The Royal Visit: Her Majesty The Queen in SMelbourne just in time 4 lunch
Once you arrive in Melbourne and you look the street’s names, you realize that you are in a place where the Crown has been present for generations.
You have The Royal Gardens, The Royal Exhibition Building, Her Majesty Theater, Queen St, Victoria St, Elizabeth St, King St and many more.
Today’s event was not only a red carpet one in Federation Square, but it represents for some people a piece of Melbourne’s history, as well as their present lives.
We saw many curious people trying to find the best sightseeing spot, or trying to be well groom,
with a nice hat, good dress and perfect tan. We saw few people with flags. The 4 corners of Flinders St and Swantson St were full of crowds waiting for their opportunity to spot Her Majesty The Queen. Many people were waiting for hours, others arrived just in time for lunch break time and as The Queen was greeting children and receiving flower bouquets they were eating pasta, chicken or salads.
Photo: Flinders Station
People was exited, it’s very difficult to find Melbournians exited… Indeed, scholars and middle-aged ladies were the most active during the event.
We found a good spot in St Paul’s Cathedral, it wasn’t perfect but we shared a really good time with people from the city and tourists. The lady with the best spot was telling us how and where Her Majesty was going:
“She is in Federation Square, I can see some people cheering and the police is moving from another side…”
One of us spot some people with handkarechiefs…
Maybe one of the big mistakes in this visit was that the City of Melbourne didn’t connect speakers or screens showing Her Highness during her visit to Federation Square in the corners of Swantson and Flinders and many people went home very upset :(
We spot Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, we spot her fuchsia/pink hat, as well as the bouquets, the police, the horses and the Royal Tram.
Photo: Spot The Queen!
When Her Majesty got into the tram the crowds started to clap thinking: “I really want my next tram without tramcops and with air-conditioner… mmm”
Then the tram crossed the bridge, The Royal feelings blew away with The Queen…
… and people start to feel again the SMelbourne atmosphere.
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