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(2/2) More pics about the event.#GodSavetheQueen pic.twitter.com/RQ8MtEOkd2
— 🌻Sarahsecret (@sarahinroyal) January 30, 2022
(2/2) More pics about the event.#GodSavetheQueen pic.twitter.com/RQ8MtEOkd2
— 🌻Sarahsecret (@sarahinroyal) January 30, 2022
On eve of 30 Jan 1952, day before Princess Eliz & #PrincePhilip leave on Commonwealth tour, the King takes family to Drury Lane #theatre to see South Pacific. First play he's seen since illness - & will be his last. More: #PRINCESS The Early Life of QEII #RoyalFamily #Royals #OTD pic.twitter.com/hiHK2AIT5v
— Jane Dismore (@JaneDismore) January 30, 2022
On eve of 30 Jan 1952, day before Princess Eliz & #PrincePhilip leave on Commonwealth tour, the King takes family to Drury Lane #theatre to see South Pacific. First play he's seen since illness - & will be his last. More: #PRINCESS The Early Life of QEII #RoyalFamily #Royals #OTD pic.twitter.com/hiHK2AIT5v
— Jane Dismore (@JaneDismore) January 30, 2022Princess Margaret joined King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (wearing the Coronation Earrings for likely the last time) for a Gala Performance of ‘South Pacific’ at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in London on this day in 1952 (70 years ago), the King’s first public appearance in months, following Christmas at Sandringham, only a few days before his death.
On 23 Jan 1952, the press reports announcemt from #BuckinghamPalace that George VI will visit South Africa in March. A positive plan after his long illness. But...... #RoyalFamily #Royal #History #TheQueen pic.twitter.com/AnyTDAsC8b
— Jane Dismore (@JaneDismore) January 23, 2022
On 23 Jan 1952, the press reports announcemt from #BuckinghamPalace that George VI will visit South Africa in March. A positive plan after his long illness. But...... #RoyalFamily #Royal #History #TheQueen pic.twitter.com/AnyTDAsC8b
— Jane Dismore (@JaneDismore) January 23, 2022It had just been announced that the King and Queen would travel to South Africa in a few months as the King recovered, while Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were to take their place on a major Commonwealth Tour. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke had completed their extensive Tour of Canada in the Autumn, following a busy Summer, with the Opening of the Festival of Britain, the Danish State Visit (the KIng’s last public appearance), the Norwegian State Visit, as the Princess and the Duke, who had given up his Naval Career, became full-time working Royals in the last few months of King George VI’s life.