Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-372) and index.
Contents:
Dramatis personae -- Introduction -- Arrival -- The state opening of Parliament and the question of the imperial connection -- The whistlestop tour : a mid-century royal progress across the veld -- Bloemfontein and the braai at Bultfontein : Afrikaans vs English-speaking in the Free State -- Race, empire, politics and agendas : Eshowe, Durban and Currie's Fountain -- A state banquet in Pretoria : the Transvaal capital receives the Royal Family -- Johannesburg : 'Becher's Brook, second time round -- Tea with Ouma -- Tea at Vergelegen -- The coming of age of the Heiress Presumptive : gently towards a new multiracial Commonwealth -- Gone with the southeaster
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