Agency: Hulton Picture Library
The Queen Mother pictured on her very first visit to Caithness after her bereavement, where she stayed as guests of Commander C G and Lady Doris Vyner (right). It was on a subsequent visit to the Vyners at the House of the Northern Gate, Dunnet, Caithness, that the Queen Mother spotted the derelict Castle of Mey
Photographer: J McDonald
Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002
Agency: Hulton Picture Library
Agency: Coventry Cathedral
Agency: Hulton Picture Library
Agency: Express
She had made the Saturday afternoon flight from Windsor to inspect No 600 City of London Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force and the No 2600 City of London Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment for which she was Honorary Air Commodore
Broadcast Date: 27 November 1986
Agency: Press Association
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/38
Agency: Camera Press
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/37
Agency: Camera Press
Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002
Agency: Camera Press
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
Agency: D C Thomson & Company
Obit
Agency: Camera Press
Agency: Camera Press
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
Agency: D C Thomson & Company
Agency: D C Thomson & Company
Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002
Agency: Camera Press
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
The Queen Mother Elizabeth smiles after receiving honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at the University of West Indies in Kingston. At centre is Dr Philip Sherlock, Vice-Chancellor of the university and Princess Alice, the Countess of Athlone, Chancellor
Agency: Associated Press
Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who is 82 today waves cheerily to crowds gathered outside London's Clarence House Wednesday, her London home. The Queen Mother then drove to Buckingham Palace for the christening of her great grandchild Prince William of Wales
Agency: Associated Press
Photographer: Peter Kemp
Queen Mother Elizabeth celebrated her 80th birthday by appearing outside her London residence, Clarence House with other members of the Royal Family, waving to the cheering crowds. Left to right Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret's son Viscount Linley, His Royal Highness Prince Edward, His Royal Highness Prince Charles and Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret
Agency: UPI
Broadcast Date: 27 April 1982
Agency: Unknown
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother accepts an ice-cream from a Gondolier yesterday at the end of her three-day trip to Venice. The Queen Mother, who during her visit fulfilled an ambition to ride in a Gondola along the canals, returns home today
Agency: Press Association
Photographer: Ron Bell
The Queen Mother who celebrates her 75th birthday
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/42
Agency: Press Association
The Queen Mother in the garden of Buckingham Palace in 1939, one of the pictures from the "Royal Photographs of Sir Cecil Beaton" exhibition at the preview today at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Obit
Broadcast Date: 15 September 1987
Agency: Press Association
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002
Agency: D C Thomson & Company
Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002
Agency: Camera Press
Photographer: Cecil Beaton
Agency: Hulton Picture Library
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, fishes for trout at the outlet of the Clutha River at Lake Wanaka, central Otago, New Zealand. She caught nothing
Broadcast Date: 20 April 1966
Agency: Associated Press
Broadcast Date: 22 May 1980
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/50
Agency: Daily Star
Broadcast Date: 22 May 1980
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/48
Agency: Daily Star
Broadcast Date: 22 May 1980
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/49
Agency: Daily Star
An accomplished Scottish Country dancer, the Queen Mother elegantly dances the Eightsome Reel at the Royal Jubilee Ball held in the Assembly Rooms, Wick, 24 miles from the Castle of Mey
Broadcast Date: 4 August 1985
Photographer: Janet McDonald
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/33
Agency: Universal
The Queen Mother, who celebrates her 79th birthday on Saturday, in Dover today when she was installed as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the first woman to hold the appointment
ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/47
Agency: Press Association
On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. The Queen Mother has always been famous for her millinery and in this July 1947 library picture she wears a striking toque, in grey felt, decorated all round the high brim with clipped ostrich feathers, finished off with a felt bow on the right side. The occasion was as Queen Elizabeth she attended a St James's Palace garden party in aid of the British Empire Nurses War Memorial Fund
Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980
Agency: Press Association
The Queen Mother leaves the West Suk tribe's section of the African district exhibitors' stand at the Western Kenya Show, held at Eldoret, during her tour of Kenya
Broadcast Date: 28 November 1986
Agency: Press Association
The Queen Mother enjoys one of the traditional Scottish dances
Agency: Janet McDonald
The Queen Mother was guest of honour at the Royal Jubilee Ball, held in the Assembly Rooms, Wick, Caithness, a glittering evening never seen in Caithness before and greatly enjoyed by the Queen Mother
Photographer: Janet McDonald
Royal Jubilee Ball held in the Assembly Rooms, Wick, Caithness, the Queen Mother dances an Eightsome Reel
Photographer: Janet McDonald
The Queen Mother enjoys a pint of bitter, which she pulled herself, during a visit to the Queen's Head Pub in Stepney, in London's East End today. She visited the Young's house in her capacity as patron of the London's Garden Society, and inspected the flower baskets and window boxes outside the pub
Agency: Press Association
The Queen Mother delighted workers today when she rode through the Jaguar plant, Coventry on an orange electric buggy. The Jaguar is the Queen Mother's favourite car
Agency: Press Association
Photographer: Ron Bell
The Queen Mother getting a taste of the dole today, traditional "Wayfarers Dole" of bread and beer, offered during her visit to the Hospital of St Cross at Winchester, one of Britain's oldest existing charitable institutions. She drank the beer from a specially engraved glass
Agency: Press Association
The Queen Mother today, on the steps of St George's Chapel, Windsor, watches as the coffin of the Duchess of Windsor is carried out of the west door after the funeral service, to the burial ground at Frogmore
Agency: Press Association
The Queen Mother, one of the fiercest critics of the then Edward VIII's decision to abdicate over his love affair, watching the coffin of the Duchess of Windsor leaving St George's Chapel, Windsor after today's funeral service. The Queen Mother watched as the Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince and Princess of Wales escorted the hearse to the burial ground next to the Duke of Windsor's grave at Frogmore
Agency: Press Association
Photographer: Ron Bell
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother places a cross in the Field of Remembrance after the service of dedication at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, today
Agency: BIPPA
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother photographed as a baby. She was born on 4 August 1900 as Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore. Married His Royal Highness the Duke of York (Prince Albert) on 26 April 1923. He succeeded as King George VI on 11 December 1936 and died 6 February 1952. Her two daughters are Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II, born 21 April 1926 and Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, born 21 August 1930. Obit
Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002
Agency: Camera Press
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother photographed as a baby. She was born on 4 August 1900 as Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore. Married His Royal Highness the Duke of York (Prince Albert) on 26 April 1923. He succeeded as King George VI on 11 December 1936 and died 6 February 1952. Her two daughters are Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II, born 21 April 1926 and Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, born 21 August 1930. Obit
Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002
Agency: Camera Press
A glittering Queen Mother arriving to round off her 82nd birthday at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London tonight for a performance of "The Pirates of Penzance"
Agency: Press Association
Agency: Unknown
The Queen Mother, assisted by Tim Curry, a star of "The Pirates of Penzance" blows out the candles on a cake backstage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, tonight. The Queen Mother, who celebrated her 82nd birthday today, watched the performance before going backstage to meet the cast
Agency: Press Association
Composite photograph showing Princess Elizabeth seated (left) and the Queen Mother leaning over her baby (right). Obit
Agency: Hulton Deutsch