Being pushed around in a wicker pram, learning to ride a pony, and riding a rocking horse, six never before seen snapshots of a two-year-old Princess Elizabeth paint a picturesque snapshot of the future queen’s childhood.
The images from the Royal archive and private collections of the Royal family, many of them taken by Queen Elizabeth’s parents, then the Duke and Duchess of York, will be published in a book celebrating the arrival of baby Prince George to be released this week.
The release of the book and images comes as the Royal family is expected to release the first official pictures of Prince George.
Queen Elizabeth aged two in a photograph taken by her father.
With Queen Mary and her mother, Elizabeth at Balmoral in 1927.
The Princess in her cot in 1926.
With a toy horse by her mother’s side in 1928.
Riding her Shetland pony, Peggy, in 1930.
Queen Elizabeth’s progress book has also been published alongside the images.
Princess Elizabeth with her parents in 1929.
Princess Elizabeth in 1933.
Princess Elizabeth with her famous corgis in 1936.
Elizabeth and Margaret at their father’s coronation in 1937.
Princess Elizabeth with her new pony in 1939.
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as girl guides in 1942.
Elizabeth and Philip announcing their engagement in 1947.
Elizabeth and Philip on their wedding day in 1947.
The queen and Prince Philip on their honeymoon in 1947.
Elizabeth days after her father’s death made her queen in February 1952.
The queen giving her first Christmas broadcast on December 25, 1952.
Queen Elizabeth in Perth in October 2011.
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