ROYAL VISIT PRESS RELEASE
Friday, March 28, 1975
DESPATCH BOXES FOLLOW QUEEN TO HONG KONG
Timetable Must Allow Provision For Reading Of State Papers
For at least three of the four days the Queen will be in Hong
Kong in May, a portion of her time will have to be spent on reading important
documents of state,
No matter where the Queen happens to be, in London or in abroad,
she receives without fail a flow of telegrams, memoranda and letters in
red despatch boxes.
Each day, the Queen's mail contains an average of 120 Letters
dealing with state business.
The boxes arrive containing Foreign and Commonwealth Office
telegrams, along with any instructions or replies sent out. There is a
daily telegram reporting what has happened in the House of Commons, memoranda
prepared by ministers for the Cabinet to consider, and minutes of all Cabinet
meetings.
Normally in Britain, the Queen spends between two and three hours a
day reading and digesting such papers in order to be thoroughly informed on
domestic and international affairs. While travelling, she has the additional
task of studying daily briefs relating to the territory 'she is visiting,
the personalities she will meet, and the institutions she will visit.
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