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Comedian-farmer 'Professor' Jimmy Edwards leads the Old Surrey and Burstow Hunt, of which he is a member. For the first time, the meet was at Marlpits Cottage, Nutley, home of Lieutenant-Colonel H Montgomery Hyde, Member of Parliament for North Belfast.
A meet in the winter sunshine of the Old Surrey and Burstow Hunt, of which comedian-farmer Jimmy Edwards is a member.
Prince Charles and Princess Anne follow the Queen up the steps into the BOAC Argonaut liner Atalanta at Heathrow Airport. They were bidding farewell to their parents, who were leaving on a three week visit to Nigeria.
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CP2STO49895 | 1956-01 
Helen Brown has her legs measured by Pat Spencer
Queen Elizabeth II smiles down at her daughter Princess Anne as the Duke of Edinburgh accepts a greeting handshake from Alhaji Abdulmaliki, Commissioner for the Northern Region of Nigeria, at Heathrow Airport.
The submarine Thermopylae arrives at the West India Dock in London for a weekend visit to the area. Friends and relatives of the crew will be permitted to visit them on board.
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CP2STO49893 | 1956-02 
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with the Provost of Coventry, the Very Rev. R.T Howard, at the Sanctuary of the old Coventry Cathedral. They are being shown the charred cross, made from beams of the roof of the Cathedral after it was destroyed by German bombers on th enight of November 14, 1940.
A new model of Queen Elizabeth II in the full robes of the Sovereign of the Order of the Garter at Madame Tussaud's waxworks, London. With the model is Joan Bertrand, the Wardrobe Mistress.
Lord Beaverbrook (l) was a godfather at the christening of Richard William, son and heir of Lord Grantley (r), at St James's Church, London. The baby is held by his mother, Lady Grantley, who is the daughter of Lord Listowel.
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CP2STO49891 | 1956-03 
Sir Winston and Lady Churchill watch from the entrance to their home at Chartwell House, Kent, as the Cinque Ports Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment parade there. Sir Winston is Honorary Colonel of the Territorial Army unit.
The palace of Prince Rainier of Monaco, where the Prince and Grace Kelly will be married on April 18th in a civil ceremony attended only be their families. The religious service will take place in the cathedral the following day.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh inspect the commemoration stone unveiled by the Queen when she inaugurated the Bristol Waterworks Company's Chew Valley Lake.
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CP2STO49889 | 1956-04 
Queen Elizabeth II with the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour Ceremony. In the background is Earl Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence, Lord Carrington, at the Ministry of Defence, Storey's Gate, London. *Neg corrupt. Contact scanned
Queen Elizabeth II rides at the head of the Guards as they march back along The Mall after the Trooping of the Colour. Behind the Queen on white horses are the Duke of Edinburgh, left, and the Duke of Gloucester.
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CP2STO49887 | 1956-05 
Queen Elizabeth II pauses to look at a dress, made of 100 per cent Terylene, as she tours an exhibition of goods made from the synthetic fibre at the Imperial Chemical Industries' works at Wilton, near Middlesbrough.
Queen Elizabeth II on the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting, on her way to the saddling boxes to see her horse High Veldt.
Queen Elizabeth II arriving at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London, to attend the annual dinner of the First Guards Club. Membership of the club is restricted to Grenadier Guards officers of at least three years' service. The Queen is Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment.
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CP2STO49886 | 1956-06 
Juan Fangio of Argentina takes a well earned drink after winning the British Grand Prix, in a Ferrari, at Silverstone.
The Duke of Edinburgh walks beside King Feisal of Iraq who was inspecting a guard of honour formed by the Queen's Company, Grenadier Guards, at Victoria Station. The young king is paying the first State visit to Britain ever made by an Iraqi monarch.
Queen Elizabeth II, followed by Princess Margaret, leaves St Margaret's Church, Westminster, after attending the wedding of Kathryn Stanley, a lady-in-waiting to the Queen, and John Robert Stratford Dugdale.
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CP2STO49884 | 1956-07 
Wearing a special £100-plus dress in a 'soothing' pastel shade, and a small floral headdress, Lady Docker is pictured at home in London. She is about to leave with her husband Sir Bernard Docker, to attend the extraordinary general meeting of BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) shareholders at Grosvenor House. The dress is of orchid pink organza embroidered in fuschia. The meeting has been requisitioned by Sir Bernard, who hoped for reinstatement as chairman and managing director. He was dismissed from the post on May 31st.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh go aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia at Barrow-in-Furness, setting off on a holiday cruise to the Western Isles of Scotland.
Smiling faintly, Lady Docker pictured in the car as she drove away from Grosvenor House with husband Sir Bernard Docker (not pictured) after attending an extraordinary general meeting of BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) shareholders. The meeting has been requisitioned by Sir Bernard, who hoped for reinstatement as chairman and managing director. He was dismissed from the post on May 31st.
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CP2STO49882 | 1956-08 
The two David Copperfields, 15-year-old Leonard Cracknell, of Hornchurch, Essex, and Robert Hardy (l) go over the script with producer Douglas Allen (c) during rehearsals in London.
Leonard Cracknell, 15, of Hornchurch, Essex, who will play David Copperfield as a boy, with Robert Hardy (l), who takes over later in the series, during rehearsals in London for BBC TV's new night serial "David Copperfield".
Simone wears white and gold brocade ensemble by Jacques Faith.
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CP2STO49879 | 1956-09 
Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother welcome home Princess Margaret from her tour of East Africa, at Heathrow Airport
Singer Eve Boswell at Waterloo Station on the Ile de France boat train for a tour in America.
Members of the Scottish team that held
Wales to a 2-2 draw at Cardiff. L-R;
Back row; Alexander Hershaw Parker, John Miller (Ian) McColl, Thomas YOUNGER, John Davidson Hewie and Douglas Cowie, Front row; Graham Leggat, John Knight Mudie, Lawrence Reilly, George Lewis Young, Robert Young Collins and William Fernie.
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CP2STO49878 | 1956-10 
Queen Elizabeth II leaving the Haymarket Theatre, London, after seeing the play 'The Chalk Garden'.
A voluntary sport official and a Signaller from the Australian Army's Signals Corp recording and telephoning the events results to field headquarters and the mobile arena scoreboard.
Vera Lynn painting at her home in Finchley, London.
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CP2STO49875 | 1956-11 
The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Cullum Welch, and singer Vera Lynn cut the cake at the national Christmas party of the Infantile Paralysis Fellowship in London.
Queen Elizabeth II, as godmother, holds the baby, George Herbert, son of her childhood friend Lord Porchester, at left, after the christening at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London.
Prince Charles leans across for a confidential whisper to his sister, Princess Anne as, with their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, they watch the 'Dick Whittington' pantomime at the Palace Theatre, London.
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CP2STO49873 | 1956-12 
Queen Elizabeth II feeds a carrot to a horse, watched by trainer Paul Nicholls, during a visit to Manor Farm Stables in Ditcheat, Somerset on March 28, 2019.
King Charles III (centre) arrives for a Sunday church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk. Picture date: Sunday January 5, 2025.
Vanessa Hudgens, Austin Butler attends the "2015 Dance Industry Awards" held at Avalon
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CP1STO1704 | Press Association 
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EXCLUSIVE. HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly during their engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA.
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CP2STO47688 | 1956 
FILE - In this Dec. 27, 1956, file photo, Boston Celtics' Bill Russell (6) reaches for a rebound in an NBA basketball game against the Rochester Royals in Philadelphia. Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are trying to to join Russell's Celtics, the Bulls led by Michael Jordan and the Lakers’ trio of title runs fueled by George Mikan in the 1950s, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the '80s, and Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant nearly 20 years ago as the only franchises in NBA history to capture three championships in four years. (AP Photo/Sam Myers, File)
FILE - This Oct. 31, 1956 black and white file photo shows Hungarian Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, freed after more than seven years in a communist jail, in his Budapest residence. The Vatican announced on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 that Francis, a day earlier, had OK’d the “heroic virtues of God’s servant”Cardinal Mindszenty, the Hungarian churchman who suffered a long imprisonment for being a foe of Communism,  the recognition of such virtues is a step toward possible sainthood. .(AP Photo/Walter Lindlar, file)
Princess Margaret Portrait
EMBARGO:  WATCH RELEASE DATE:
FOR FIRST PUBLICATION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.

PRINCESS MARGARET TOUR OF EAST AFRICA 

THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET WAS MADE BY CECIL BEATON IN THE DRAWING ROOM OF CLARENCE HOUSE, LONDON. IT IS RELEASED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRINCESS'S TOUR OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WEARS A DRESS OF APRICOT SILK. A FIVE-STRANDED PEARL NECKLACE AND A DIAMOND BROOCH.

BEA.F.15447       090956  N
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON
9/9/1956
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CP1STO577943 | 1956 
Actor Rod Steiger in London talking on the phone in his hotel room  December 1956. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPGL764812)
Suez Crisis 1956 Egyptian refugees remove their belongings in carts in the bomb damaged area of Rue Ababi in Port Said. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPGL856738)
Actress Brigitte Bardot at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square for rehearsals of the Royal Command Performance 1956. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPGL893061)
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CP2STO47689 | 1956 
FILE-- One of the first survivors of the 113 men trapped underground in mine explosion in Springhill, N.S. is shown being handed over heads of rescuers Nov. 3, 1956.  (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE) Canada
This June 1956 file photo shows former Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis relaxing with a cigar in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec after leading his Union Nationale party to its third consecutive sweep in provinical elections.  (CP PHOTO) 1956 (files)
Governor General Vincent Massey chats with D.B. Rogers, president of the Canadian Press, and Mrs. Rogers before the CP annual dinner in Toronto, April 18, 1956. Mr. Rogers, editor of the Regina Leader-Post, was elected president of Canada's cooperative news service at its annual meeting. Mr. Massey was speaker at the dinner. (CP Photo/Stf)
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CP1STO577942 | 1956 
FILE - In this July 7, 1956, file photo, the Duchess of Kent, center, presents the trophy for the Ladies' Doubles title to Angela Buxton, left, and Althea Gibson, right, following their victory at Wimbledon, England. Gibson won an amazing 11 Grand Slam titles in three years from 1956-58, including the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. On Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, the USTA will unveil a statue in her honor at the U.S. Open. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this July 6, 1956, file photo, Peter Thomson, of Australia, holds the trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championship at Hoylake, Liverpool, for his third consecutive win in the tournament. Thomson was the last player to win the same major three straight years. Brooks Koepka has that chance this week in the PGA Championship. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this July 7, 1956, file photo, the Duchess of Kent, center, presents the trophy for the Ladies' Doubles title to Angela Buxton, left, and Althea Gibson, right, following their victory at Wimbledon, England. Buxton, a British tennis player who was the doubles partner of Althea Gibson when the American became the first Black person to win a major title in 1956, has died. She was 85. The International Tennis Federation announced the death of Buxton on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, describing her as “an early pioneer of equal rights.” (AP Photo/File)
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CP1STO579590 | 1956-07 
PREMIUM -- 

EXCLUSIVE. HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly during their engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA.
PREMIUM -- 

EXCLUSIVE. Grace Kelly's engagement ring during her engagement party held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA.
PREMIUM -- 

EXCLUSIVE. The cake for the engagement party of HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly held at the Kelly home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on January 6, 1956. Photo by ABACA.
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CP2STO49896 | 1956-01 
Queen Elizabeth II leaving the Haymarket Theatre, London, after seeing the play 'The Chalk Garden'.
A voluntary sport official and a Signaller from the Australian Army's Signals Corp recording and telephoning the events results to field headquarters and the mobile arena scoreboard.
Vera Lynn painting at her home in Finchley, London.
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CP2STO49875 | 1956-11 
Wearing a special £100-plus dress in a 'soothing' pastel shade, and a small floral headdress, Lady Docker is pictured at home in London. She is about to leave with her husband Sir Bernard Docker, to attend the extraordinary general meeting of BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) shareholders at Grosvenor House. The dress is of orchid pink organza embroidered in fuschia. The meeting has been requisitioned by Sir Bernard, who hoped for reinstatement as chairman and managing director. He was dismissed from the post on May 31st.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh go aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia at Barrow-in-Furness, setting off on a holiday cruise to the Western Isles of Scotland.
Smiling faintly, Lady Docker pictured in the car as she drove away from Grosvenor House with husband Sir Bernard Docker (not pictured) after attending an extraordinary general meeting of BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) shareholders. The meeting has been requisitioned by Sir Bernard, who hoped for reinstatement as chairman and managing director. He was dismissed from the post on May 31st.
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CP2STO49882 | 1956-08 
This June 1956 file photo shows former Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis relaxing with a cigar in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec after leading his Union Nationale party to its third consecutive sweep in provinical elections.  (CP PHOTO) 1956 (files)
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CP1STO579592 | 1956-06 
Four Russian wolfhounds arrive by limousine at the Westminster Kennel Club's annual Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, Feb. 13, 1956. The owner of the dogs, George E. Mosley, of Greenwich, Conn., made sure the dogs rode in comfort with blankets and a chauffeur. Left to right are: Baron Wolfschmidt; Lady Wolfschmidt; Lady Gretchen; and Nijinsky of Barnoff, with chauffeur Jim Colby in the rear. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris)
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 1956, file photo, a shower of snow and ice from the number two Swiss bobsled sprays over the banked edge of the bumpy Olympic bobsled course of Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, as Max Angst battles for control of the speeding four-man sled. The Cortina track was built in 1923 and the resort known as the “Queen” of the Italian Dolomites was home to bobsledding great Eugenio Monti, who won six Olympic medals between 1956 and 1968. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)
FILE - Freckle-faced nine-year-old Terry Klindt of Lusk, Wyo., admiringly watches New York Giants' Willie Mays tape a bat during a baseball spring training session in Phoenix, Ariz., in this Feb. 27, 1956, file photo. Mays turns 90 on Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Harold Filan, File)
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CP1STO579597 | 1956-02 
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