In March 1928 the King of the Afghans received the red carpet treatment when he arrived in Britain as part of a vast European tour. Progressive and liberal, King Amanullah and Queen Souriya arrived in Portsmouth apparently at the dawn of a new global era for Afghanistan. 

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