Ahead of King Charles III’s Coronation, revisit the greatest photographs of Queen Elizabeth II through the years.
to capture the then Princess Elizabeth with her son and infant daughter, Princess Anne, at Clarence House, where the future Queen had set up residence with the Duke of Edinburgh shortly after their marriage. Beaton’s aim, that spring day in 1950, was to capture the heir apparent at her most natural and relaxed – playing with Charles in the gardens and cradling Anne in her drawing room.
A peaceful moment with Princess Anne shortly after her birth. Beaton had also photographed Prince CharlesNot everything went according to plan, however: “The infant Princess… at last became thoroughly exasperated,” Beaton recalled with annoyance after the fact. “Prince Charles, too, was getting beyond control and the noise produced by the two children was quite ear-splitting.” Fortunately, a later session with the young family proved more successful.
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