Mabel Knibbs of Windsor with her new handbag, 1941
The Sketch featured this picture in their We Take Off Our Hat To- page on 18th June 1941. "Mabel Knibbs of Windsor, fourteen year old member of the Windsor Youth Club detatchment, was parading during War Weapons Week when she dropped her handbag, and a car ran over it. The two Princesses were watching the incident, told the Queen, whereupon her Majesty sent the child a new navy blue handbag to replace the lost one."
Picture No
12008241
Media ID
46130250
Size
5832px x 5305px
(2.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sketch, 18th June 1941, page 332
Date
1941
