14 results returned for search: "" category "General" author Patrick Burgess
Twenty-two years after her first visit, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Bermuda on February 16, 1975.
Bermuda had seen the desegregation of theatres after a boycott, organised by the secret Progressive Group, which pushed the island towards the end of ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
On arrival for a two-day visit on March 8, 1994, hundreds greeted the royal couple at what was still the Civil Air Terminal, where the Queen surprised many by making an impromptu stop to talk to the crowds of children assembled by the gate.
Bermuda w...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
The Queen’s fourth official visit to Bermuda was the culmination of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of English settlement.
The visit, from November 24 to 26 in 2009, came 56 years to the day since the Queen first travelled to Bermuda, but no...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
The late Duke of Edinburgh was no stranger to Bermuda having visited the Island at least nine times.
Prince Philip died at Windsor Castle yesterday aged 99.
He was on island with the Queen for official visits in 1953, 1975, 1994 and 2009, and made sh...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
