[days were nut liars: ta 1!“ ‘. she made her first public ap- pearance alone in Scotland. when. during a tour with her father and mother. she received purses in Edinburgh for the YMCA. t‘ie summer of 1946 she attended the National Eist- eddfod of Wales at Mountain Ash. and was initiated into the Welsh Gorsedd of Bards under the title of Elizabeth 0 Windsor.

nib VII visits. weeks. e to see more of the day-to-dsy life of a mem- ber country of the Comm - wealth than any of her family had ever been able to do before. When the late King's illness mode it inadvisable for him to carry out his projected visit to tralia and ew 2e

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Her Majesty was crowned ‘Queen in Westminster Abbey on and June. 1953. me suit-t cere- mony. Mitch was attended by representatives from all parts 0! the Commonwealth and from many foreign countries. broudit h thousands of her subjects in a

u, 5 way never hitherto possible; for

onstion was followed by drivei through all parts of London' and by a review oiuie Fleet-1‘ Splthead. and during the wee: that followed Her Majesty er: the Duke of Edinburgh paid State visits to Scotland. Ntrtho

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e next year she accompanied was on the first stage of i her parents and sister on th e journey, in Kenya, that princess the first time in history the cor- Prime Ministers on the occas. South African tour. sailing in Elizabeth received the ad ad, onatlon of a British sovereignion of their successive. meetings the Vanguard which she "ierself inga of her father's death. and W“ by “lei/ill“. u in on. In 0‘ had launched three years ear- of her own accession to the well as by sound broadcasts u on official and State visits to: ‘ Throne, . throughout the world. The cor- Britain. '

her. It was during this tour that the Princess celebrated her 21st birthday. when from Capetown she made a broadcast address to the Commonwealth. and in a 'solemn act of dedication' said:

DEDICATED TO SERVICE ‘

In making the customary Ac- cession Declaration. l-Ier Maj- esty again dedicattﬁd herself to.

WELCOME

eclare before you all tiat e serv1ce of e Common- my whole life. whether it be wealth of which she had becgune long or short. s be devoted the Head:

‘1 shall always work. as my Father did throughout his reign, to uphold constitutional govern- ment and to advance the happi- ness and prosperity of my peo- ples. spread as they are all the world over.

‘I know that in my resolve to ollow his shining example of service and devotion I shall be inspired by the loyalty and af- fection of those whose Queen I have been called to be. and by the c'ounseiof their elected par-

aments. ‘I pray that God will help me to discharge worthin this

heavy task that has been laid upon me so early in my life.’

to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. But I shall not have the strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me as I now invite you to do. ow that your support will he unfailingly given.

“God help me to make good ‘my vow. and God bless all of you who are willing to share in

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Shortly after the return of "in Royal Family from South Afri- ca. the King announced that he had given his consent to the en- gagement of the Princess Eliza- beth and Lieutenant Ph illp Mountbatten. Lieutenant Mount- batten was born Prince Philip of Greece, son of Prince Andrew but renounced his royal title when he became a British sub- ject. His great- grandfather King Christian Ix of nmark: and on his mother’s side he is a great- great- grandson of Queen ' Princess Eliz-

MAYOR W. E. JEN- KINS of the town of Summerside will be on hand at the RCAF Sta- tion to welcome the

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cession. As Princess Elizabeth she paid formal visits with the Duke of Edinburgh to France and Greece, and in the autumn

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Queen Elizabeth dedicated to Commonwealth service

MAJESTY AND PRINCE PHILIP—KNIGHTS OF GARTER

ltroller, and later Honorary Bri- ' gadier.‘ (She resigned on becom- 11.)

four visits to Malta while the

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try. As Princess, too, she paid i

ictoria. He and abeth had known each other for many years. for his boyhood was spent in Britain at school and at the home of his grand- mother. the Dowager March- ioness of Milford Haven.

The Royal wedding took place on 20th November, 1947. On its

A ms ‘differenced by a label .of cadency'; she flew her per- lsonal standard for the first time' when she launched a bat- tleship, HMS Vanguard, during the winter of that year. The first

another of the little Princesses'

Her Majesty the Queen was“sented with a diamond regimen- favourite recreations, and the

horn in London on let Aprilhtal brooch as a birthday gift 1926, first child of the Duke and from officers and men. Christmas show at Windsor be- Duchess of York. Five weeksllN PUBLIC EYE .‘came an arm ual event, with later she was christened in thel Thereafter she was lncreas-‘P-rincess Elizabeth frequently inlnaval vessel to wear the prin. chapel of Buckingham Palaceﬂ inle in the public eye. carrying the Part of Principal Boy. ‘cess's own standard was the eve the bridegroom was created and was given the names of out official duties. A music-lov- Like other girls the Princess'rruiser Superb in which Her Duke of Edinburgh and grant- Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. ‘er and a piano student, at the es took a part in youth activifRWal Highness crossed to Be]. ed the style of ‘His Royal High. Her early years were spent in‘ age of seventeen. she accepted ties: Princess Elizabeth was-fast l5 months later to launcfuness'. Prince Charles, now the London. at 145 Piccadilly. Shel the Presidency of the Royal Col- eleVen When She enrolled as ajthe new aircraft carrier HMSlPrince of Wales. heir apparent house taken her parents lege of Music. and paid her first Girl Guide- She became PatI‘OIl Eagle. and to make a tour of i to the throne. was born the next shortly after her birth; at t'ie.official visit to the College in leader of the N Buckillghaijortlicrn lreland. ear and his sister, Princess Whi Lodge in Richmond Park:} the autumn of 1943 when she at- Palace GUlde Compan)’. 8 ll ; From the end of the war on- Anne. in 1950; the third child of and at the country homes of vheri tended a concert and presented lalel' became a Sea Ranger. She‘ wards Princess Elizabeth‘s pub-. the Queen and the Duke of Ed- grandparents. King George V prize medals. She gan to ac- wore r191‘ uniform When at thellic engagements claimed more inburgh. Prince Andrew. was and Queen Mary. and the Earl Company the King and Queen on age 0‘ 15 She registered W i t hi and more of her time. Many 50-. born in February 1960, and their and Countess of Straihmoreﬂmany of their tours within the other lﬁyear-Olds during lhe‘cicties asked her patronage or. fourth. Prince Edward. in When she was 51:: years old theifx’ingdom and undertook various second World War- givmg lhe presidentship. and she iraxvclledlMarc . Duke and Duchess of York tookmther ofﬁces with their attend- Girl Guides as her sph6re Of'on public occasions throughouti Since her first journey over- over for their own country home. ant responsibilities. She became .Pl‘e-Seerce framing- !the British Isles. Scotland hadI seas. in 1947, Her Majesty has the Royal Lodge in Win d s orPresident of the Queen Eliza- 13y the special wish of the; known her well from Tier child- paid many official visits abroad, Great Par . bet‘h Hospital for Children in King. Princess Elizabeth waSl hood when so many of her holi- several of them before er ac» Princes Elizabeth and herjI-Iackney. and mad her first not called UP at the age of 18 sister Princess Margaret. hornzpublic speech on the occasion for national SEPViCGA She her- (our years later. were educatedlof hcr inauguration: as Presi- 5915 hOWEVEI- was most allXiOUSI at home by a Scots governess.;dent of the National Society for 10 M" the ATS: eventually 519‘ Miss Marion Crawford (who lat- the Prevention of Cruelty to Pfil‘suaded 1191‘ father 10 give. or married Major George Buth- Children she made her first of- his PermlSSlon. and was gazet- lay). a graduate of Edinburghificial visit to the City of London “3d 8 2nd Su'ballem ll! Mn'iI'Cll‘I University. After her father had;alone when she attended the 1945- She t00k 3 course at the succeeded to the throne as King Society‘s Diamond Jubilee mect-. ATS NO- 1 MECllalllcal TranS' George VI. Princess Elizabeth; in: at the Mansion House. Short-,Pm‘l Training Centre. and pass- hpw heiress presumptive. began 13’ after her eighteenth birthday;9d 0'“ HS 8 fully qualiﬁed dl'lV- t . study constitutional history she was appointed a Counsellorlerl By the end 0f the “'31 Sb? :2 law, taking lessons with the of State during King George VIsl had TeaChEd the rank of Junior Sir Henry Marten. Provosti absence on a tour of lItalian bat- Commander. 0" the formation

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and her education was both al .\Sscnl to new statutes. broad and austere. When not engaged in public As she became older the Prin- duties or study. Princess Eliza-1 cess began to take part In pub- bet‘i enjoyed the normal recrea-j iic life. She was fourteen when tions of girls of her age. She has she made her first broadcast. in a kccn appreciation of art and October 1940. in a message giv- of music. studied madrigl'l- en during the Children's Hour‘singing with a group of friends to the Children of Britain and‘under the organist of St. the Commonwealth. 'It was per- George's Chapel. Windsor. and fectly done’. wrote t'ie South Af— learned the piano from M i s s rican novelist Sarah GertrudeMabel Lander. a pupil of Pad- Millin in her diary. 'If there are erewski‘s teacher Leschctisky. still queens in the world a gen-‘ She has always been fond of eration hence. this child will be‘ outdoor activities and is a great a good queen.’ lover of horses. She has been an Early in 1942 Princess Eliza-excellent ‘1orsewoman since she, both was appointed Colonel of was a little girl. and with Prin~ the Grenadier Guards. and on ccss Margaret would often ac- her sixteenth birthday she car- company her father on his rid- ried out her first public engagc- cs through Windsor Great Park. ment when she inspected t'ie A keen swimmer. she learned regiment. The evening before life-5a vi n g and at the age of she had given her first official thirteen won the Children‘s audience. w en she received Challenge Shield at the Bath Colonel Prescott. and was pre-lClub. Amateur theatricals were ‘F

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