The Queen came to the county on many occasionsHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who has passed away aged 96, visited Derby and Derbyshire on numerous occasions - usually accompanied by her late husband, Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh. In 1968, she again visited Derbyshire and went to the Lea Green Sports Centre and John Smedley Knitwear Ltd at Lea Mills. In March 1985, the Queen once again visited Derbyshire - though the city itself was not on her agenda on that occasion. The Queen visited Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne to mark the 400th anniversary of the school. In the city, she visited the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and met consultants who had treated victims of the Kegworth air crash.

Source: The Times September 08, 2022 18:51 UTC