‘She was a vision in a blue dress and white pearls’

A trip down memory lane: Queen Elizabeth with Prince Philip waving to the crowd as she enters the compound of Dewan Sri Pinang.

GEORGE TOWN: Datin Seri Mahmuda Bibi, who is now 80, was a teacher at the Methodist Boys’ School in 1972 when she was assigned to bring her students to greet the arrival of the Queen at the Governor’s residence here.

When she arrived, the crowd at the governor’s residence’s main gate was massive.