Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have arrived in London to attend the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II. The service will be held on Monday.
A government plane carrying the couple landed at Stansted Airport on Saturday. They then headed to a hotel in central London.
Emperor Naruhito's aides say he has fond memories of the times he spent with Queen Elizabeth when he was a student at Oxford University in the early 1980s.
The Queen invited him to join her and other members of the British royal family for a picnic. The aides say Emperor Naruhito was deeply grateful to the Queen for her warm and friendly hospitality.
A government plane carrying the couple landed at Stansted Airport on Saturday. They then headed to a hotel in central London.
Emperor Naruhito's aides say he has fond memories of the times he spent with Queen Elizabeth when he was a student at Oxford University in the early 1980s.
The Queen invited him to join her and other members of the British royal family for a picnic. The aides say Emperor Naruhito was deeply grateful to the Queen for her warm and friendly hospitality.
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived in London for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, scheduled on Monday. They landed at Stansted Airport and stayed at a central hotel. The Emperor has fond memories of Queen Elizabeth from his student days at Oxford University in the 1980s,
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220918_09/
Date: Sept. 18, 2022
Created: 2022/09/18 07:15
Updated: 2025/12/09 13:38
Last Read: 2022/09/18 07:15