The Cook Islands first Prime Minister Sir Albert Royal Henry with my mother. Photo by Bill Johnson

The Cook Islands first Prime Minister Sir Albert Royal Henry with my mother Margaret (Margo) Johnson in Rarotonga 1974. I might add that it was through the Prime Minister that my mother was able to personally meet H.M. The Queen in Rarotonga. I also believe that it was thanks to Albert Henry that I was the Official Cook Islands Government Photographer for both Royal Tours of Prince Philip (1972) and H.M. The Queen (1974). His reward... I captured the moment and the only photograph of Albert Henry being dubbing by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

I might also add that I was at the main gates of Buckingham Palace when Princess Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were on their way to the Coronation in the Royal Coach in June 1953 and I did get a very good look at the two of them. But who would ever know at the time... twenty-one years later I would be in the same room with the Queen photographing Her Majesty doing a KBE Knighthood. Photo by Bill Johnson