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Royal Collection (page 14)

Background imageRoyal Collection: WW2 - R. A. F. Air Gunner Training

WW2 - R. A. F. Air Gunner Training
This photograph displays a novel method of training British Royal Air Force air gunners during WW2. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageRoyal Collection: HMS Formidable 67

HMS Formidable 67
Royal Navy - HMS Formidable 67, an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier entering Valletta harbour in June 1946. Date: 1946

Background imageRoyal Collection: Twas In Trafalgar's Bay

Twas In Trafalgar's Bay
This painting depicts a naval battle between some galleons at Trafalgar Bay, which occurred in 1805, between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies

Background imageRoyal Collection: Harland & Wolff - promotional brochure

Harland & Wolff - promotional brochure
Harland and Wolff - extremely rare Harland & Wolff promotional brochure. This soft-bound volume includes company history and information

Background imageRoyal Collection: Princess Mary, Riding

Princess Mary, Riding
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), daughter of King George V, attending a meet of the Bramham Moor Foxhounds at Tatefield Hall. Date: 1925

Background imageRoyal Collection: WW2 poster, Britains Sea Power, Destroyers in line ahead, maintain it with your savings

WW2 poster, Britains Sea Power, Destroyers in line ahead, maintain it with your savings. Date: circa 1940

Background imageRoyal Collection: Canon John Neale Dalton (1839-1931), Steward of St. Georges Chapel, Windsor

Canon John Neale Dalton (1839-1931), Steward of St. Georges Chapel, Windsor, and appointed tutor to the future George V and his elder brother, Albert Victor, in 1871

Background imageRoyal Collection: Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Indian ruler

Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Indian ruler
Bhupinder Singh (1891-1938), ruling Maharaja of the state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He is perhaps the most famous Maharaja of Patiala, best known for his extravagance, and for being a cricketer

Background imageRoyal Collection: The Royal Oak - Queen Victoria and descendents family tree

The Royal Oak - Queen Victoria and descendents family tree
A spectacular family tree produced by The Illustrated London News to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The beautifully drawn oak tree is hung with portraits of Victoria and Albert

Background imageRoyal Collection: Publication on the death of Queen Victoria 1901

Publication on the death of Queen Victoria 1901
Front cover reporting on the death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in The Queen, The Ladys Newspaper & Court Chronicle, dated 26 January 1901, four days after her death

Background imageRoyal Collection: His Majesty Edward VIII

His Majesty Edward VIII (1894-1972) - in a highly unusual imagined portrait (published early in 1936), illustrating a scene which was never to take place as the King abdicated on 11th December 1936

Background imageRoyal Collection: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and Rosamund Clifford

Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and Rosamund Clifford
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of King Henry II, and Rosamund Clifford, the kings mistress, in Woodstock Park, Oxfordshire

Background imageRoyal Collection: Meeting of King Richard the Lionheart with Saladin

Meeting of King Richard the Lionheart with Saladin
Meeting of King Richard I (the Lionheart) with Saladin, during the Third Crusade. 1191

Background imageRoyal Collection: Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada

Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada, when the expedition sent by King Philip II of Spain was met by the Royal Navy and out-manoeuvred. The surviving Spanish ships were badly damaged in storms

Background imageRoyal Collection: Edward I (1239 - 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots

Edward I (1239 - 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots

Background imageRoyal Collection: Royal Ediswan, Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1919

Royal Ediswan, Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1919

Background imageRoyal Collection: H. M Queen Maud of Norway

H. M Queen Maud of Norway
Maud of Wales (1869 - 1938), Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII. Youngest daughter of the British king and Queen, Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark. Date: 1906

Background imageRoyal Collection: Royal Navy de Havilland Canada DHC. 1 Chipmunk WK608

Royal Navy de Havilland Canada DHC. 1 Chipmunk WK608
Royal Navy de Havilland Canada DHC.1 Chipmunk WK608, callsign 906 and race number 71. Date: 1950s-1960s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Royal Air Force - BAC Jet Provost T. 5 XW435

Royal Air Force - BAC Jet Provost T. 5 XW435
Royal Air Force BAC Jet Provost T.5 XW435 of the Central Flying School Date: 1970s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Royal Air Force BAC Jet Provost T. 4 XP551

Royal Air Force BAC Jet Provost T. 4 XP551
Royal Air Force Central Flying School Jet Provost T.4 XP551 ar RAF Little Rissington (then the highest operational airfield in the British Isles) Date: 1960s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director

Background imageRoyal Collection: Royal Family at Elphinstone wedding, 1946

Royal Family at Elphinstone wedding, 1946
The wedding of Andrew Elphinstone, nephew of Queen Elizabeth to Mrs. Vicary Gibbs in June 1946, at which Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) was chief bridesmaid

Background imageRoyal Collection: The Princess Royal and her brother the Duke of Windsor

The Princess Royal and her brother the Duke of Windsor
March 11th, 1953 - The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII and his younger sister, Princess Mary, the Princess Royal on their arrival in Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth

Background imageRoyal Collection: Portsmouth, Hampshire - HMS Victory flying Nelsons signal

Portsmouth, Hampshire - HMS Victory flying Nelsons signal
Portsmouth, Hampshire - HMS Victory flying Nelsons famous signal ( ENGLAND CONFIDES (expects) THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY" Date: circa 1910s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Busy Summer Morning on The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells

Busy Summer Morning on The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: 1914

Background imageRoyal Collection: WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France
WW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Unveiling of the Royal Scots Grey Memorial, Princes Street

Unveiling of the Royal Scots Grey Memorial, Princes Street
The unveiling ceremony of the Royal Scots Grey Memorial by William Birnie Rhind (1853 - 1933), West Gardens Cottage, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland - by Earl of Rosebery on 16th November 1906

Background imageRoyal Collection: Fairey Swordfish I / 1 Floatplane

Fairey Swordfish I / 1 Floatplane
Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish of 810 Nas Squadron of Hms Courageous - Here Taxiing Past Battlecruiser Hms Hood (Later Sunk by the Bismarck) and Destroyer Hms Rocket (Behind) Date: 1940s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Fairey Gannet AEW-3

Fairey Gannet AEW-3
Royal-Navy 849 Squadron B Flight Fairey Gannet Aew-3 Taking-Off Operating on Aircraft-Carrier Hms Ark Royal with Smoke from the Catapult System Date: 1974

Background imageRoyal Collection: Panavia Tornado IDS GR-1

Panavia Tornado IDS GR-1
The Front Cockpit of a RAF Panavia Tornado Ids Gr-1

Background imageRoyal Collection: Bristol Type 188

Bristol Type 188 Xf926 Supersonic Experimental Test-Bed Aircraft Parked in Storage at the Proof and Experimental Establishment, Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Shoeburyness

Background imageRoyal Collection: Gloster Meteor F-8

Gloster Meteor F-8
RAF 56 Squadron Gloster Meteor F-8S Flying in a Stacked 9-Ship Formation out of RAF Bentwaters Date: 1940s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Supermarine Spitfire 9B / IXB

Supermarine Spitfire 9B / IXB
Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire 9B Taxiing to Take-Off for the First Lone Spitfire Sortie over Germany, Shooting Fighter, Gliders

Background imageRoyal Collection: Supermarine Walrus

Supermarine Walrus
A Search & Rescue Supermarine Walrus Picking Up a Downed and Stranded Pilot in a Rubber Life-Raft Dinghy in the Sea Date: 1940s

Background imageRoyal Collection: John Derry, Supermarine test pilot

John Derry, Supermarine test pilot, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947

Background imageRoyal Collection: HRH Queen Elizabeth II - wearing the George IV State Diadem

HRH Queen Elizabeth II - wearing the George IV State Diadem
HRH Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022). She is wearing the George IV State Diadem or Diamond Diadem. Date: circa 1954

Background imageRoyal Collection: Royals leaving St. Pauls - Silver Jubilee of King George V

Royals leaving St. Pauls - Silver Jubilee of King George V on May 6th, 1935. The Duke and Duchess of York and their children with the Duke and Duchess of Kent and the Bishop of London. Date: 1935

Background imageRoyal Collection: Duchess of York at Training Hostel, Market Harborough

Duchess of York at Training Hostel, Market Harborough
Duchess of York at a Training Hostel, Market Harborough, Leicestershire - part os a scheme fostered jointly by the Imperial

Background imageRoyal Collection: The Royal Wimbledon Golf Club

The Royal Wimbledon Golf Club
Members of the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, caricatured by Mel in The Tatler. 1933

Background imageRoyal Collection: WW1 - Home Front - The Queens Work for Women Fund

WW1 - Home Front - The Queens Work for Women Fund
After the outbreak of WW1, many women in the textile and clothing industry had lost their jobs as export markets closed, posing a direct threat to their job prospects

Background imageRoyal Collection: Poster, Map of Royal Britain

Poster, Map of Royal Britain. 1957

Background imageRoyal Collection: HMS Jewel, British minesweeper M390

HMS Jewel, British minesweeper M390
HMS Jewel, British Algerine-class minesweeper M390. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageRoyal Collection: Aerial view, Clairmarais aerodrome, Northern France, WW1

Aerial view, Clairmarais aerodrome, Northern France, WW1
Aerial view of part of Clairmarais aerodrome, Pas de Calais, Northern France, with handwritten annotations, showing buildings and aeroplanes. Date: 1918

Background imageRoyal Collection: The Kings Message to the Royal Air Force, WW1

The Kings Message to the Royal Air Force, WW1
The Kings Message to the Royal Air Force, 11 November 1918, thanking and congratulating the men and women of the RAF for their valued contribution at the end of the First World War. 1918

Background imageRoyal Collection: The Royal West Norfolk Golf Club

The Royal West Norfolk Golf Club
Caricatures of members of the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club at Brancaster depicted by Tatler cartoonist, Mel. Date: 1933

Background imageRoyal Collection: Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill

Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill
A view of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill, Surrey, founded in 1847. It later became known as the Royal Earlswood Hospital. Date: circa 1854

Background imageRoyal Collection: HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine

HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine powered by diesel generators. Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28th November 1957, and launched on 18th July 1959

Background imageRoyal Collection: Opera Square with Ibrahim Pasha statue in Cairo, Egypt

Opera Square with Ibrahim Pasha statue in Cairo, Egypt
Opera Square with Ibrahim Pasha statue and the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt was the second ruler of the Khedivate instituted by the Muhammad Ali dynasty



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