Cheering crowds greet the Queen

November 10, 2011

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II rode a royal-themed commemorative tram and met massive, adoring crowds as she walked a red carpet through Melbourne’s Federation Square on Wednesday. The monarch, 85, also met “miracle” Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna as she opened the revamped Royal Children’s Hospital, where the formerly conjoined twins were separated in marathon surgery [...]

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Royal Children’s Hospital opening

November 9, 2011
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Queen reigns on hospital parade

October 29, 2011

”THE sparkling new jewel in the Crown” was how Premier Ted Baillieu described Victoria’s new $1 billion Royal Children’s Hospital before the Queen unveiled a plaque marking its official opening yesterday. Hundreds of people lined Flemington Road to await Her Majesty’s arrival, while inside the hospital’s emergency department there was some nervous pacing by hospital [...]

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Hospital’s crowning achievement

October 9, 2011

From the Herald Sun: CHILDHOOD dreams of playing kings and queens will come alive for patients at Royal Children’s Hospital when the real Queen officially opens the new hospital this month. It has taken 18 months of negotiations by the hospital and State Government – including visits to Buckingham Palace – to snare the royal [...]

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Royal Children’s Hospital to Open

October 6, 2011

ABC News reported: Melbourne’s new Royal Children’s Hospital will officially open on the same day Queen Elizabeth II is due to visit the city. The $1 billion hospital will open on October 26. The Queen and Prince Philip are scheduled to make a quick stop in Melbourne that day, before travelling to Perth to attend [...]

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