Red carpet treatment - Melville welcomed Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as they made their trip by train that started in Regina and ended in Yorkton on Saturday, July 29, 1978 as shown in archived newspapers in the Aug. 2 issue of the Melville Advance.

Prince Philip took photographs with his own camera from the observation platform of their train along the trip through the Qu’Appelle Valley when he and the Queen visited Melville 43 years ago.The Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 at the age of 99, was with the Queen on a whistlestop tour on July […]

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