A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Prince of Wales as chief morning "Tar" during his tour of Canada in 1919

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows a flashback to 1920, the Duke of Windsor (left) with Lord Mountbatten in a bath which stretched between the guns of HMS Renown

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor then the Prince of Wales with his guide on the banks of the river Nipigon, during his tour of Canada in 1919

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor seen at a meet of the Beaufort Hunt

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor driving at the opening of the Richmond Golf Course, Surrey, England

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor walking through the streets of Porth During a visit to the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, in 1932

Broadcast Date: June 1972

Agency: Central Press Photos

This Madame Tussaud's wax portrait of His Royal Highness Prince Andrew joined Royal Family group in the Grand Hall at the London waxworks exhibition today. It is by Madame Tussaud's sculptor Judith Craig, is from a sitting at Buckingham Palace at the end of last year. It wears naval uniform of sub-lieutenant. Decorations include the KCVO neck order, Falklands campaign medal with rosette for active service and the Queen's Silver Jubilee medal

Agency: Press Association

Chatham. The official Royal Wedding cake, standing 5 feet high and weighing 255 pounds, made by the Royal Navy's Cookery School, HMS Pembroke at Chatham. It is due for delivery to Buckingham Palace, London. All the work has been the responsibility of Lieutenant Fred Motley, Royal Navy (52, right), from Ingoldsby, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, the Cookery Training Officer in HMS Pembroke and with him in this picture, (l to r), Chief Petty Officer Cook Dave Avery (37) (cake designer) from Gillingham, Kent; Petty Officer Cook David Scott (37) (cake designer) also from Gillingham and Fleet Chief Petty Officer Cook Ken Fraser (49), from Cowplain, Hampshire, also a cake designer

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WILL/15

Agency: UK Press

Nassau, Bahamas. Royal couple arrive in Nassau. The Prince and Princess of Wales made a brief stopover in Nassau this evening on their way to Windermere Island, Eleuthera in the Bahamas where they expect to spend a 10 day vacation. They are shown at Nassau's international airport

Agency: Associated Press

The Prince of Wales and Commanding Officer of Royal Air Force [RAF] Brize Norton. Norton Group Captain Phil Walker walking out to greet Welsh guardsmen home

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. On left, a meeting which caused controversy, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor with Adolf Hitler

Broadcast Date: 25 April 1986

Agency: Press Association

Suffolk. Britain's flying Prince, Charles, the Prince of Wales, went to the Royal Air Force airbase Mildenhall on Monday and looked over many United States Air Force [USAF] aircraft, but the most interesting seemed to be the SR-71 Lockheed 'Blackbird' strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Watched by its crew, Lieutenant Colonel Lenard Shelteon (left) and Major Russell Szcepanik, the Prince sat in the cockpit of the Mach 3 (over 2000 mph) twin jet 'spy' plane, that can fly at over 80,000 feet. The plane can survey 60,000 square miles of the earth's surface in one hour while on patrol at speeds faster than a speeding bullet

Agency: BIPNA

Death of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke of Windsor died on Sunday at his home in Paris. Photo shows the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, was taken in 1931, in Panama, on the way to Buenos Aries to open the British Empire Exposition. With him, left, was his younger brother, Prince George, later Duke of Kent, who was killed during the war

Agency: Keystone Press Agency Limited

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Agency: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 22 January 1996

Agency: Solo Syndication Limited

Princess Royal. The last Princess Royal, Princess Mary, King George V's only daughter, who died in March 1965. Buckingham Palace announced yesterday that Princess Anne is to be given the title "Princess Royal", a courtesy title which goes only to the eldest daughter of the sovereign as a mark of esteem

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Press Association

The Procession of the Most Noble Order of The Garter took place at Windsor today, among those invested was Prince Charles. Prince Charles and the Queen mother photographed in Procession after the ceremony this afternoon at Windsor

Agency: BIPPA

Windsor, England. A new picture taken at Windsor Castle of Queen Elizabeth who celebrates her 50th birthday

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/131

Agency: UPI

The Queen, tense and shaken after the shooting incident in the Mall today, rides into Horseguards Parade for the ceremony of the Trooping of the Colour. A man was arrested after he had fired several blanks from a replica pistol in the crowd as the Queen passed

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

PM Meets The Queen. The Queen was met by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his wife Mila in Moncton, N B, after arriving for a two week visit to Canada, Monday

Agency: Unknown

The Queen and the Duke hosted dinner abroad the Royal Yacht Britannia. Left to right head table were, Mrs Schreyer, Governor Genneral Ed Schreyer, Premier and Mrs William Bennett, Queen, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Henry and Mrs Bell-Irving, Duke and Prime Minister Trudeau

Agency: UPC

Photographer: Mike Blake

London. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in St Paul's Cathedral during the thanksgiving service to mark the Royal Silver Jubilee

Agency: Press Association

The Queen and her family at Windsor Castle. Picture shows them below the East Terrace on the south front of the castle, with Sugar, the Queen's corgi

Broadcast Date: 5 June 1959

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: The Times

Outgoing Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary pose with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at 10 Downing Street where the premier was entertaining the Royal couple to dinner

Agency: United Press International

French President Georges Pompidou escorts Queen Elizabeth II of England toward the Salon d'Honneur at Orly airport today. Queen Elizabeth arrived here for a four day state visit to France

Agency: Associated Press

Caernarvon, Wales. The Queen placing the gem-encrusted gold coronet on the head of the Prince of Wales as he kneels before her at his Investiture at Caernarvon Castle

Broadcast Date: 24 November 1980

Agency: Press Association

The Queen with a kilted Prince Edward (right) walks with Gordonstoun School headmaster, Mr Michael Mavor today in the school grounds. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the school, where Prince Edward is head boy, to unveil a plague to its founder Kurt Hahn

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Prince Philip gets a taste of Scotland today watched by the Queen as he samples the wares of the Scottish bottled and canned food manufacturers, Baxters, during today's visit to the company's headquarters at Fochabers, Moray. Watching eagerly, are group chairman Gordon Baxter (glasses, left) and brother Ian (second left), vice chairman of W A Baxter & Sons

Agency: Press Association

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by her husband Prince Philip arrived at Jomo Kenyatta Airport today. They received warm welcome from Kenya's President arap Moi. Among huge crowd were traditional dancers and Kenya's officials

Agency: Associated Press

Queen and Prince Philip's Silver Wedding. London. Press Association library photo from a collection reissued to mark the Silver Wedding of the Queen and Prince Philip, who will have been married for 25 years on 20 November

Broadcast Date: August 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

In their ceremonial robes, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh walking in today's procession of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, from Windsor Castle's St George's Hall to the Queen's Free Chapel of St George, for the installation service

Agency: Press Association

The Queen reading her Speech from the Throne when, with the Duke of Edinburgh seated beside her as she opened Parliament in Wellington during her Silver Jubilee tour of New Zealand

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh crowned with flowers and garlanded during their visit to the South Pacific islands of Tuvalu (formerly the Ellice Islands). They were watching traditional dances by islanders

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Escorted by a flotilla of dugout canoes, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are paddled ashore for their visit on Tuesday to the South Pacific islands of Tuvalu (formerly the Ellice Islands). The decorated Royal canoes carry masses of foliage. After landing, the Queen and the Duke were carried in the canoes, shoulders high of burly islanders

Broadcast Date: 28 October 1982

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/41

Agency: Associated Newspapers

Tanzanian President on State Visit. Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Prince Charles pose with Dr Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania before a State Banquet in his honour at Buckingham Palace today

Agency: BIPNA

Ascot. Royal Delight. The Queen and Queen Mother in the paddock at Royal Ascot today after the Coronation Stakes to see the Queen's horse Soprano which came in third ridden by Pat Eddery

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

"Fanfare for Elizabeth". The Queen, celebrating her 60th birthday today on tonight's arrival at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London for the gala "Fanfare for Elizabeth"

Agency: Press Association

We Are Most Amused. The Queen (foreground) roars with laughter in the White Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace after this morning's Investiture ceremony, where she received the seven heroes who went to the assistance of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips during the Mall kidnap attempt, and their close relatives. The woman, right of The Queen, is Mrs Anne Beaton, with their daughters, Shona and Linda (taller, wearing spectacles)

Agency: Press Association

Queen at Gun Dog Trials. The Queen walks along a Highland track at Balmoral when she attended The North of Scotland Gun Dog Association's Retriever Trials last Saturday. Her Majesty afterwards presented the prizes

Agency: Central Press Photos

Flag Waving Welcome for The Queen. A smiling Queen Elizabeth acknowledges this flag waving welcome from a crowd of small aboriginal boys at Cooktown. In spite of the intense heat, Her Majesty looked cool in a yellow and white silk dress with a pleat skirt. It was banded at the waist in navy and the three colours were repeated in her head hugging hat

Agency: Central Press Photos

Queen Elizabeth drives through the avenue of guns during 2nd day of her review of the Royal Regiment of Artillery in West Germany at Dortmund, Wednesday

Agency: Associated Press

Cricket at Lords. The Second Test Match. England versus the West Indies. Fourth day. The royals visit Lords on the fourth day of the test match. Her Majesty The Queen shakes hands with C A Davies (West Indies)

Agency: Sport & General

Enjoys Performance. Queen Elizabeth enjoyed a performance of Indian dancing at Mount McKay, in Thunder Bay, Tuesday. Siting with the Queen was Chief Leonard Pelletier of the Fort William Indian Band

Agency: Unknown

Council of Europe Anniversary. Queen Elizabeth II is seen addressing the assembly at Banqueting Hall in London today at the 20th anniversary ceremony of the Council of Europe. From left: Sir Geoffrey de Freitas, President of the Consultative Assembly; West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, Chairman of the committee of ministers; The Queen, British Premier Harold Wilson; Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh; and Peter Smithers, the secretary general

Agency: BIPPA

The Queen (centre) watched by ex-King Constantine of the Hellones (2nd left) admires his daughter the newly christened Princess Theodora in the arms of her mother, Queen Anne-Marie, outside the Greek Cathedral in Bayswater, London after the christening today. The Queen is one of the Godparents

Agency: Press Association

The Queen looks at the preserved head of Persimmon which she has loaned to the National Horseracing Museum which she officially opened at Newmarket today. The old Subscription Rooms have been transformed to mirror the history of racing from its start some 300 years ago to the present day. Many royal souvenirs have been loaned by The Queen

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell