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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Patricia Tryon Macdonald 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Accession number: 2005.124.1-11
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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (age 51 in 1951)
HRH Queen Elizabeth II (age 25 in 1951)
HRH Prince Philip (age 30 in 1951)
HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (age 3 in 1951)
Princess Alexandra (age 15 in 1951)
Princess Marina (age 45 in 1951)
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