The Rock rocks as royalty makes a call at Gibraltar

August 3, 1981

A lightning honeymoon stop at this tiny British colony by the Prince and Princess of Wales produced a wave of patriotic fervor among the staunchly loyalist, Spanish-speaking Gibraltarians, who crowded the colony's narrow streets lined with flags and bunting to greet the royal newlyweds. The King of Spain snubbed the wedding because of the couple's honeymoon plans to visit the rock colony claimed by Spain since 170 4.