With the disappearance of dear Queen Elizabeth II, an era came to an end. What we can define as Elizabethan age spanned centuries and different generations, leaving its beloved people and posterity with an indelible memory of its memory, which will remain in history even after its death.

We want to remember the iconic queen in this article by retracing the days when she visited Naples together with her beloved Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The May 4, 1961 Elizabeth landed at the port where she was greeted with great military honors, while from Castel dell'Ovo twenty-four cannon salvoes were fired in celebration. He then went in procession to the Vomero crossing the Course and Via Tasso to reach the Charterhouse of San Martino she longed to visit, warmly welcomed by a packed city of people, rushed immediately to greet the two rulers.

It seems, moreover, that the queen loved the Neapolitan song, in particular Red Moon, which at London had listened again with pleasure during an exclusive performance of Hugh Calise in a concert organized by the Italian Embassy.

The queen's passage to Naples, however, was a touch-and-go: there was a second visit, in fact, dating back to October 1980; this time Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrived at theCapodichino Airport in the presence of the then mayor Maurizio Valenzi and by the highest authorities of Naples. After the reception at Villa Rosebery, before returning to her rooms she was delighted by a folklore show in his honor, to the rhythm of tarantella and tammurriata Neapolitan.

The next day could not miss a visit to the excavations of Pompeii, followed by the official meeting with the city. From St. James Palace yes looked out to greet the Neapolitan citizens who had flocked to pay their respects. Before leaving the city by sea, the evening ended with a reception offered aboard the Panfilo Britannia from which he then bid farewell to Naples amid fireworks and then left in the direction of Palermo. The only regret for the queen is that of never having been able to visit the unmissable Isle of Capri.  

These were the quick, if significant, visits the Queen paid to our Naples during her long throne, lasting exactly seventy years.

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