Special Collections and Archives

Composite photograph. The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in the garden with their dogs (left) and the Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II (right). Obit

Agency: Hulton Deutsch

The Queen Mother, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in the garden with their dogs

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c.1930s

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Obit

Agency: Hulton

A family portrait of the Queen Mother, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret

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c.1930s

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Obit

Agency: Unknown

The Duke and Duchess of York visiting the House of Wonder and Utility

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14 April 1928

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

The Duchess of York (the Queen Mother) is amused when a little boy hands her his purse then shyly runs away during her visit to the House of Wonder and Utility

Broadcast Date: 28 November 1986

Agency: Press Association

The Duke and Duchess of York at the parade of girl guides and boy scouts at Wellington

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8 March 1927

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

The Duchess of York inspects the pack of Wolf Cubs

Agency: Central Press

The Duke and Duchess of York in Rotorua

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28 February 1927

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

The Duke and Duchess of York, robed in the Maori Mats that were presented to them, inspecting a group of Maori dancers at Rotorua

Agency: Central Press

The Duchess of York, fishing in Lake Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand

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1927

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Agency: Central Press

The Duke and Duchess of York on board the HMS Renown on their voyage to Australia

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1927

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Agency: Central Press

The Duke and Duchess of York on tour in Australia

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1927

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Agency: Central Press

The Duke and Duchess of York at the Eisteddford ceremony in Wales

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August 1926

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

The Queen Mother and King George VI, then the Duke and Duchess of York at a ceremony called the Eisteddford, a national festival of music and dancing at Dyfed in Wales. They are taking part in an initiating ceremony

Broadcast Date: 5 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

Queen Mother, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II

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May 1926

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

A May 1926 library picture of the Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) and her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (then the Duke and Duchess of York). Obit

Broadcast Date: 9 April 1976

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother, then the Duchess of York at the christening of Princess Elizabeth

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1926

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Broadcast Date: 4 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

The Duke and Duchess of York on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after their wedding

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26 April 1923

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

King George V can also be seen on the right

Agency: Press Association

The wedding of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and the Duke of York

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26 April 1923

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

The impressive scene in Westminster Abbey during the marriage of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April. On the right can be seen the King and Queen, Prince of Wales, Queen Alexandra, Princess Mary, and other members of the Royal Family

Agency: Central Press

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon leaving her home for her wedding

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26 April 1923

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

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 leaving her home for her wedding

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26 April 1923

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

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

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon leaving her home for her wedding

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26 April 1923

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: Central Press

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon with the Duke of York

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18 January 1923

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

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

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and the Duke of York

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18 January 1923

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

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

The Duke of York and Lady Bowes-Lyon before their wedding in Edinburgh