1952: Queen Elizabeth yanks young Prince Charles through a window

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1952: Queen Elizabeth yanks young Prince Charles through a window
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Pulling Charles through a window

The queen lends a royal hand

Alex Q. Arbuckle

Sept. 28, 1952

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Elizabeth II, daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth I, married Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947. The next year, they had a son, Charles, and in 1950 a daughter, Anne.With the death of King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, the throne passed to Elizabeth. She was coronated on June 2, 1953 in a spectacular ceremony. Here, just a few months after her crowning, the 27-year-old queen plays with the prince and princess at Balmoral Castle, a royal estate in Scotland.

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