It is monumental in sweep, mixing formal dignity with vast scale and, even today, unmatchable glamour.This famous black and white panorama by photographer Bert Hardy captures the young Queen Elizabeth at the Paris opera house, the Palais Garnier, on her first state visit to in April 1957.It is an extraordinary occasion. Packed shoulder to shoulder in evening dress, members of the Parisian elite peer down from stone balustrades. The colossal staircase is lined with helmeted Republican Guards, swords aloft. Uniformed trumpeters play.
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