Images Dated 1st September 2015

Portrait by John Hedgecoe - Profile of Queen Elizabeth II - Shot for a new set of

Portrait by John Hedgecoe - Profile of Queen Elizabeth II - Shot for a new set of postage stamps in 1966 and in constant use for at least the next 34 years.
This copyright image is held exclusively by TopFoto, the exclusive representative of the late Professor John Hedgecoe. He took the image in 1966, specifically for the creation of the Royal Mail?s stamp, with over 200 billion copies sold so far and counting. Hedgecoe photographed Her Majesty, then Arnold Machin made a plaster cast from the photograph, Hedgecoe then took another photograph, this time of the cast, which has been used on the Royal Mail stamps ever since.
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Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, H.M The Queen attended the conerts given in

Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, H.M The Queen attended the conerts given in their honour by the High Commisioners for Australia and New Zealand at the Royal Festival Hall last evening. Many Australian and New Zealand artistes took part in the concert which has been designed as a musical tribute to the Queen and the Duke before they leave on their tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Photo shows: Wearing a crinoline-type evening gown with ribbon of the Order of the Garter.
20 October 1953

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Naval cadets from the Thames Nautical College training ship HMS Worcester are being

Naval cadets from the Thames Nautical College training ship HMS Worcester are being evacuated from Greenhithe to the countryside.
Here the ' Worcester Boys ' are messing around in the grounds of Foots Cray Place, Kent, which is their new quarters for the duration of the war.
2 September 1939

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