From the Archives, 1980: Big crowds see the Queen open the City Square
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By Peter Smark
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World’s best diplomat
Queen Elizabeth II showed Melbourne yesterday why her Court advisers say she is the world’s best diplomat.
The Queen talks to some of the children who welcomed her to Melbourne
Credit:The Age Archives
While rows of civic dignitaries and their spouses waited on a raised dais in the City Square for the Queen to come and talk to them, she insisted on continuing to talk with crowds lining the route of her walk from Bourke Street.