Princess Elizabeth & Margaret in snow at Sandringham

Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister, Princess Margaret Rose pictured in the grounds of Sandringham House, Norfolk having fun in the snow, innocent, according to the caption, of the great loss tey were so soon to sustain, a reference to the death of their grandfather, King George V which placed them second and third in the order of succession. In less than a year, their uncle David (King Edward VIII) would abdicate and Princess Elizabeth would become heir-presumptive

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