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Cunard releases archive images of the Queen to mark her 90th birthdayCunard releases archive images of the Queen to mark her 90th birthday

To mark the Queen's 90th birthday today, Cunard released from its archives a series of never-before-seen photos of Her Majesty.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

April 21, 2016

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

The photos, which record each of the Cunard events that she attended, include the Queen attending her first Cunard event in 1938 when she was 12 years old. At the time she accompanied her mother Queen Elizabeth to the launch of Queen Elizabeth, the biggest liner in the world. Since then the Queen has launched and named four Cunard ships.

From the archive Seatrade Cruise News selected the photo of the then HRH Princess Elizabeth, aged 21, performing the launch of Caronia on October 30, 1947.

This was the last public function that the Princess undertook in the weeks before her marriage to the young Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who accompanied his bride-to-be to Clydeside for the occasion.

After the launch a ration-breaking lunch was served consisting of cream of tomato soup, cold turkey, ham, tongue, croquette potatoes, green peas and pear melba followed by coffee.

Here is a selection of the collection of photographs of the Queen from Cunard’s archive.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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