THE Queen has always cut a striking figure when out and about in visits to Worcester.
Here we pull together pictures from a visit to the city in 1989, a walkabout when she came to Worcester in 2001 and her last trip in 2012 to open the Hive.
Eighties: The Queen wore bottle green
In 1989, Worcester’s streets were thronged, the crowds were cheering and the flags were waving as the Queen and Prince Philip made a near four-hour visit to the city to pay tribute to the Queen’s Own Mercian Yeomanry, of which the Queen is Colonel-in-Chief, and unveil a plaque to open new £350,000 workshops at the cathedral.
Thousands of people greeted the Royal couple after the Royal Train arrived at Shrub Hill station at 11.10am, where the Queen was quickly out of the blocks to unveil a British Rail locomotive renamed The Queen’s Own Mercian Yeomanry and inspect BR’s travelling post office.
The Royal cavalcade then travelled down Lowesmoor and City Walls Road to pass through Edgar Tower and on to College Green, where the Queen opened the new workshops for the £10million restoration operation on the Cathedral.
There followed a tour of the building before an invited audience of 1,500. Lunch was then taken in the Guildhall with 200 special guests.
At 2.40pm it was back in the Royal car to drive down High Street, The Cross and Foregate Street to the Shirehall, where the Queen inspected a Guard of Honour on the forecourt before a private tea (if she had any room left after lunch) with members, families and old comrades of the QOMY.
At 3.45pm the Royal couple left Worcester.
The Queen also wore a similar green for a tour of Worcester in 1980. One of the pictures captured was used recently for one of eight new stamps issued to mark her Platinum Jubilee.
Royal blue for trip to faithful city
THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were in Worcester 21 years ago, and this time Her Majesty was resplendent in blue on a chill March morning.
All pictures courtesy of Worcester City Council.
Pretty in pink for Hive opening
Thousands of people again lined the streets as the Queen visited Worcester as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Worcester just before noon to officially open the Hive, the city's £60 million library and history centre.
Dressed in a Karl Ludwig pale pink tweed coat and dress and a matching hat from Angela Kelly, the Queen, accompanied by Prince Philip, was welcomed by a cheering crowd as she arrived in the Butts.
The Royal party was greeted by the then deputy lieutenant of Worcestershire Angela Brinton and several civic dignitaries including His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, chancellor of the University of Worcester; vice chancellor Professor David Green; Bishop of Worcester Dr John Inge; Worcester MP Robin Walker; then Mayor of Worcester Roger Berry; and Councillor Adrian Hardman, then the leader of Worcestershire County Council.
The Queen enjoyed a tour of the children's library and met artists whose work is exhibited in the Hive and visited the council's customer service Hub.
Following their tour, Prof Green welcomed the Queen to Worcester and invited her to unveil a plaque, marking the official opening of the Hive.
He said: "Your Majesty, today is a very special day for the people of Worcester and Worcestershire. We offer our sincerest thanks to you, ma'am, on the occasion of your visit to your Faithful City during this, your jubilee year."
The Queen and Prince Philip then signed their names in the visitors' book.
After their visit to the Hive, the royal couple were taken to Worcester's Guildhall where they were greeted by a Guard of Honour provided by Worcester Yeomanry, complete with bayonets and rifles. Once inside the historic Guildhall the pair attended a reception in the lower hall for 100 of the county's 'great and good'.
Upstairs in the Assembly Room the Queen and Prince Philip, along with 150 invited guests, enjoyed a two-course lunch of asparagus and chicken before stepping out into a packed High Street to meet the people of the city.
Following a walkabout in the High Street where the Queen and Prince Philip greeted the waiting public, they were taken to Worcester Cathedral for a celebratory service attended by about 1,000 people.
The Queen then unveiled a plaque by cathedral stonemason James Robinson before leaving the cathedral, marking the end of her extremely successful visit to Worcester.
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