Picture No | 10530117 |
Date | 1961 |
Description | Queen Elizabeth II meets Sherpa Tensing |
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh chatting to the famous Mount Everest guide, Sherpa Tensing Norgay (1914 - 1986) at Rashtrapati Bhaven, the home of the President of India in New Delhi, 1961. Tenzing Norgay accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the summit of Everest on 29 May 1953.
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Source | Photograph in the Illustrated London News archive, 27 January 1961 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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