75th Anniversary of Royal Family Visit to South Africa Day 20


 

Day 20: 19th February 1947

09.30am Royal Family leaves Government House to visit Simons Town

1.00pm  Royal Party arrives at Kenilworth Race Course for lunch and to watch the Cape of Good Hope Derby at 2.45pm

3.30pm Royal Party arrives at Fernwood  for informal meeting of Parliamentarians

8.00pm Civic Ball for Coloured Community at the City Hall, visited by Royal Party at 9.30pm


Simons Town - I have no actual pictures of my own so this is an image from the Illustrated London News (ILN)


An actual invite to the Civic Reception 




Then off to the race course and another picture from ILN.




Pictures from Fernwood





A picture from the ILN of the evening ball




Letter from the Royal household using paper from the Royal train 




Two postcards posted on the 17th February









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