It was May 30, 1936, when Princess Elizabeth first appeared on The Weekly’s cover. She was 10 years old and one of three royal children sharing the spotlight with a rather stern-looking, recently widowed Queen Mary, whose 69th birthday was being celebrated. Elizabeth and her sister Margaret Rose stand either side of their granny, who has their cousin Edward – now the Duke of Kent, son of their uncle George – on her knee.
The baby looks as if he’s about to burst into tears, while Lilibet seems a tad nervous and Margaret is clearly loving the limelight. The editorial declares that the image “is a coloured reproduction of a photo taken by London ‘Times’ and reproduced by by special arrangement. The baby prince, now six months old, is the first child to
