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Prince Charles talks about bikini girls in Coolangatta, 1977 (2GB radio)

1977

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Prince Charles talks about bikini girls in Coolangatta, 1977 (2GB radio)

1977

    Prince Charles, at a State Reception in Sydney on 4 November 1977 to talk about the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations, refers to three girls who were asked to leave Coolangatta airport before his arrival because their bikinis were too brief.

    Charles was officially proclaimed King, becoming King Charles III, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.

    Courtesy of
    Macquarie National News on 2GB

    Prince Charles, at a State Reception in Sydney on 4 November 1977 to talk about the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations, refers to three girls who were asked to leave Coolangatta airport before his arrival because their bikinis were too brief.

    Charles was officially proclaimed King, becoming King Charles III, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.

    Courtesy of
    Macquarie National News on 2GB
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