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ITN/5/15/127
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Queen Mother, King George VI, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and Winston Churchill
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- 8 May 1945 (Creation)
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1 photograph
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(1955 - present)
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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
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Copyright: Associated Press