With pomp and considerable eclat, Israel today officially welcomed the first royal personage ever to visit Israel formally, Queen Mother Elizabeth of Belgium.
Flown to Lydda Airport in a specially-equipped E1 A1 Brittani jet plane, direct from Brussels, Queen Elizabeth was met by President and Mrs. Itzhak Ben Zvi, Mrs. Vera Weizmann, widow of the late first President of Israel, and leading officials of the Government. Queen Elizabeth will spend eight days in Israel. Tomorrow, “Good Friday,” she will make a brief pilgrimage to the Jordanian-occupied old city of Jerusalem.
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