14th October 1954: The Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, arrives at Portsmouth on a state visit to Britain, greeted by The Duke of Gloucester. He is greeted at Victoria Station in London by Her Majesty The Queen, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, The Princess Margaret, The Princess Royal, The Duchess of Gloucester, The Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden, Home Secretary Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, Britain's Ambassador to Ethiopia, and the Lord Mayor of London.
On his arrival in Portsmouth warships flew the Ethiopian flag and cannons fired royal salutes. RAF Coastal Command staged a fly-past.
In London the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh received the Emperor at Victoria Station in a lavish red carpeted and curtained enclosure.
Crowds cheered the Emperor throughout his tour of the capital. His schedule included a visit to the Queen Mother at Clarence House and dignitaries from London City Council and the City of Westminster.
Welcoming him at the state banquet held in his honour the Queen said:
"We greet you as the Sovereign of an ancient Christian State which has many links with our own Church and...as the Sovereign of the country which was the first to regain its freedom during the last war."
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