[2875] When HM was three-years-old

PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF YORK

(LATER HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II)

 

This photograph of a three-year-old Princess Elizabeth playing among Madonna lilies was taken by her father the future King George VI. In 1930 he exhibited it in a Kodak charity exhibition, making use of public interest in the private lives of the royal family to raise money for charities he supported.

 

1929 / The Duke of york (later George VI) /Gelatin silver print/

Lent by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection.

 

Note: This photograph is being exhibited in Kensington Palace.

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