15 years ago…
May 20, 1991 – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II visits Tampa as part of her two-week tour of the United States. During her brief time in Tampa, the Queen visited the Tampa City Center Esplanade on Franklin Avenue, the University of Tampa, and MacDill Air Force Base. She also awarded U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf an honorary knighthood during a ceremony in his office at MacDill. Her Majesty’s yacht Brittania, which brought Queen Elizabeth to Tampa, remained docked at Harbour Island for the remainder of the week while the Queen continued her tour of the United States.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
John
3 years ago
Didn’t the queen fly in on the Concorde? I can remember that it flew into Tampa International Airport with much fanfare….
Tampa Bay History Center
3 years ago
She definitely left on the Concorde. I believe from Tampa she flew on to Texas.
Woody Richey
1 year ago
H.M. Queen Elizabeth arrived aboard HMY Britannia to much fanfare. She hosted a state dinner aboard her yacht. She did fly out of Tampa International, but she left Britannia to act as her ambassador for awhile.
I got to attend her walkabout on Franklin Street, invited by the Descendants of the Knights of the Garter. I did manage to have a short chat with H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh at that time.
deWayne Richey