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Topical Press Agency Ltd.

Princess Elizabeth's 21st Birthday Speech 21 - 21 Apr 1947

Gelatin silver print | 20.4 x 15.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2002333

Princess Elizabeth's 21st Birthday Speech

Topical Press Agency Ltd.

Princess Elizabeth's 21st Birthday Speech 21 - 21 Apr 1947

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Description

Princess Elizabeth, later Elizabeth II, prepares to deliver a radio address on her 21st birthday. The speech was delivered during a tour of South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and recorded in the garden of Government House in Cape Town.

In the speech, the future Queen paid tribute to the people of the Empire and Commonwealth and dedicated her life to serving them.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Topical Press Agency Ltd.
(photographic agency)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926-2022)

Search the collection House of Windsor

Search the collection British Broadcasting Corporation
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Gelatin silver print

gelatin silver print

Measurements

20.4 x 15.4 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
news photographs
Subject(s)
Organisation
Form of documents
Addresses, Lectures and Speeches
Speeches and Orations
Places
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Cape Town [Western Cape]
Government House [Cape Town]

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