Queen Elizabeth honoured by and honouring the House of Representatives
Prime Minister John Kotelawela greets the Queen … and she is ushered in pageant mode into the chambers
…. where she surveys her subjects & ministers …. graciously
September 25, 2022 · 6:13 pm
Queen Elizabeth in Parliamentary Pageantry in Ceylon, 1954
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