The Queen on Christmas Day in 1953 at the home of New Zealand Governor General, Sir Willoughby Norrie. Credit: The Queen Unseen/ITV/Factual Fiction
Despite being the Monarch for nearly seven decades, new images have emerged of the Queen which have never been seen in public.
The images, taken on Christmas Day in 1953, are being shown in an ITV documentary, The Queen Unseen, on Thursday which has brought together unseen and rare footage of the Queen.
In the December following her Coronation, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were midway through a long tour of the Commonwealth – they were away for nearly six months.
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Richard GloverBroadcaster and Sydney Morning Herald columnist
January 8, 2021 4.11pm
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