Agency: Central Press

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as a child at her home in Scotland, Glamis Castle. She was born on 4 August 1900 as Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore. Married His Royal Highness the Duke of York (Prince Albert) on 26 April 1923. He succeeded as King George VI on 11 December 1936 and died 6 February 1952. Her two daughters are Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II, born 21 April 1926 and Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, born 21 August 1930. Obit

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1980

Agency: Camera Press

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Central Press

The Queen Mother and King George VI, then the Duke and Duchess of York at a ceremony called the Eisteddford, a national festival of music and dancing at Dyfed in Wales. They are taking part in an initiating ceremony

Broadcast Date: 5 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

A May 1926 library picture of the Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) and her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (then the Duke and Duchess of York). Obit

Broadcast Date: 9 April 1976

Agency: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 4 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

King George V can also be seen on the right

Agency: Press Association

The impressive scene in Westminster Abbey during the marriage of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April. On the right can be seen the King and Queen, Prince of Wales, Queen Alexandra, Princess Mary, and other members of the Royal Family

Agency: Central Press

The Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday on 4 August 1980. In this library picture of 26 April 1923, and as Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, she leaves her home in Bruton Street, London for her wedding in Westminster Abbey, to the Duke of York. Following the abdication of Edward VIII, the Duke and Duchess became King and Queen

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1980

Agency: Press Association

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the Queen Mother) on her wedding day in 1923 leaving her London home in Bruton Street for Westminster Abbey where she married the Duke of York. Daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, she became Queen Elizabeth when the Duke became King George VI after the abdication of Edward VIII. Their eldest daughter is Queen Elizabeth II who took the throne on the death of her father in 1952

Broadcast Date: 31 March 2002

Agency: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: Central Press

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was born Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, a strict Scottish family of ancient lineage, on the 4 August 1900 at St Paul's Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, where she spent most of her nursery days with her nurse and family. She married into the royal family at the age of twenty three, and unexpectedly became Queen in 1936, on the abdication of the uncrowned King Edward. In our picture she is standing next to her mother, with her father and eight of her nine brothers and sisters, of whom she is the second youngest. Obit

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: Popperfoto

The Queen today created Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the traditional title of the Sovereign's second son. In this picture of 18 January 1923, a previous holder of the title, who in 1936 became George VI. This picture was taken on his engagement to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the present Queen Mother. Obit

Broadcast Date: 6 April 1987

Agency: Press Association

On 4 August 1980, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday. In this library picture of 18 January 1923, a shy couple who later became husband and wife. He was the Duke of York, she was the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who went on to become the Duchess of York, then Queen to his King George VI. Widowed on 6 February 1952, the Queen Mother was the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1980

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Central Press

Agency: D C Thomson & Company

Agency: Central Press

Broadcast Date: 5 July 1990

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Central Press

Agency: Central Press

Agency: D C Thomson & Company

Agency: Central Press

Lord and Lady Strathmore with their children at St Paul's Warden Bury. (Back row, from left) Fergus, Jock, Lord Strathmore, May, Pat, Alec. (Front row) Rose, Lady Strathmore holding David, Elizabeth and Michael. Obit

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1980

Agency: Bounty Life Books

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother with her great grandson, Samuel (David Benedict) Chatto, photographed by Lord Snowdon at Royal Lodge after his christening in the Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park, on Saturday 1 February 1997. He is the son of Lady Sarah Chatto and Mr Daniel Chatto, born 28 July 1996, and is wearing the christening robe which was made in 1841 for the christening of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Lord Snowdon

A new portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, released for publication on her Majesty's 94th birthday on Thursday 4 August 1994. This informal photograph was taken by Lord Snowdon on the morning of the wedding of his daughter Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, on 14 July 1994

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1994

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/54

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Lord Snowdon

A new portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, released for publication on her Majesty's 94th birthday on Thursday 4 August 1994. This informal photograph was taken by Lord Snowdon on the morning of the wedding of his daughter Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, on 14 July 1994

Broadcast Date: 4 August 1994

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/53

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Lord Snowdon

(Composite picture) Left, the Queen Mother aged 4 years old with her brother the Honourable David Bowes-Lyon aged three years old. Right, the Queen Mother as a young woman

Agency: Press Association

The design of the coat of arms for use by Royal Warrant Holders to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Agency: Unknown

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother celebrates her 89th birthday on 4 August 1989. This special birthday portrait was taken by Norman Parkinson at Castle Mey, the Queen Mother's home in Caithness-shire, Scotland

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/52

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Norman Parkinson

Agency: Central Press

The Windsors' House of Memories. Two of thousands of family photographs found hidden in the late Duke of Windsor's bath at the Paris mansion he shared with the Duchess. Left, the then Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and the Queen), right, the Queen Mother, then the Duchess of York, smoking a pipe. Obit

Broadcast Date: 6 November 1988

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother views a crayon portrait of herself when she visited Doncaster Museum today. With her is Councillor R V C Grainger (right)

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Reg Bagnall

The Queen Mother (centre) chats to her daughter, the Queen, outside Clarence House in London today, where she made her now traditional appearance with the royal family, to celebrate her 87th birthday with crowds of well-wishers who had waited all day for a glimpse of her. From left: Her grandchildren, Prince Edward, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Viscount Linley and his sister Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Queen Mother enjoys a pint of bitter, which she pulled herself, during a visit to the Queen's Head Pub in Stepney, in London's East End today. She visited the Young's house in her capacity as patron of the London's Garden Society, and inspected the flower baskets and window boxes outside the pub

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother and the Princess of Wales travelling down the course at Royal Ascot today in the traditional arrival procession

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner "The Thinker" has a quiet word with the Queen Mother at Cheltenham today

Agency: Unknown

Composite picture dated 6 November this year of the Queen Mother and her bandaged right leg when she laid a poppy at the Field of Remembrance at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London. The Queen Mother was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital for Officers today for a "rest" following a leg injury sustained in Scotland three weeks ago

Agency: Reuter

Photographer: Roy Letkey

The Queen Mother who celebrated her 86th birthday on Monday, at Heathrow airport, London today giving an affectionate look at a pet corgi which travelled with her to Scotland. The Queen Mother is staying at her Scottish home the Castle of Mey, Caithness-Shire

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother getting a taste of the dole today, traditional "Wayfarers Dole" of bread and beer, offered during her visit to the Hospital of St Cross at Winchester, one of Britain's oldest existing charitable institutions. She drank the beer from a specially engraved glass

Agency: Press Association

Royal Garter Knights, the Queen Mother and the Prince of Wales walking through the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle in the ceremonial procession of the Order of the Garter to St George's Chapel today for the Garter Service

Agency: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 30 March 2002

Agency: D C Thomson & Company

The Queen Mother, one of the fiercest critics of the then Edward VIII's decision to abdicate over his love affair, watching the coffin of the Duchess of Windsor leaving St George's Chapel, Windsor after today's funeral service. The Queen Mother watched as the Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince and Princess of Wales escorted the hearse to the burial ground next to the Duke of Windsor's grave at Frogmore

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Queen Mother today, on the steps of St George's Chapel, Windsor, watches as the coffin of the Duchess of Windsor is carried out of the west door after the funeral service, to the burial ground at Frogmore

Agency: Press Association

The Queen Mother with her eldest granddaughter, Princess Anne, at Sandown Park in April 1986 when the princess had an outing as an amateur jockey. The princess finished unplaced on her horse "Well Wisher" in the EBF Sandown "Bumper" Stakes

Broadcast Date: 25 November 1986

Agency: Press Association

Britain's Queen Mother pats regimental mascot, Irish Wolfhound "Connor", during her St Patrick's Day visit to Chelsea Barracks where she presented shamrock to officers of the Irish Guards

Agency: Reuter

Photographer: Peter Skingley

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, yesterday

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Queen Mother aboard Concorde today strapped in behind the pilot, Captain Brian Walpole, during her supersonic flight around the coastline of Britain

Broadcast Date: 26 November 1986

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Adrian Meredith

The Queen Mother aboard Concorde today strapped in behind the pilot, Captain Brian Walpole, during her supersonic flight around the coastline of Britain

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Adrian Meredith

The Queen Mother today slices into a birthday cake held by her grandson, Viscount Linley (left), and Lord King (centre), Chairman of British Airways, watched by her granddaughter, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, during her supersonic trip over Britain in Concorde. The flight was an 85th birthday present for the Queen Mother

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Adrian Meredith