British Royal Family - 192-year-old Jonathan the tortoise meeting members of the Royal Family during his 142 years living on St Helena
1947 - King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
2024 - The Duke of Edinburgh
417 notes
·
View notes
"Queen Mary took a big interest in the upbringing of her granddaughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. Their own parents thought it unnecessary for them to have a strong educational regime, so Mary felt it was up to her to educate the young princesses by taking them to art galleries and museums"
Today is Queen Mary' 71th death anniversary. She passed away on march 24, 1953 at the age of 85, in Marlborough House, London (same house where George V was born)
Rest in peace Queen Mary with all your loved ones 🌹
133 notes
·
View notes
Time to bring back my favourite Trooping the Colour footage from 1949. Then Princess Elizabeth, on her horse Tommy, is coming closer to Prince Philip who’s behind the camera and it’s like you get to see a glimpse of the real Lilibet .
313 notes
·
View notes
Princess Elizabeth (center) with officers of the ATS Training Centre, 1945.
and a couple of doggos
87 notes
·
View notes
On 24 February 1942, Princess Elizabeth was appointed as the Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
48 notes
·
View notes
The Duchess of York with Princess Elizabeth and a canine friend at Glamis Castle.
I've read that the Duke took this photo and it was in 1930 when Elizabeth was pregnant with Princess Margaret. Hence the strategic placement of the dog and the wall!
Good job, Bertie. It's a sweet photo!
📸
61 notes
·
View notes
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, & Princess Margaret
167 notes
·
View notes
"George had one request for Marion Crawford, the nanny of Princess Elizabeth and Margaret. He said to her, ‘Teach Margaret and Lilibet to write a decent hand. That is all I ask of you. None of my children can write properly.’
84 notes
·
View notes
George VI and his daughters Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret (L), riding through Windsor Great Park, 21 Apr 1939. Colorised by Jecinci.
42 notes
·
View notes
On this day, 86 years ago: 12th May 1937:
The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
‘…Then came Papa looking very beautiful in a crimson robe and the Cap of State.’
‘I thought it all very, very wonderful and I expect the Abbey did, too.’
‘The arches and beams at the top were covered with a sort of haze of wonder as Papa was crowned…’
‘When Mummy was crowned and all the peeresses put on their coronets it looked wonderful…’
‘At the end, the service got rather boring as it was all prayers. Grannie and I were looking to see how many more pages to the end, and we turned one more and then I pointed to the word at the bottom of the page and it said ‘Finis.’ We both smiled at each other and turned back to the service.’
Excerpts taken from 11–year-old Lilibet’s account of her father’s coronation ❤️
Bertie looks so very anxious in some of these clips 🥹
All gifs made by @for-valour
Source: YouTube.
193 notes
·
View notes