Queen Elizabeth II has graced more than 120 countries in the world - including states embroiled in political or military strife. The monarch’s aim on such royal excursions is to promote the reputation of the Crown. During the Sixties, the Queen was accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, on a trip to Pakistan. According to royal biographer Robert Hardman, her visit helped to bridge the gender difference gap between men and women.
In his book Queen of the World, Robert details how women were pushing past groups of males to get a glimpse of the monarch - something which ordinarily wouldn’t have been traditionally accepted.
He cited it was the “Queen’s capacity to bridge it” yet, prior to a tea party event, security was particularly heightened.
It was then Prince Charles’ mother’s extensive security provisions in the country, which was unsettled at the time due to divides between the rich and the poor, came to light.
Robert wrote: “At the Lahore Fort, men were excluded from the Queen’s tea party, though one or two women were barred as well.
“The government had insisted that all 200 lady guests had to provide a doctors certificate confirming they had undergone both a medical test and an X-Ray, if they were to be permitted within 15 feet of the Queen, let alone introduced.
