• Visitors check out a Jaguar car, that was used to drive late Queen Elizabeth II around Aden in 1954, on display at the Military Museum in Sana'a, Yemen, 25 May 2023. Among the Aden motorcade of late British Queen Elizabeth II, two Ford and Jaguar 420 cars are on display at the Military and National Museums in Sana'a. The British queen's death has prompted some Yemenis to remember her visit to the southern part of their country in 1954. The two cars were used to drive Queen Elizabeth II around Aden in April 1954 during her visit to south Yemen as a part of a six-month tour of the Commonwealth just two years into the monarch's reign, according to museum officials and documents. At the time, south Yemen was a colony of the British Empire, until British forces left in 1967. The two cars were transferred from the southern Yemeni city of Aden to the capital Sana'a in the mid 90's after a civil war broke out in Aden. Queen Elizabeth II died on 08 September 2022, at the age of 96. EPA / YAHYA ARHAB
    Visitors check out a Jaguar car, that was used to drive late Queen Elizabeth II around Aden in 1954, on display at the Military Museum in Sana'a, Yemen, 25 May 2023. Among the Aden motorcade of late British Queen Elizabeth II, two Ford and Jaguar 420 cars are on display at the Military and National Museums in Sana'a. The British queen's death has prompted some Yemenis to remember her visit to the southern part of their country in 1954. The two cars were used to drive Queen Elizabeth II around Aden in April 1954 during her visit to south Yemen as a part of a six-month tour of the Commonwealth just two years into the monarch's reign, according to museum officials and documents. At the time, south Yemen was a colony of the British Empire, until British forces left in 1967. The two cars were transferred from the southern Yemeni city of Aden to the capital Sana'a in the mid 90's after a civil war broke out in Aden. Queen Elizabeth II died on 08 September 2022, at the age of 96. EPA / YAHYA ARHAB
  • A Ford that was also used during the monarch's visit
    A Ford that was also used during the monarch's visit
  • The Ford and Jaguar 420 cars were part of the queen's motorcade
    The Ford and Jaguar 420 cars were part of the queen's motorcade
  • The British queen's death has prompted memories of the visit among Yemenis
    The British queen's death has prompted memories of the visit among Yemenis
  • The Yemen visit was part of a six-month tour of the Commonwealth two years into the monarch's reign
    The Yemen visit was part of a six-month tour of the Commonwealth two years into the monarch's reign
  • At the time, south Yemen was a colony of the British Empire, until British forces left in 1967
    At the time, south Yemen was a colony of the British Empire, until British forces left in 1967
  • The cars were moved from the southern Yemeni city of Aden to the capital Sanaa in the mid-1990s
    The cars were moved from the southern Yemeni city of Aden to the capital Sanaa in the mid-1990s
  • Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022
    Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022

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Cars from Queen Elizabeth's 1954 Yemen visit on display in Sanaa

Ford and Jaguar models were used to drive the British monarch around Aden

The National

May 28, 2023

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Updated: May 28, 2023, 7:16 AM