Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Photographer: E O Hoppe

Agency: Mansell

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Unknown

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Agency: Illustrated London News

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Agency: Hulton Deutsch

Composite photograph of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in the garden (top) and the family gathered in the garden (bottom). Obit

Agency: Hulton Deutsch

Queen Elizabeth stands with King George VI and rescue workers who were clearing away some of the debris at Buckingham Palace following damage inflicted after a bomb dropped during a night raid, exploding at Buckingham Palace, demolishing a swimming pool and breaking windows in the North wing of the Palace. Their Majesties were absent at the time and there were no casualties

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Queen Elizabeth stands with King George VI and rescue workers who were clearing away some of the debris at Buckingham Palace following damage inflicted after a bomb dropped during a night raid, exploding at Buckingham Palace, demolishing a swimming pool and breaking windows in the North wing of the Palace. Their Majesties were absent at the time and there were no casualties

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Queen Elizabeth stands with King George VI and rescue workers who were clearing away some of the debris at Buckingham Palace following damage inflicted after a bomb dropped during a night raid, exploding at Buckingham Palace, demolishing a swimming pool and breaking windows in the North wing of the Palace. Their Majesties were absent at the time and there were no casualties

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Queen Elizabeth stands with King George VI and rescue workers who were clearing away some of the debris at Buckingham Palace following damage inflicted after a bomb dropped during a night raid, exploding at Buckingham Palace, demolishing a swimming pool and breaking windows in the North wing of the Palace. Their Majesties were absent at the time and there were no casualties

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Queen Elizabeth stands with King George VI and rescue workers who were clearing away some of the debris at Buckingham Palace following damage inflicted after a bomb dropped during a night raid, exploding at Buckingham Palace, demolishing a swimming pool and breaking windows in the North wing of the Palace. Their Majesties were absent at the time and there were no casualties

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: D C Thomson & Company

Queen Elizabeth stands with King George VI and rescue workers who were clearing away some of the debris at Buckingham Palace following damage inflicted after a bomb dropped during a night raid, exploding at Buckingham Palace, demolishing a swimming pool and breaking windows in the North wing of the Palace. Their Majesties were absent at the time and there were no casualties

Broadcast Date: 1985

Agency: Associated Press

King George VI (2nd left) and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) tour a South London bomb site with Sir John Anderson (right)

Broadcast Date: 26 November 1986

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday on 4 August 1980. In this library picture of September 1940, she tours bombed districts in the North Western area of London. With her is her husband, King George VI, who died in February 1952. The hat was typical of the elegant millinery the Queen wore during wartime. Obit

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1980

Agency: Press Association

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) touring bombed districts in north west London in 1940. The King died in February 1952

Broadcast Date: 26 November 1986

Agency: Press Association

King and Queen see air raid damage at close quarters. Photograph shows the Queen pointing out a feature of interest to the local Mayor during a visit their Majesties paid this morning to bomb damaged areas in London. Obit

Broadcast Date: 14 December 1971

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/3

Agency: Associated Press

Agency: Coventry Cathedral

The Queen with the King behind her majesty inspecting bunks in one of the deep air raid shelters during their majesties' tour of South London. Obit

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/2

Agency: Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday on 4 August. In this 1945 photograph from files the Queen Mother (2nd left), Queen Elizabeth II (left), Princess Margaret (right), King George VI and Winston Churchill stand on the Balcony at Buckingham Palace in London to acknowledge the crowds outside the palace on 8 May, VE Day. Approximately twenty thousand people waited for the party to step out early on that morning

Broadcast Date: 1985

Agency: Associated Press

Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Mr Winston Churchill, King George VI, Princess Margaret on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, acknowledging the crowds on VE Day. Obit

Broadcast Day: 9 June 1977

Agency: Fox Photos Limited

Broadcast Date: 8 March 1985

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: D C Thomson & Company

Broadcast Date: 2 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

Peter Townsend at Morning Service with the Royal Family. Group Captain Peter Townsend, then an Equerry to the King, leaving St Paul's Cathedral, London with the Royal Family after attending morning service on a National Day of Prayer in 1947

Broadcast Date: 10 November 1988

Agency: Unknown

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

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother (second right) celebrates her 80th birthday. On the day this library picture of 20 November 1947 was taken she became a mother-in-law and after the Westminster Abbey ceremony, the Royal wedding party appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. They include King George VI (left), Princess Margaret (second left), the bride Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II), the groom, newly-created the Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Mary, widow of George V

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980

Agency: Press Association

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. In this December 1948 library picture, as Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI, she holds her first grandson, Prince Charles, on the occasion of his Buckingham Palace christening

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980

Agency: Press Association

On 4 August 1982, the Queen Mother celebrates her 82nd birthday. On that day, Prince William of Wales will be christened in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace, London. In this December 1948 library picture, as Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI, she holds her first grandson, Prince Charles, on the occasion of his christening

Broadcast Date: 23 July 1982

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother holds her first grandchild Prince Charles, at his christening at Buckingham Palace on 15 December 1948

Broadcast Date: 3 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth's "Monoveen" (A Grantham up) taking the last fence alone to win the big Queen Elizabeth Chase at Hurst Park today

Agency: Central Press

Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth's "Monaveen" (A Grantham up) taking the last fence to finish 5th steeple chasing the Grand National Steeplechase at Liverpool

Agency: S & G Press Agency

The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II and the Princess Royal at the funeral of King George VI

Agency: Keystone Press Agency Limited

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: Press Association

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

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother (right leaning forward) celebrates her 80th birthday. In December 1936 her husband, the Duke of York, succeeded as King George VI. On 6 February 1952 he died, and this picture was taken on her daughter's Coronation Day, June 2 1953. On the balcony of Buckingham Palace, The Queen (left), and front row, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, with behind, the Duke of Edinburgh and the late Duke of Gloucester

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980

Agency: Press Association

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother (left) celebrates her 80th birthday. In this May 1954 library picture, the Queen Mother receives actress Vivien Leigh, her husband Sir Laurence Olivier (now Lord Olivier) and Dame Sybil Thorndike (second left) at the Variety Club's all-star matinee at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's Haymarket

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980

Agency: Press Association

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

The Queen Mother's horse "Devon Loch" (R Francis up)

Agency: Central Press

The Sussex Stakes Handicap Steeplechase. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's "Mas-Tv-Va" ridden by A Freeman takes the last fence to win

Agency: S & G Press Agency

The Queen Mother sees her racehorse "Devon Loch" at Kempton Park after he finished second in the King George VI Steeple Chase. The meeting was postponed from Boxing Day

Broadcast Date: 3 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother's horse "Sparkling Knight" (A Freeman up) winning at Worcester

Photographer: Bernard Parkin

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Agency: Press Association

Racing at Hurst Park. The Star and Garter Handicap Steeplechase. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's "Double Star" ridden by A Freeman takes the fence to win completing the first leg of a double for the Queen and himself

Agency: S & G Press Agency