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Queen Elizabeth Coronation

London. File photo of Queen Elizabeth II during her coronation ceremony. Thursday is the 30th anniversary of the state and religious pomp of her coronation in Westminster Abbey when she ascended the throne following the death of her father, George VI

Broadcast Date: 6 January 1983

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: UPI

Prince Philip pays homage at Queen Elizabeth's coronation

The Coronation. The Queen wearing Saint Edward's Crown, receives the kiss of homage from Prince Philip after being crowned in Westminster Abbey. Queen and Prince Philip's Silver Wedding: Press Association library photo from a collection reissued to mark the silver wedding of the Queen and Prince Philip, who will have been married 25 years on 20 November

Broadcast Date: August 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth II coronation fly past by the Royal Air Force

London. A June 1953 library picture of the scene of the balcony at Buckingham Palace as members of the Royal view the fly past by the Royal Air Force after the Coronation. With the Queen, wearing the Imperial State Crown, are (from left) Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Philip, the Queen Mother and the Duke of Gloucester (rear)

Broadcast Date: 9 April 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Edinburgh Castle

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh [? ] Kilted uniform of Colonel in Chief of the Queen's own Cameron Highlander's entering Edinburgh Castle after her Majesty had received the key to the castle from the Governor Lieutenant General Sir Colin M Barber (on right). The Queen, who is seen in a pale green hat matching the collarless coat worn over a crushed strawberry dress [?]

Broadcast Date: 29 July 1981

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Unknown

"One More Brevity" Christmas greeting

Annual Christmas greeting from Robert Frost. 4,501 copies printed by The Spiral Press, New York. Includes decorations by Philip Grushkin. This was one of the 375 copies printed with Frost's name as the sender. This poem was collected in "The Clearing" published 1962

Painting of Queen Elizabeth by Edward Halliday

A new and striking portrait of the Queen portrays her with an air of calm and firm authority. Her Majesty is wearing an evening gown (the colour is leaf green) and with it a pearl and diamond necklace; the principal feature of the necklace is a miniature replica of the Crown. The portrait, which is 48 inches x 35 inches in size, is destined for the Public Art Gallery at Dunedin, New Zealand, and was commissioned to commemorate the Queen's visit to the Gallery during the Royal Commonwealth Tour, 1953 - 1954. The painting is the work of Edward Halliday, 54 year old President of the Royal Society of British Artists, who has probably painted the Queen more often than any other contemporary portraitist. The portrait is on show at the RBA Galleries, Suffolk Street, London, SW1

ITN Reference: 16/ELI/11

Agency: Camera Press London

Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the Gala Ball in Versailles

File picture of the late Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the Gala Ball, Versailles in June 1953. The Duchess is wearing a bib necklace by Cartier, Paris, 1947, the front of lattice design set with step-cut amethysts, brilliant cut diamonds and turquoises, with a large heart-shaped amethyst at the front surmounted by three baguette diamonds, on the chain of Prince of Wales linking. The item will be among the jewels owned [text missing]

Broadcast Date: 16 March 1987

Agency: Reuters

Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Gloucester

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

Princess Mary and The Duke of Windsor

Last Princess Royal. The last Princess Royal, Princess Mary, King George V's only daughter, with the Duke of Windsor aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton in 1953. Buckingham Palace announced yesterday that Princess Anne is to be given the title "Princess Royal" - courtesy title which goes only to the eldest daughter of the sovereign. Princess Mary died in March 1965

Broadcast Date: 13 June 1987

Agency: Press Association

Portrait of Her Royal Highness The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

The Queen is seen in a yellow tulle evening gown [?] decorated with sprays of mimosa; she is wearing the ribbon and star of the Garter. Her necklace is a wedding present from the Nizam of Hyderabad; the [?] also a wedding present, from Queen Mary. The bow [?] and drop earrings are set with diamonds. The Duke is wearing the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet. The portrait study was taken in the Grand Entrance in Buckingham Palace

Broadcast Date: 24 November 2000

ITN Reference: ROY/ELI (2)

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Baron

Queen Mother, Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Sybil Thorndike

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

Young Princess Anne and Prince Charles

The Princess, when she was nearly 4 years old, pictured with her brother Prince Charles during a visit to their great uncle and aunt, the Earl and Countess of Mountbatten, in Malta 1954. Princess Anne wedding series: this is one of a series of photographs of Her Royal Highness Princess Anne issued for publication in connection with her forthcoming marriage to Captain Mark Phillips

Broadcast Date: September 1973

Agency: Central Press Photos

"From a Milkweed Pod" Christmas greeting

Annual Christmas greeting from Robert Frost. 5,076 copies printed by The Spiral Press, New York. Includes wood engravings by Thomas W Nason. This was one of the 425 copies printed with Frost's name as the sender. This poem was collected in "The Clearing" published 1962

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