Title

HM Queen Elizabeth II with her Maids of Honour, The Coronation, 2nd June 1953. Artist: Cecil Beaton.

Caption

HM Queen Elizabeth II with her maids of honour, Green Drawing Room, Buckingham palace, 2nd June 1953. In selecting six Maids of Honour instead of pages to bear her velvet train throughout the Coronation ceremony, the Queen followed the precedent of Queen Victoria. Lady Moyra Hamilton (now Lady Moyra Campbell), Lady Anne Coke (now The Rt Hon The Lady Glenconner), Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill (now Lady Rosemary Muir), Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton (now Lady Mary Russell), Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (now The Rt Hon The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby), Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart (now The Rt Hon The Lady Rayne). (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1953

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D16_489

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,0Mb) / 17,6in x 11,0in / 5274 x 3307 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait female women woman people event train monarch clothes color colour queen royal robes robe dress century gown clothing royalty crown lady regal fifties colourised 1950s Group Portrait 20th century The Print Collector coronation decade Robe of State royal event sovereign state occasion Queen Elizabeth II photograph Valentine Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Queen of Britain (Windsor) Norman Norman Hartnell Hartnell Cecil Beaton Beaton Cecil Walter Hardy Maid of Honour Robe of Estate colorised Valentine Norman Hartnell photograph