Questions were raised at the time about why the Queen was absent, but official papers released under the 30-year-rule shed new light on the subject.
The late Queen was kept away from the ceremony marking the handover of Hong Kong because diplomats feared it would be humiliating for her to be there.
The issue is addressed in papers from 1994 when officials were making plans for Charles to visit Hong Kong later that year in what was to be his penultimate trip. Queen Elizabeth II attends a ceremony to mark her official birthday at Windsor Castle on June 13, 2020
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