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Bond Street decorated for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, 1934
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Bond Street decorated for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, 1934
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visits McVitie and Price to approve her wedding cake design and is cheered by bakers when leaving, Edinburgh, 1923
Royal pets: Bob, Chum, Boss and Peggy; London, 1909
Bob and Chum were King Edward VII’s dogs, Boss was Queen Alexandra’s dog and Peggy was Mary, Princess Royal’s guinea pig.
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The Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1923
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Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, October 10, 1956
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Duchess of York, Queen Consort and Queen mother), 1923
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Princess Elizabeth at the Palais Galliera, Paris, 1948
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Bismarck Tribune, North Dakota, March 28, 1884
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Gainesville Daily Sun, Florida, January 7, 1905
From clanmunro.org.uk: In the 14th and 15th Centuries the Munros of Foulis like many other landowners held their land from the Crown for nominal rents such as a silver penny or a pair of Parisian gloves. An 18th Century tradition concerning the family relates that the rent for Ben Wyvis was a bucket of snow or snowball payable to the Crown on mid summer day to cool the Monarch’s wine should it be demanded. This no doubt alluded to the fact that the snow never melts in the northern conies of Ben Wyvis at that time part of Foulis Estate.
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The Lincoln Star, Nebraska, May 31, 1939
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El Paso Evening Post, Texas, February 29, 1928
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The News-Herald, Franklin, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1924
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, July 31, 1924
What this article fails to mention is that Lois Sturt supposedly had a passenger in the car when she was pulled over - the Prince of Wales, future King Edward VIII.
The lower image, from the Springfield Missouri Republican, August 31, 1924, shows the future king playing “Chasing Clues” and slumming with a Tallulah Bankhead.
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Princess Margaret being welcomed by the people of Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1958
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip posing at Rideau Hall, prior to the drive to the Parliament Buildings to open Parliament, Ottawa, October 14, 1957