Royals Gallery

King George VI & his wife Queen Elizabeth(the Queen Mother)

An early, undated photograph of a smiling King George VI (1895-1952), and his wife Queen Elizabeth(the Queen Mother)(1900-2002)at Ballater railway station, Scotland. Dressed informally, with the Queen Mother sporting a cloche hat and an off the shoulder fur stole, they are accompanied by a dog on a leash, and followed by a railway worker. Ballater was the nearest railway station to Balmoral Castle, until it was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1966, as part of the "Beeching cuts"

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

The Queen as Captain-General

In her role as Captain-General of the Honourable Artillery Company, the Queen presents new colours to Lieutenant F.H.B Layfield, right (Queen's Colour) and Lieutenant J.S. Teakle (Regimental Colour). This was the first occasion on which the Sovereign has presented new colours to the company. Date: 1955

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10513260

Kings of England, reproduction of possibly the first jigsaw puzzle, c

1772350 Kings of England, reproduction of possibly the first jigsaw puzzle, c.1820, from The Sketch Magazine, Coronation Number, published 1937 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: dates from the early 19th century, showing all the Kings of England and was issued around 1820 with a "potted" history of English Kings in verse. ); Photo A© Hilary Morgan; English, out of copyright

© © Hilary Morgan / Bridgeman Images