Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Two Queens off to Red China

September 21, 1961

Dowager Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, who is 85, and her 55-year-old daughter, former Queen Marie Jose of Italy, departed today in a Soviet airliner for a "three-week private visit" to Red China, reports the Associated Press.

The two women were invited by the Communist Chinese Women's Association.

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