A COLLECTION OF 28 OF THE QUEEN'S DRESSES HAVE GONE ON DISPLAY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF THE MODERN BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND WILL EVOKE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OVERSEAS TOURS UNDERTAKEN BY THE QUEEN DURING HER REIGN. THE EXHIBITION 'QUEEN & COMMONWEALTH: THE ROYAL TOUR' BRINGS TOGETHER EVENING GOWNS, DAY WEAR AND EVEN A KIWI FEATHER CLOAK PRESENTED TO HER MAJESTY BY THE MAORI CHIEFS IN ROTORUA, JANUARY 1954.QUEEN ELIZABETH II IS THE MOST TRAVELED MONARCH AND HAD MADE OVER 170 OFFICIAL VISITS TO COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES ALONE. THE EXHIBITION ALSO INCLUDES JEWELRY AND GIFTS TO THE QUEEN FROM COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, INCLUDING A CHESS SET FROM NELSON MANDELA WHERE THE PIECES REPRESENT ZULU AND NDEBELE PEOPLE WEARING TRADITIONAL COSTUME. THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION AT SUMMER OPENING OF THE STATE ROOMS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE RUNS FROM 26.JULY TO 30.SEPTEMBER.
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