Guards station themselves for the royal salute as the Queen greets Portuguese head of state at Victoria
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The Queen, with the President of Portugal, Mario Soares, who is on a state visit, before taking the royal salute from a guard of honour formed by Grenadier Guards at Victoria Station yesterday
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