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1942 Princess Elizabeth named Colonel of the Grenadiers
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2:12Now PlayingDate: 27th April 1942
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Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Princess Elizabeth is named Colonel of the Grenadiers and inspects the troops amid much pomp and circumstance on her sixteenth birthday accompanied by the King, Queen and Princess Margaret Rose
ELIZABETH, Princess On 16th birthday..Col.on Grenadier Guards.. inspects..takes salute at march past..w. King & Queen & Princess Margaret
ELIZABETH, Queen of England. W.King & princesses at Elizabeth's 16th birthday..inspecting Grenadier Guards..on dais
GEORGE VI KING OF ENGLAND. W. Queen & princesses at Elizabeth's 16th Birthday..inspecting Grenadier Guards..on dais
GRENADIER GUARDS Princess Elizabeth becomes Colonel..inspects..takes salute at march past..also present King & Queen & Princess Margaret
MARGARET ROSE PRINCESS W. Father Mother & sister on Elizabeth's 16th birthday..inspecting Grenadier Guards
MILITARY BRITISH Princess Elizabeth becomes Colonel of Grenadier Guards..inspects..takes salute at march past..also present King & Queen & Princess Margaret
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Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Queen Elizabeth, The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Elizabeth of York, The Queen, King George VI, Prince Albert of York, Prince Albert of Wales, Prince Albert, The Duke of York, Queen Mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, The Duchess of York, Queen Mum, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
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