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Daniel Clayton shows the photographs taken by his father, Kenneth Clayton in 1952

First pictures of Elizabeth

Posted on 03/07/201202/02/2018
First pictures of Elizabeth
Daniel Clayton shows the photographs taken by his father, Kenneth Clayton in 1952. First pictures of Elizabeth

First pictures of Elizabeth
At last, a set of official portrait photographs of the Queen after her accession to the throne appeared before viewers. In fact, 60 years after the photographer who took them was sworn to secrecy. Commissioned by a royal portrait artist, Kenneth Clayton was a BBC photographer who took secret photos of the new Queen and her family in 1952. The images then became the basis for the first official portrait of Elizabeth II after she became Queen. Meanwhile, they also became the base for portrait painted by Welsh artist Margaret Lindsay William.

First pictures of Elizabeth
The secret photographs commissioned by artist Margaret Lindsay William to help with her official portrait of the Queen, released following her coronation

First pictures of Elizabeth

Prince Phillip strikes a serious pose in one of the 1952 photographs
Prince Phillip strikes a serious pose in one of the 1952 photographs
Mr Clayton posed for a photograph with Princess Anne and Prince Charles - and even held the little Princess's hand - a move which could have flouted royal protocol
Mr Clayton posed for a photograph with Princess Anne and Prince Charles – and even held the little Princess’s hand – a move which could have flouted royal protocol
Princess Anne and Prince Charles photographed by Kenneth Clayton at a photo shoot shortly after their mother had been named HRH Queen Elizabeth
Princess Anne and Prince Charles photographed by Kenneth Clayton at a photo shoot shortly after their mother became named Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth
young Princess Anne and Prince Charles
Young Princess Anne and Prince Charles
A letter
A letter from Buckingham Palace thanking Mr Clayton for the album of pictures of the children that he sent to the queen

source: dailymail.co.uk

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