The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSE-HOLD reported Her Majesty's Answer to the Address, as follows:

I thank you for your Loyal and affectionate greetings on my return from my visit to West Africa. The enthusiastic welcome which my Husband and I received from the Commonwealth member countries of Ghana and Sierra Leone, from the Gambia, and from Liberia and Senegal, touched us deeply.

We were both moved and delighted to see for ourselves something of the great and diverse developments which are taking place in these countries. We were also happy to note the degree to which my people in the United Kingdom are contributing to this development.