It's close… it's very close. Though lovely Princess Anne and her dashing young Dragoon's Guard Lieutenant are 400 miles away, he's in Germany and she's in Sandringham, this is how close they were on the day of that now famous quayside kiss. The 24 year old Olympic rider, Mark Phillips at Tweseldown, Hampshire. Now they are away from each other... for a few months at least. But these are memories which the 22 year old Princess will keep close to her heart. Perhaps, just perhaps, the next time they'll be seen as close as this will be when they announce their wedding day

Agency: Cassidy and Leigh

Women of the Year luncheon at the Savoy. Princess Anne, arriving at the Savoy Hotel, London today, for the Women of the Year luncheon, in aid of the Greater London Fund for the Blind

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ANNE/73

Agency: Central Press Photos

London, England. The first full length portrait ever painted of Prince Charles, seen today at Painters Hall. The Prince is wearing Garter robes, over Royal Air Force uniform and the painting measures seven by four and a half feet. The artist, Leonard Boden, was granted nine live sittings

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/82

Agency: Press Association

A photograph specially posed in Buckingham Palace on her Majesty's return from the House of Lords today, where she opened Parliament in State. The Queen is seen with the Duke of Edinburgh in a picture taken for publication in connection with the celebration of their silver wedding anniversary on 20 November

Broadcast Date: 31 October 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Queen visits HMS Norfolk at Portsmouth. Sub Lieutenant Prince Charles, one of the ship's officers, acts as a guide. Queen and Prince Philip's Silver Wedding. London. Press Association library photo from a collection re-issued to mark the Silver Wedding of the Queen and Prince Philip, who will have been married for 25 years on 20 November

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

This portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Joseph Wallace King of Winston-Salem was commissioned by the Wellcome Foundation for presentation to the State of North Carolina. It is believed that it will be the only portrait of the Queen painted from sittings to hang anywhere in the United States outside the British Embassy

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/122

Agency: Unknown

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/185

Agency: Associated Press

Ascot, England. Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh both smiling happily as they arrive at the Golden Gates for the fourth day of the Royal Ascot race meeting

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/123

Agency: UPI

Queen Lays Wreath. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II lays a wreath at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall, today during Remembrance Day services

Agency: BIPPA

Silver Smiles. London. Silver wedding anniversary smiles from the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh as they read message of congratulations from all over the world in the Belgian suite at Buckingham Palace

Broadcast Date: 8 December 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent are to attend a British trade drive in Copenhagen 1 - 4 May 1972

Broadcast Date: 26 April 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/SAND/3

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Barry Lategan

The Duke of Edinburgh appears to be quite capable of handling baby oranutan "Aminah", when he visited the Negara zoo in Kuala Lumpur today

Broadcast Date: 23 February 1972

Agency: Associated Press

With Fiancée Birgitte. His Royal Highness Prince Richard of Gloucester and Miss Birgitte Van Deurs. Photographed among the flowers of Kensington Palace gardens

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/14

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Tom Hustler

Prince Richard of Gloucester the Queen's cousin is to marry Danish secretary Birgitte Van Deurs this summer. They are seen together in pool picture made at London's Kensington Palace

ITN Reference: ROYAL/RICH/13

Agency: United Press International

Agency: Rex Features

The Duke of Windsor celebrates his 78th birthday on 23 June. These photographs, many of them historic, illustrate a Royal life and career crowded with incident. As King Edward VIII, he is seen (centre) at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day 1936. As Duke of Windsor, he is pictured (left) in Paris at the time of his 63rd birthday in 1957 and (right) leaving the London Clinic in March 1965 after undergoing and eye operation

Agency: Press Association

The body of the Duke of Windsor was flown home to Britain today in an RAF VC 10. The aircraft arrived at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire and was met by the Duke and Duchess of Kent. After a short service in the station church attended only by the Duke and Duchess of Kent, the coffin will lie in the church on a catafalque guarded by RAF officers until it is moved to Windsor late tonight. Photo shows: Airmen carry the coffin from the aircraft at RAF Benson today

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Duke of Windsor lies in state at a chapel at RAF Benson, where he was guarded by RAF Officers. After the coffin was brought in by VC 10. The coffin of the Duke of Windsor lies in state. The coffin surrounded by RAF officers in the chapel at RAF Benson

Agency: Sports and General

Miss Sarah Ferguson (dark jersey), who today [19 March 1986] became officially engaged to Prince Andrew, aged 12 in June 1972 with school chums from Daneshill School in Basingstoke. Obit

Agency: Press Association

Gosforth, Hampshire. British official photograph: Crown copyright reserved. Charles undergoes submarine escape drill. Prince Charles underwent the rigorous submarine escape drill without breathing apparatus today from the Royal Navy's submarine escape training tank at HMS Dolphin, the shore based submarine depot at Gosforth. Dressed in swimming trunks and wearing a life jacket, goggle and a noseclip, the Prince came up from depths of 30 and then 60 feet. Photo shows Prince Charles surfaces in the submarine escape training tank at HMS dolphin today after doing a free buoyant ascent from a depth of 60 feet

Agency: Central Press Photo

Berlin, Germany. On the last day of his Berlin visit, Prince Charles of England inspected British units stationed in West Berlin. Here, the Prince aims a bazooka for firing during an exercise

Agency: Associated Press

Prince Charles is 24 years old on 14 November 1972. He is photographed here wearing the Balmoral tartan, dancing with his cousin, 8 year old Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (daughter of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon) at Balmoral

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/84

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Patrick Lichfield

Queen's 25th Wedding Anniversary. Balmoral. The Queen making friends with the horses on the Balmoral estate. This is one of a series of pictures specially taken for first use in connection with the 25th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip. The anniversary date is the 20 November 1972

Broadcast Date: 31 October 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

This is one of a series of pictures specially taken for first use in connection with the 25th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip. The anniversary date is the 20 November 1972

Broadcast Date: 31 October 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

The Queen and Prince Philip at the Falls of the River Muick, one of the favourite spots they visit while at Balmoral. This is one of a series of pictures specially taken for first use in connection with the 25th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip. The anniversary date is the 20 November 1972

Broadcast Date: 31 October 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Country and farm lovers, the Queen and Prince Philip, look over the Balmoral estate. This is one of a series of pictures specially taken for first use in connection with the 25th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip. The anniversary date is the 20 November 1972

Broadcast Date: 31 October 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth II and President Tito listen to anthems of their countries being played at Belgrade Airport today

Agency: Associated Press

Queen Elizabeth chatting with George and Rose Matthews-Smith, the Pearly Kind and Queen of Camden, a suburb of London, after attending a concert and reception at the Royal Festival Hall, to celebrate the Silver Wedding Anniversary of the Royal couple

Agency: United Press International

Scottish-born Susan Crawford's recently completed portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, commissioned for the Black Watch, of which regiment she is Colonel in Chief. On show at the National Portrait Gallery from tomorrow until 11 June, it shows her Majesty against a Scottish landscape. She wears a navy-blue stole over a dress of delicate green, to which is pinned a brooch bearing the regimental crest of the Black Watch

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/40

Agency: Press Association

Ewell Handicap chase Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's "Chaou II" ridden by D Mould finished first at Kempston

Agency: S & G Press Agency

The Cherokee aircraft in which Prince William of Gloucester took off at Halfpenny Green today is seen after its fatal crash, a complete wreck. He was later found dead. The Prince was competing in the Goodyear Air Race

Broadcast Date: 28 August 1972

Agency: Press Association

With 3 children. The Kents at Home. The Duke and Duchess with their children, left to right, The Earl of St Andrews, Lady Helen Windsor and Lord Nicholas Windsor, photographed at Coppins, their home in Buckinghamshire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent are to attend a British trade drive in Copenhagen 1 - 4 May 1972

Broadcast Date: 26 April 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/KENT/68

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Barry Lategan

The Duke and Duchess of Kent pose for photographers outside the British Embassy Thursday during their visit to Washington

Agency: Associated Press

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent are to attend a British trade drive in Copenhagen 1 - 4 May 1972

Broadcast Date: 26 April 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/SAND/4

Agency: Camera Press London

Copyright: Barry Lategan

New official portrait of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by Aubrey C Davidson-Houston, commissioned by the Lord Great Chamberlain to be hung in the Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament. Shows the Duke in full dress naval uniform with his coronation robes, with collar of the order of the garter, the order of the merit and the star and sash of the order of the thistle

ITN Reference: ROYAL/EDIN/35

Agency: UPI

Duke of Windsor's Funeral. The Queen with the Duchess of Windsor and the Duke of Edinburgh leaving St George's Chapel after the service

Agency: Press Association

The Duke of Windsor celebrates his 78th birthday on 23 June. These photographers, many of them historic, illustrate a Royal life and career crowded with incident. Left: As the young Prince of Wales, he is presented to his people by his parents, King George V and Queen Mary, at Caernarvon Castle 1911. Right: As King Edward VIII, he shows concern for his people. Grace-faced he is seen at the Pontypool housing estate during a visit to the South Wales distressed areas in 1936

Agency: Press Association

The Duke of Windsor celebrates his 78th birthday on 23 June. These photographs, many of them historic, illustrates a Royal life and career crowded with incident. He is seen here as Prince of Wales, and everyone's idea of a dashing young Prince. Left: Setting off for a colonial tour in March 1920, he is shown with his brother Prince Albert (later Duke of York) who, after the abdication, was to succeed him as King George VI. Centre: With his parents, King George V and Queen Mary, at Aldershot in June 1924. Right: In Welsh Guard's Colonel's uniform in June 1921, handsome, smiling, the nation's idol

Agency: Press Association

There were queues outside Windsor Castle today for the lying in state of the Duke of Windsor in St George's Chapel. The Duke's coffin wrapped in his personal standard, is guarded by four officers of the Household Cavalry and Grenadier Guards in alternating Vigils of 20 minutes. Photo shows: Members of the public file into Windsor Castle, on their way to St George's Chapel, to pay their last respects to the Duke

Agency: Central Press Photos

The coffin of the Duke of Windsor is brought into St George's Chapel today, the mourners seen following in procession include (from left) King Olaf, Prince Charles, Prince William, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Kent, Earl Mountbatten and Prince Richard of Gloucester. Bearers are from the Prince of Wales Company 1st Battalion Welsh Guards

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/36

Agency: Press Association

Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II painted by William Narraway, R P, R B A, N E A C, for the Royal Engineers, of whom she is Colonel in Chief. It is the first official portrait since the 1970 Annigogi portrait, and is full length on canvas 7 feet x 4 feet 6 inches. The Queen is wearing a soft primrose evening gown with the Order of the Garter sash and the Royal Engineers Brooch. For the first time a Royal Corgi is included in a Queen's portrait. The corgi's name is Brush. The painting will hang in the Mess Hall of the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham. It is one of Narraway's contributions to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters' exhibition opening at the Mall Galleries on 12 June, the Queen's official birthday

Broadcast Date: 24 January 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/119

Agency: Camera Press London

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive in New York Tuesday aboard the liner SS Michelangelo from Genoa, Italy, where they were vacationing. The 75 year old Duke is in New York for yearly medical checkup. They knocked down the latest US fashion, hot pants

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/33

Agency: Associated Press

Leaving for Home. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor pause on dock in New York before boarding the SS Michelangelo for a voyage home to France sooner than expected. The Duchess was unable to attend a 75th birthday party scheduled for her last Saturday because of ill health

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/35

Agency: Associated Press

Abingdon, England. Wearing a parachute and a life-saving jacket, Prince Charles (right) walks to an Andover plane at the Royal Air Force's parachute school en route to make a parachute jump from 1,200 feet over the English Channel. The Prince sucessfully made the jump to become the first heir to the British throne to make a parachute jump, as part of the final phase of his Royal Air Force cadet training

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/28

Agency: UPI

Cranwell, England. Prince Charles receives his Royal Air Force Wings from Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood during a ceremony here. Charles has just completed a four month advanced flight training course at the Royal Air Force College here

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/71

Agency: UPI

A previously unissued picture of the Duke of Gloucester. It was revealed to-day that he had a partial loss of speech since suffering a slight stroke at his home about a year ago

Broadcast Date: 16 April 1971

ITN Reference: ROYAL/GLOU/8

Agency: Press Association

Prince Michael in bobsleigh accident. Picture from files dated 20 January 1971, of Prince Michael of Kent in action during trials for the world two-man Bob Championships at Cervinia just over a week ago. The Prince narrowly escaped death today, 28 January, when he overturned during trials for the four-man Bob World Championships also being held at Cervinia, Italy

Broadcast Date: 28 January 1971

Agency: Associated Press

Combo: Four moments of the accident to Prince Michael of Kent during trials for the four-men bobsled World Championship, today. Left - Right Top: Bob overturning; Prince protecting [text missing]. Cervinia, Italy

Agency: Associated Press

Nairobi. Kenya's President Kenyatta chats with Princess Anne and Prince Charles at President's Gatundu home

Agency: Associated Press