{"id":99298,"date":"2022-09-11T16:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T16:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=99298"},"modified":"2022-09-11T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T16:37:28","slug":"queen-elizabeth-iis-visit-to-trinity-in-1954-by-sheshan-abeysekara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/queen-elizabeth-iis-visit-to-trinity-in-1954-by-sheshan-abeysekara\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s visit to Trinity in 1954-by Sheshan Abeysekara"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s visit to Trinity in 1954-by Sheshan Abeysekara<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Source:<\/span><\/strong>Trinitycollege<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II must have fond memories of her first visit to Sri Lanka in 1954. \u00a0As well as visiting Colombo during the ten days she spent here, she also visited Kandy to watch the Perahera, and while there, she was felicitated at the grounds of Trinity College Kandy before she was escorted to the historical \u201cMagul Maduwa\u201d\u00a0<\/em>to be welcomed by a delegation of Kandyan Chiefs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Picture: \u201cThe Mayor of Kandy welcoming the Queen at\u00a0 the Trinity College main entrance drive.\u201d | Picture Credits:\u00a0GettyImages<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is a very little known fact that this ceremonial felicitation was done at the grounds of Trinity College Kandy because it is often referred to as the \u201cMunicipal\u201d ceremony in all the documents appearing on the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following are few images extracted from the internet and the Trinity College Archives of the ceremonial \u201cGuard of Honour\u201d which was staged at Trinity College premises (Trinity College car park at present):<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Trinity in 1954 and Trinity in 2018<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Picture: The Mayor of Kandy, Mr. E.L. Senanyake escorting the Queen through the College premises (College car park at present)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Guard of Honour<\/span><\/p>\n

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The above picture is from a diary compiled by Mr. Kingsley Thenuwara (an Old Boy from the 50\u2019s) now at the Trinity College Archive.<\/span>
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\u201cThe Queen being felicitated at the Trinity College premises (at the\u00a0steps between the College Main Hall & the car park in present)\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are no other documented details of this visit to Trinity College Kandy as it was not an official visit by the Queen specifically to the school and this felicitation was part of the civic reception organised by then the Mayor of Kandy, Mr E. L. Senanayake. However, we came across a video footage\u00a0(first 13 seconds of the video) of the Queen being\u00a0escorted in a car through the Trinity College main drive.\u00a0Video Credits to British Pathe.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n