Elizabeth Ii Gallery

HM Queen Elizabeth II with her Maids of Honour, The Coronation, 2nd June 1953. Artist: Cecil Beaton

HM Queen Elizabeth II with her maids of honour, Green Drawing Room, Buckingham palace, 2nd June 1953. In selecting six Maids of Honour instead of pages to bear her velvet train throughout the Coronation ceremony, the Queen followed the precedent of Queen Victoria. Lady Moyra Hamilton (now Lady Moyra Campbell), Lady Anne Coke (now The Rt Hon The Lady Glenconner), Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill (now Lady Rosemary Muir), Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton (now Lady Mary Russell), Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (now The Rt Hon The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby), Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart (now The Rt Hon The Lady Rayne). (Colorised black and white print)

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The Queen & K.W.C. Grand at Worcester, April 1957

This photograph shows The Queen at Worcester in late April 1957, while on a Royal Tour of Worcestershire & Herefordshire. K.W.C. Grand, the General Manager of British Railways Western Region is on the extreme left of the image

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

1950s, 1957, British Railways Western Region, Brwr, Elizabeth Ii, General Manager, Keith Grand, Keith Walter Chamberlain Grand, Kwc Grand, Queen, Royal, Royal Tour, Royal Visit, Royalty, Worcester, Worcestershire

Worcester Shrub Hill Station Decorations, 1957

This photograph shows the station decorations at Worcester Shrub Hill at night, prepared in honour of The Queen's Royal Tour of Worcestershire & Herefordshire in late April 1957

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

1950s, 1957, April, Decorations, Duke Of Edinburgh, Elizabeth Ii, Night, Prince Philip, Queen, Royal, Royal Tour, Royalty, Station, Worcester, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcestershire