Royal Holiday (1960)

Item title reads - Royal holiday. Shetland and Orkney Islands. M/S as Queen Elizabeth II receives gift of a Shetland foal on behalf of the villagers on isle of Unst. The Queen feeds the foal with a lump of sugar. M/S royal barge sailing along towards Housay. M/S of fiddlers playing on the quay to welcome the Queen. M/S of the Queen being presented with a bouquet on the island by a small girl. C/U elderly man holding little baby. L/S Queen and others climbing up hill to visit the lighthouse keeper’s cottage. M/S house, C/U name ’Sunny Brae’ M/S of the Queen smiling and shaking hands with lighthouse keeper’s wife. M/S King’s Cross railway station. Various shots as baby Prince Andrew’s luggage is packed. C/U sign reading ’Royal Nursery’. M/S nanny carrying Prince Andrew, (later Duke of York), past camera. M/S nanny and Prince Andrew. C/U stationmaster, M/S nanny and baby on train. L/S Orkney islands. M/S of the Queen being presented with a bouquet fro
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