Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Film Performance, 1952

Front cover of the Tatler, featuring a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II leaving the Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. The Queen wears an unusual halter-neck, black and white dress by Norman Hartnell. Known as the Magpie dress, copies of the gown were in high street shops within days. On her head is the Girls of Great Britain tiara

Halter Hartnell Magpie Tatler Tiara

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