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ITN/5/14/74
Title
Queen Elizabeth Tiger Shoot in Nepal
Date(s)
- 1961 (Creation)
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1 photograph
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(1955 - present)
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Visit Nepal. The Queen at the Tiger Shoot. Queen Elizabeth II of England holds on to the rail of the howoah on the back of a huge elephant as the guide behind her reaches for a rifle during the tiger shoot in the wild Nepalese bush country near Kathmandu on 27 February. Right rear King Mahendra also reaches for a rifle. Prince Philip can be seen in the centre background wearing a light coloured soft [text faded]. The Queen who rode to the meet on a small elephant fitted with a leather [text faded] transferred to the howoah for the actual shoot
Agency: Associated Press
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