CONTACT SHEET Royal Childhood A special exhibition at the Summer Opening of

The State Rooms, Buckingham Palace 26 July—28 September 2014

Princess Elizabeth and Silver-gilt Princess Margaret on a rocking horse, Lily Font, 1841 August 1932

Velvet ‘walking suit’ belonging to the future King , c.1867-8

Velvet shoes worn by Prince Albert Edward, (Queen Victoria’s eldest son), at eight months, 1842

Two Parisian dolls belonging to the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

Silver filigree rattle given to the infant Prince of (the future George IV), 1763

Press Office, Royal Collection Trust, York House, St James’s Palace, London SW1A 1BQ T. +44 (0)20 7839 1377, [email protected] , www.royalcollection.org.uk The two-year-old A wicker pram, Princess Elizabeth with belonging to her wicker pram in the Princess Elizabeth, grounds of her home in Piccadilly, London, c.1928 1928

A set of Knockemdown Ninepins belonging to A pink tea set in the shape of a rabbit belonging Princess Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth

Rocking horse that Princess Elizabeth and A toy horse on wheels that Princess Elizabeth Princess Margaret played with and Princess Margaret played with, c.1930s

The Queen Mother in the grounds of The Royal Lodge, Windsor with Princess Anne and Prince Charles.

(Lisa Sheridan/Getty Images) Wooden wheelbarrow in the shape of a dog seen in a photograph of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with Princess Anne and Prince Charles

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Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Princess Margaret in their garden at the Royal Lodge in . The passenger in the wheelbarrow is a corgi The Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth standing named Carol, outside in front of Y Bwthyn Bach, a miniature cottage April 1940 in the grounds of Royal Lodge, presented to Princess Elizabeth by the people of Wales on the occasion of (Lisa Sheridan/Getty her sixth birthday, 1933 Images)

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