Obit

Agency: Hulton

Obit

Agency: Camera Press

Obit

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Cecil Beaton

Agency: Central Press

His Royal Highness the Duke of York, as permanent Master of Shipwrights' Company, at Barbers' Hall today presenting to the Duchess the scroll and blotting pad, when admitting her to the Freedom of the Company in accordance with an old custom which gives this privilege to the wives of Masters

Agency: Central Press

Obit

Agency: Press Association

Coronation of King George VI in 1937 when the Queen Mother became Queen Elizabeth. Until then she was the Duchess of York, the title now held by the wife of her second eldest grandson, Prince Andrew. George VI died on 6 February 1952

Agency: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Agency: Unknown

Obit

Agency: Illustrated London News

Obit

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother (left) celebrates her 80th birthday. In this library picture, two months before her 60th birthday, she is shown waiting for the Derby to get underway at Epsom. With her (second left to right), Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, The Queen and the Princess Royal

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980

Agency: Press Association

Our latest picture of the Queen Mother's horse "Gay Record" (E Kelly up)

Agency: Central Press

The Queen Mother and the Duke of Gloucester, wearing their magnificent Garter Robes, walking in the procession to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle this afternoon

Agency: Central Press

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

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. In this 6 February 1967 library picture, she returns to London after a visit to Sandringham, accompanied by Royal corgis, a breed of dogs long associated with the Royal Family. That day was the 15th anniversary of her widowhood

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980

Agency: Press Association

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

Our latest picture of the Queen Mother's racehorse "Chaou II" (D Mould up)

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Popperfoto

Our latest action picture of the Queen Mothers useful young steeplechaser "Inch Arran" (Richard Dennard up)

Agency: Central Press

Our latest action picture of the Queen Mothers useful young steeplechaser "Inch Arran" (Richard Dennard up)

Agency: Central Press

A new portrait, almost life-size, of the Queen Mother painted by Mr Leonard Boden. The original canvas is 5 1/2 feet by 3 1/2 feet. The portrait is to hang in the Royal College of Music in London, of which her Majesty is president, it will be shown in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters' exhibition opening at the Mall Galleries here tomorrow (June 12). Mr Peter Morrison, Fellow of the Royal College of Music, a member of the council, has given the portrait to the college. Sittings were given at Clarence House

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/39

Agency: Press Association

Our latest action picture of the Queen Mothers useful young steeplechaser "Black Magic" (Richard Dennard up)

Agency: Central Press

The Queen Mother's horse "Isle of Man" (T W Biddlecombe up) hurdling at Cheltenham

Photographer: Bernard Parkin

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Isle of Man ridden by T Biddlecomb up taking the hurdle

Agency: S & G Press Agency

The Queen Mother who celebrates her 75th birthday

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/42

Agency: Press Association

On Monday 4 August 1975 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother will celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday. She is seen here at her country residence, The Royal Lodge, Windsor, with two of her grandsons; His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (left) and His Royal Highness Prince Andrew (right)

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1975

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/45

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Norman Parkinson

On Monday 4 August 1975 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother will celebrate her 75th birthday. In this charming informal portrait she is seen with her eldest grandson Prince Charles, Prince of Wales at her residence in the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park near Windsor Castle

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/46

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Peter Sellers

Hermitage Stakes at Newbury, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Game Spirit W Smith up jumping at the 4th fence from B Bula ridden by J Francome

Agency: S & G Press Agency

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. In this library picture of May 1977, silver jubilee year, the Queen Mother, in her robes as Lady of the Thistle, travels with the Prince of Wales, through Edinburgh to attend the Thistle Service at St Giles Cathedral

Broadcast Date: 3 April 1980

Agency: Press Association

The Queen's filly Dunfermline gets a "well done" pat from the Queen Mother in the unsaddling enclosure after winning the Jubilee year Oaks at Epsom today. On right is the Queen's trainer, Major Dick Hern. Dunfermline had beaten Freeze The Secret in an exciting finish, with Vaguely Deb third

Agency: Press Association

Windsor, World Wide Assurance Handicap Chase 1979. "Isle of Man" (W Smith) nearest camera and "Stone Thrower"

Photographer: W Everitt

Agency: Mandinian

Sale of Duchess of Windsor's Jewels. A photograph taken by Cecil Beaton of the Duchess of Windsor, wearing a large emerald ring - one of the items of her jewellery which is to be auctioned by Sotheby's in Geneva today and tomorrow

ITN Reference: ROYA/WIND/40

Agency: Press Association

The Royal party seen leaving the dias after the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in 1911. They are Queen Mary, The Prince of Wales (now Duke of Windsor) and King George V

Broadcast Date: 20 May 1969

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND

Agency: Topix Thomson Newspapers Limited