Event Gallery

Royal Wedding 1947 - family tree

Family tree showing how Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are both descended from Queen Victoria. Philip is the son of Princess Alice of Battenburg, who in turn was daughter of Princess Victoria of Hesse, eldest daughter of Princess Alice (second daughter of Queen Victoria). The Queen is descended directly from Alice's brother, King Edward VII. Date: 1947

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British Empire Exhibition 1924 EPW010737

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, London. Photographed in June 1924 at Wembley, Middlesex. Its official aim was "to stimulate trade, strengthen bonds that bind mother Country to her Sister States and Daughters". It was the largest exhibition ever staged anywhere in the world, attracting 27 million visitors. The main exhibition buildings surrounded and fronted onto the lakes (right of centre in this picture). The Exhibition Station (foreground) adjoining the India pavilion, palaces of Engineering (middle right), Industry, and Arts (top), with the Australia and Canada pavilions to the left of the lakes. the Palace of Engineering and the British Government Pavilion survived into the 1970s. The Empire Pool became the Wembley Arena, and the Empire Stadium was also kept until 2002, when it was demolished to be replaced by the new Wembley Stadium. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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Coronation 1953, the royal box at Ascot

A scene of excitement in the royal box at Royal Ascot when the Queen's colt, Choir Boy, won the Royal Hunt Cup on 17 June 1953, a fortnight after the Coronation. Among those who can be seen in the photograph are the Duchess of Kent (white pillbox hat, clapping), Princess Margaret, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

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