The Royal Family were pictured on a barge going towards the Royal Yacht Britannia for a Dinner to celebrate the Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday on this day in 1990, 35 years ago!
Queen Elizabeth II with the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent
Queen Elizabeth II smiles from the barge taking her band Prince Michael of Kent (nearest camera) and the Duke of Kent to the Royal Yacht Britannia, for a banquet in honour of the Queen Mother’s 90th birthday
The Prince of Wales travels on a barge to the Royal Yacht Britannia, moored near Tower Bridge, for a banquet in honour of the Queen Mother’s 90th birthday.
The Queen and Princess Margaret also joined the Queen Mother (wearing the Greville Tiara, Queen Alexandra’s Wedding Necklace, Diamond Peardrop Earrings, and the Teck Flower Brooch) for a Gala Performance at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
At the end of the year, the Queen (wearing the Kent Amethyst Parure) and Duke of Edinburgh hosted the ‘Dance of the Decades’ at Buckingham Palace to mark a year of landmark Royal Birthdays for the Queen Mother (wearing the Greville Emerald Necklace), who turned 90, Princess Margaret (in the Teck Circle Necklace), turned 60, the Princess Royal (wearing her Ruby Suite), turning 40, and the Duke of York, who turned 30.
