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The Queen today created Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the traditional title of the Sovereign's second son. In this picture of 18 January 1923, a previous holder of the title, who in 1936 became George VI. This picture was taken on his engagement to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the present Queen Mother. Obit

Broadcast Date: 6 April 1987

Agency: Press Association

Agency: D C Thomson & Company

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Central Press

The Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday on 4 August 1980. In this library picture of 26 April 1923, and as Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, she leaves her home in Bruton Street, London for her wedding in Westminster Abbey, to the Duke of York. Following the abdication of Edward VIII, the Duke and Duchess became King and Queen

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1980

Agency: Press Association

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the Queen Mother) on her wedding day in 1923 leaving her London home in Bruton Street for Westminster Abbey where she married the Duke of York. Daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, she became Queen Elizabeth when the Duke became King George VI after the abdication of Edward VIII. Their eldest daughter is Queen Elizabeth II who took the throne on the death of her father in 1952

Broadcast Date: 31 March 2002

Agency: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: Central Press

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. In this library picture of 18 January 1923, a shy couple who later became husband and wife. He was the Duke of York, she was the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who went on to become the Duchess of York, then Queen to his King George VI. Widowed on 6 February 1952, the Queen Mother was the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1980

Agency: Press Association

Obit

Agency: Northampton Mercury Company Limited

Agency: L Express

Broadcast Date: 25 February 1981

Agency: Daily Star

Photographer: Carol Barnes

Broadcast Date: 29 June 1981

Photographer: Carol Barnes

Obit

Broadcast Date: 24 February 1981

Agency: L Express

Lady Diana Spencer in a revealing black taffeta off-the-shoulder dress tonight when she attended an entertainment at Goldsmiths' Hall, the City of London, with Prince Charles. The function, in aid of the Royal Opera House Development Appeal, was her first Royal engagement

Agency: Press Association

Lady Diana Spencer made a dramatic entrance to her first public engagement with Prince Charles last night. The crowd gasped as she stepped from the car wearing a low-cut full-length black dress with matching stole. Her diamond drop earrings and necklace completed the elegant evening look. She was accompanying Prince Charles at a recital in aid of the Royal Opera House Development Appeal at London's Goldsmiths' Hall

ITN Reference: SPEN/11

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Unknown

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Obit

Broadcast Date: 29 June 1981

Agency: E Daily Press

Prince Charles girlfriends

Photographer: D O'Neill

Prince Charles girlfriends

Agency: Syndication International

Agency: Camera Press

Agency: Camera Press

Agency: Camera Press

Krakamarken guide leaflet

Published by The House of Grant Limited, Glasgow

Published by The House of Grant Limited, London

Published by The House of Grant Limited, Glasgow

Includes note by Irvine Bennett Miller "The Palframan Books: 'Know Your Numbers & Tables' were used to speed number and table skills. Each child was given a strip of paper, and wrote the answers on the strip. Then the children scored each other and top scores were given "House" points. Later low scores were subtracted from "House" points"

Published by The House of Grant Limited, Glasgow

Prince Charles looks on as mountain rescue teams work on the mountain following the Klosters avalanche which killed Hugh Lindsey

Photographer: Frank Spooner

Prince Charles. Klosters Avalanche which killed Hugh Lindsey

Photographer: Frank Spooner

Annual Christmas greeting from Robert Frost. 7,000 copies printed by The Spiral Press, New York. Includes woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. This was one of the 525 copies printed with Frost's name as the sender. The final version of this poem was collected in "The Clearing" published 1962

"Ulrich Rückriem at Kirkstall Abbey" leaflet

Published by Evans Brothers Limited

London : On 4 August 1990, the Queen Mother celebrates her 90th birthday. In this library picture she was in her 37th year. It was taken after the Coronation of her husband King George VI on 12 May 1937. As Queen Elizabeth, the former Duchess of York, she is shown with the King [who died on 6 February 1952] and their daughters Princess Elizabeth (centre) who is now Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret

Broadcast Date: 2 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

Away from the turmoil of World War II, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth walk with their daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret (right)

Broadcast Date: 9 April 1976

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Unknown

Agency: Central Press Photos

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GEOR/7

Agency: Royal Archives, Windsor Castle

After his crowning in Westminster Abbey, on 12 May 1937, King George VI ascended the throne in the Coronation theatre and the Bishops and peers of the realm each performed the act of homage to the King, touching his crown and kissing his left cheek with their hands between the King's hands they pronounced the words of homage. Photo shows: one of the peers clasping the hands of the King as he pronounces the words of homage

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GEOR/2

Agency: Associated Press

The actual moment as the King was crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey, here today, 12 May. This dramatic moment marked the climax of the historic ceremony

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GEOR/1

Agency: Associated Press