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How sweaty armpit saved the queen from an elephant

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are welcomed by late President Daniel Moi on arrival in Kenya in 1983. [File, Standard]

With Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations just ended, the younger generation might not fathom that her ascendancy to the throne depended on her safety during a visit to Kenya.

The future queen and her husband, the late Prince Philip, had visited the country in February 1952 as part of a tour to a number of commonwealth countries since her father, King George VI, was ill and unable to make the trip.

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