The Queen Mother (82 page)

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The Duchess in January 1935, lighting lamps for new branches of Toc H, the charity of which she was patron for over seventy years.

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The Duchess playing with Princess Elizabeth in the sandpit at Glamis.

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The Duchess, the Princesses and the Duchess of Kent, at St Paul’s Cathedral for the service celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V on 9 May 1935.

51.
The Duchess in the uniform of the St John Ambulance Brigade, of which she was commandant-in-chief from 1937.

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The Duchess with the Princesses on the steps at Birkhall.

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Sir Oswald Birley’s portrait of the Windsor Wets. Seated, left to right: the Earl of Airlie, Sir Reginald Seymour, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Erne, the Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux; standing behind, left to right: the Earl of Eldon, the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Halifax. Standing behind the screen, the Countess of Eldon. The coat with the scarlet collar and cuffs worn by six of the men is the Windsor uniform, introduced by George III in 1779. The portraits on the wall behind are of the Duke of York, the Duchess of York and the Duchess of Beaufort.

54.
The Duke, Duchess and the Princesses on a family holiday.

55.
Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor in April 1937 shortly before their wedding.

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The new King and Queen on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after their coronation on 12 May 1937. Left to right: Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, King George VI.

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The Queen with her train bearers, left to right: Lady Iris Mountbatten, Lady Margaret Bentinck, Lady Ursula Manners, Lady Diana Legge, Lady Elizabeth Percy and Lady Elizabeth Paget.

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The Queen, photographed in July 1939 by Cecil Beaton.

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The Queen in Paris, July 1938. Her wardrobe of ‘mourning white’ was designed for her by Norman Hartnell following the death of her mother in June that year.

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The Queen launching the Cunard liner
Queen Elizabeth
, 27 September 1938.