3-085-962 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Queen's Visit to the Riviera: Her Majesty's arrival at Cimiez - arrival of the Royal Carriage, 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.