THIS picture was taken during the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh's visit to York on Monday, June 28, 1971, to celebrate the city's 1900th birthday

The city ground to a halt as the streets were filled with thrilled people watching the Royal procession which, escorted by the Household Cavalry, paraded along Blossom Street, through Micklegate Bar and into the city centre.

The Queen was escorted on foot by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Richard Scruton, along Museum Street to Museum Gardens, where she met Charles Dodsworth,of Bishopthorpe, an Under-Sheriff for Yorkshire, who played Henry VIII in the pageant performed to the Queen during that afternoon's garden party.

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