The Queen's Visit to the Riviera: Her Majesty's arrival at Cimiez - view from the Excelsior Regina Hotel, Her Majesty's residence at Cimiez, 1898. Queen Victoria on holiday in the South of France. 'A landau, preceded by an escort of six mounted gendarmes, flanked by a Captain and a Lieutenant of Artillery, and followed by two detachments of artillerymen, drove her Majesty rapidly to Cimiez, where the buglers of the 6th Alpine Chasseurs played "God Save the Queen," and a wonderful array of roses, orchids, and almond blossom, the gift of the Nice municipality, scented and embellished the royal apartments.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898
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