Princess Elizabeth's Birthday 1942

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Titles read: "PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S BIRTHDAY".

Windsor, Berkshire.

At Windsor Castle Quadrangle we see Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) celebrating her 16th birthday by inspecting the Grenadier Guards at a special parade. She is now their new Colonel. She is followed about...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43791
Sort Number:
42/034
Time in/Out:
01:36:55:00 / 01:38:12:00
Canister:
42/34
Film ID:
1324.22
Issue Date:
27/04/1942

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • This should get used on TV news on 21st April. Commentary says:

    "Princess Elizabeth celebrates her 16th Birthday by inspecting, as their new colonel, the Grenadier Guards at a special parade at Windsor Castle.

    ......The final posed picture taken at the end of the review may be regarded as the first official occasion in the life of England's future Queen".

    Hilary Young 6th Apr 2012
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