Frontis: Lady Pigott-Brown (née Helen Egerton-Cotton) and her son, Sir William Pigott-Brown, photograph by Swaebe
p.3: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, no credit
p.9: Andre J. Clasen, photograph by Fayer
pp.6-7:William Graham as Just William
p.10: Lady Hawke and her four daughters, Caroline, Lavinia, Annabel and Cecilia, photograph by Swaebe
p.16: Elizabeth Avice Wikes, photograph by Swaebe
p.23: A.A. Milne and his wife, Dorothy Milne (née de Sélincourt), photograph by Studio Lisa
p.28: Elizabeth Lloyd (photograph by Pearl Freeman); Rosemary Salmond (photograph by Hay Wrightson); Hon. Sarah Ismay (photograph by Bertram Park) and Baroness de Rutzen (photograph by Fayer)
October 8
Frontis: Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their children Prince William and Prince Richard, photograph by Eric Ager
p.39: Gibb McLaughlin in Oliver Twist, no credit
p.60: V.A. Woodhouse (to marry Patrick de Cruce Grubb, photograph by Bassano); Jean Leslie Sweet (photograph by Harlip); Lady Backhouse (photograph by Pearl Freeman)
October 15
Frontis: Moira Shearer, photograph by Baron
pp.70-1: (George) Emlyn Williams, photograph by Angus McBean – see NPG P927
p.74: Lady Beatrix Fanshawe and her daughters Noni and Clodagh, photograph by Swaebe
p.75: General Kaiser and his wife, the Rani Kaiser, the Nepalese Ambassador, photograph by Swaebe
pp.80-1: Christening of Hon. Mrs Andre Elphinstone’s child with Princess Elizabeth holding the baby, no credit
p.92: Antony Colin Deans Rankin (photograph by Elliott and Fry) and Daphne Nixon (photograph by Basil Shackleton)
p.92: Oscar Linda and Lady Isobel Blunt Mackenzie – engagement picture, no credit
October 22
Frontis: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and Prince Philip, no credit
p.103: Nancy Evans and Otakar Krauss in The Rape of Lucretia at Covent garden, photograph by Angus McBean
p.106: Captain and Mrs Andrew Hughes-Onslow and their son James, photograph by Pool
p.107: Lady Elizabeth Lumley (daughter of Earl of Scarborough), photograph by Harlip
p.118: Lady Cochrane, wife of Sir Ernest Cochrane, photograph by F.J. Goodman – see NPG x195201
p.124: Malka Bluestone (photograph by Lenare); Rosalind Mary Home (photograph by Harlip); Audrey Wathen (photograph by Pearl Freeman)
October 29
Frontis: Norwegian Ambassadress, Madame Prebensen, photograph by Pearl Freeman
p.185: Celtic Ballet- Margaret Morris, photograph by Fred Daniels
p.138: Earl and Countess of Ronaldshay and their three children, photograph by Baron
Frontis: Mrs S.L. Simpson (née Heddy Monique, Baroness de Podmaniczky), photograph by F.J. Goodman – see NPG x195594
p.170: Mrs Roderick Heathcoat-Amory and her children Michael and Amanda, photograph by Swaebe
p.174: Josette Day and Mila Parely in La Belle et la Bête
p.182:Ernest Thesiger, photograph by Fayer
p.183: Edith Coates as Maddalena in Rigoletto at Covent Garden, photograph by Angus McBean
November 12
Frontis: Princess Elizabeth with Prince Philip, no credit
p.195: Feliks Topolski in his London studio, photograph by Baron
pp.198-9: Ruth Draper, photograph by Angus McBean
p.202: Caroline Marie Galitzine and Alexander Peter Galitzine, children of Prince and Princess George Galitzine, photograph by Harlip
p.206: Pages from Topolski’s sketchbook
p.214: Lady Faith Nesbitt and her daughter Gemma, photograph by Helen Muspratt, Swanage
November 19
Frontis: Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt. Hon. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, photograph by Studio Lisa
Pp.228-9: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in Christmas pantomimes, photograph by: Studio Lisa
p.231: Elisabeth Welch, photograph by Angus McBean
pp.232-4: The bridesmaids and pages at Princess Elizabeth’s wedding: Princess Margaret Rose (photograph by Dorothy Wilding); Lady Mary Cambridge (photograph by Yevonde); Lady Caroline Montague-Douglas-Scott (photograph by Harlip); Lady Elizabeth Lambart photograph by Bertram park); Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (photograph by Pearl Freeman), Princess Alexandra (daughter of the Duke of Kent, photograph by Hay Wrightson); Diana Bowes-Lyons (niece of the Queen, no credit); Prince William (son of Duke of Gloucester, photograph by Eric Ager) and Prince Michael (son of the Duke of Kent), photograph by Hay Wrightson
p.237: Prince Philip, photograph by Baron
pp.240-1: Sir Iain Colquhoun at his Scottish home
p.246: Tanya Moiseiwitsch, photograph by F.J. Goodman – see NPG x195339
p.252: Miss I. Hamilton Forbes, (photograph by Bassano); Miss Mary Grizel Boyle (photograph by Navana); Miss Gillian Jones (photograph by Fayer); Miss Helen Patricia Stanier (photograph by Harlip)
November 26
Frontis: Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
p.263: Pat Kirkwood, photograph by Fred Daniels
p.284: Virginia Joyce Jardine (photograph by Pearl Freeman); Daphne Caroline Byass (photograph by Harlip) and Florence Margaret Cole (photograph by Fayer)
December 3
Royal Wedding Issue
Frontis: ‘Married: Honeymoon begins at Winchester’ – Princess Elizabeth with a corgi
P.304: Princess Elizabeth aged five, photograph by Marcus Adams
Pp.305-6: Princess Elizabeth: girlhood-womanhood
December 10
Frontis: Field Marshal Earl Wavell receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Law from London University
p.327: Danish Ambassador Count Eduard Reventlow and wife, photograph by Swaebe
p.331: Jean Simmons, photograph by Baron with background sketches by Vasco Lazzolo
p.335: Hon. Mrs Andrew Elphinstone (née Hambro), photograph by Harlip
p.346: Hamond Innes with his wife Dorothy Lang at their cottage
p.352: Hon. Enid Paget, photograph by Bassano and Miss Patricia May Braithwaite, photograph by Harlip
December 17
Frontis: Michele Morgan, photograph by Lévin, Paris
p.363: Sonia Dresdel, photograph by Cyril Stanborough
p.379: Ella Maillart, photograph by Yevonde
December 24
Frontis: Isaac Bickerstaff / Sir Richard Steele, editor of the first issues of the Tatler in 1709
p.395: Railroad Frolic – Max Adrian with John Heawood in Tuppence Coloured at Globe, design by Emmet, photograph by McBean
p.398: Elizabeth Alice Rous (née Fraser) and children, photograph by Bassano – see NPG x77760-2
December 31
Frontis: Countess Elena Carandini, photograph by Derek Adkins
Pp.422-3: Maharaja of Jaipur, Early Mountbatten and Countess Mountbatten
p.427: Sally Gray, photograph by Baron
p.431: Mrs Clifford-Wolff with daughters Rosamund and Antoinette, photograph by Bassano
p.448: Mary Tavy Mortan, photograph by Bassano and Miss Carol Mary Jenkins, photograph by Harlip