Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002), Queen of George VI
Sitter associated with 452 portraits
Born in the last year of Queen Victoria's reign. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married the Duke of York in 1923. She became Queen Elizabeth when her husband was crowned King George VI in 1937. On the King's death in 1952 she became known as the Queen Mother and her elder daughter became Queen Elizabeth II. She is the first member of the British Royal Family to pass the age of 100.
by Alf Shead
colour print, 1977
NPG x8476
by Alf Shead
colour print, 1977
NPG x8477
by Alf Shead
colour print, 1977
NPG x8478
by Alf Shead
colour print, 1977
NPG x8479
for Press Association Photos
vintage print, 6 June 1980
NPG x184149
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother with four of her grandchildren
by Norman Parkinson
cibachrome print, 1985
NPG x30180
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Central News Ltd
postcard print
NPG x36490
Coronation medal of King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (on reverse)
by Percy Metcalfe
silver medal, 1937
NPG D36111
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (grandson)
Princess Anne (granddaughter)
Sir David Bowes-Lyon (brother)
Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon (brother)
Prince Charles (grandson)
Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones) (granddaughter)
Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, Earl of Wessex (grandson)
Queen Elizabeth II (daughter)
Lady Mary Frances Elphinstone (née Bowes-Lyon) (sister)
King George VI (husband)
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (grandson)
Princess Margaret (daughter)
Claud Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandfather)
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (father)
Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (mother)
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (brother)
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Balmoral Castle, Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
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Sandringham, Norfolk
St James' Palace, London
St Pauls Walden Bury, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Walmer Castle & Gardens, Walmer, Kent
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