. Colonel Nestor O'Gilvie and Major John Prescod, who is the Queen's Equerry-in-waiting.
A man identified only as Carton Williams breaks through the strong security cordon at CAST and gave the Queen a bouquet of flowers and shakes her hand.
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Blurb: Jamaicans were very excited to catch a glimpse of the Royal family when they visited in 1983. They lined the streets on the day of their arrival and made every effort to show up at her scheduled appearances.