UK: KING FAISAL SAUDI ARABIA, ON STATE VISIT, DINES AT ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH.
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189629
UK: KING FAISAL SAUDI ARABIA, ON STATE VISIT, DINES AT ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH.
- Title: UK: KING FAISAL SAUDI ARABIA, ON STATE VISIT, DINES AT ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH.
- Date: 10th May 1967
- Summary: 1. LS TOWER BRIDGE, GEORGE BROWN WAITING ON QUAYSIDE, PAN TO KING FAISAL AND PARTY DOWN GANGWAY 0.20 2. MS KING FAISAL AND GEORGE BROWN ON DECK OF LAUNCH 0.30 3. CU KING FAISAL 0.35 4. LS LAUNCH PULLING AWAY FROM QUAYSIDE 0.40 5. CU POLICEMAN 0.41 6. LS LAUNCH THROUGH TOWER BRIDGE 0.56 7. LS EXT..GREENWICH PALACE 1.00 8. MS GEORGE BROWN AND KING FAISAL ENTER AND GREETED BY MR. GEORGE THOMPSON AND MRS. THOMPSON 1.16 9. CU KING FAISAL AND BROWN GO THROUGH DOORWAY 1.24 10. MS BROWN AND KING FAISAL UPSTAIRS AND INTO DINING ROOM 1.29 11. MS STANDING GUESTS, PAN TO LS OF DINING HALL. 1.44 Initials JBC/V/CHH/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 25th May 1967 13:00
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- Location: LONDON, UK
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA7UKHTTNBJJLQEFHAJ3TRE238Z
- Story Text: KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA, ON THE SECOND DAY OF HIS STATE VISIT TO LONDON SAILED TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) DOWN THE RIVER THAMES TO GREENWICH AND THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE FOR DINNER AS GUEST OF THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR. GEORGE BROWN.
WELCOMING THE KING, MR. BROWN SAID HE HOPE THE TALKS THE KING WOULD HAVE IN LONDON WOULD CENTRE ON HOW THE COUNTRIES COULD WORK TOGETHER. BUT THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE OF A ROYAL VISIT IN THE COLLEGE'S FAMOUS PAINTED HALL KEPT POLITICS GENERALLY IN THE BACKGROUND.
THE DINNER CAME AFTER ANOTHER BUSY DAY FOR KING FAISAL: WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH, HE HAD REVIEWED THE KING'S TROOP, ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY; THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. HAROLD WILSON, HAD CALLED ON HIM; AND HE HAD MET MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AT A RECEPTION AT WESTMINSTER.
THE KING IS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR NINE DAYS. HE WILL BEGIN HIS TALKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT NEXT WEEK.
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