On 4 August 1980, The Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. This 1936 library picture shows her as Queen Elizabeth with King George VI, after the abdication of Edward VIII and before their coronation of 12 May 1937. Sharing their car, their d...
Scottish country dances are a great favourite of the Queen Mother's and she is pictured following Lady Thurso and the Earl of Caithness at the Royal Jubilee Ball held in the Assembly Rooms, Wick, CaithnessPhotographer: Janet McDonald
The Queen Mother flanked by Lord Thurso (right) and Lord Glamis takes the floor for one of her favourite Scottish country dances at the Royal Jubilee Ball in the Assembly Rooms, Wick, CaithnessBroadcast Date: 4 August 1985Photographer : Janet McDo...
With Lord Glamis and Lady Thurso in the foreground, the Queen Mother and Lord Thurso (right) wait their turn to perform some of the intricacies of the Eightsome Reel, at the Royal Jubilee Ball, held in the Assembly Rooms, Wick, CaithnessPhotograph...
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...
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, Prin...
The Queen Mother, Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales watch the Braemer Highland Games, the Royal Family's annual outing from their Balmoral retreat, yesterdayAgency: Press AssociationPhotographer: Ron Bell
On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. In this library picture of 4 August 1960, she was celebrating her 60th birthday, with Prince Andrew on her lap, the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne, in the garden of Clarence House...
(Left to Right) The Queen Mother, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester and Prince Edward in Royal Marines uniform during today's VE Day Commemoration Service, attended by 2,200 people in Westminster Abbey, LondonAgency: Press Association
The Queen Mother acknowledges the welcome from the audience when she and members of the Royal Family entered the Royal box at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, for her 80th birthday gala performance of Sir Frederick Ashton's balle...