Picture No | 10509385 |
Date | 1947 |
Description | South Africa royal tour - Princesses Drive Engine - 1947 |
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Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret on the footplate of one of the engines hauling the Royal Train with the Hon. F C Sturrock (South African Minister for Transport) during the royal tour of South Africa in March 1947. They rode on the engine for several miles and were shown and manipulated the controls. The photograph shows the Princesses, wearing overalls and gloves, on the footplate with Princess Elizabeth sounding the whistle.
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Source | Photograph in the Illustrated London News archive |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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