AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

Something has them laughing as Prince Charles and his sister, Princess Anne, stand on grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland on Nov. 14, 1952. This ph...

Prince Charles, and his sister, Princess Anne, are assisted by Admiral Earl Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten as they step ashore at Customs Hou...

Prince Charles of England waves goodbye to Queen Mary, his great-grandmother, as he leaves Marlborough House on his way back to Buckingham Palace at t...

Prince Charles, four years old on Nov. 14, 1952 sits with serous expression beside his sister, Princess Anne, caught in laughter, for this picture t...

Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, in background, is shown Irish linen by unidentified man at left as they attende...

Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a crown-like tiara, smiles through the window of the carriage bearing her to the opening session of Parliament in London o...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (right), puts aside cares of state as she enjoys a royal variety show with her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, at London'...

Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with actor Charles Chaplin during meeting in Empire Theatre, London, England on Oct. 27, 1952 for Royal Film Show, a b...

The Duke of Edinburgh wears baggy knickerbockers while Queen Elizabeth II wears kilts as they pose with their children and their guests, the King and...

Young King Faisal of Iraq (right) walks with Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Balmoral Castle, in Sc...

German actress Margot Hielscher and actor Peter Pasetti, right, hold each others arms, pictured at the set, August 19, 1952, at the Trauentziehn Stras...

Park Avenue looking north at 97th Street, in New York City, shown Aug. 7, 1952. New York Central Railroad tracks run along the center of the street....

A fruit vendor sells his produce at Park Avenue near 110th Street, in New York Aug. 7, 1952. (AP Photo/Ed Ford)

Park Avenue seen near 105th Street in New York, Aug. 7, 1952. An open air market is at left. (AP Photo/Ed Ford)

Standing inside a snack bar, German actress Margot Hielscher, center, and actor Peter Pasetti, pouring a

Queen Elizabeth II, dressed in black with a white hat, followed by Princess Margaret, is seen near the Paddock at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire, England...

One of the first pictures of Princess Anne walking shows her royal highness leaving the car at Ballater Station, Scotland on June 17, 1952 after drivi...

Italian champion Fausto Coppi pedals around the Virorelli Velodrome, in Milan, Italy, on June 8, 1952, after having been declared winner of the Giro D...

Queen Elizabeth II, in the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Guards, rides through gate at Buckingham Palace, London on June 5, 1952, after rev...

The Queen Mother Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are driven in an open carriage from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade, where they will see the...

Queen Elizabeth II (left), wearing uniform of Scots Guards, weaves from a balcony at Buckingham Palace, London on June 5, 1952 as the smiling Queen Mo...

The skys the limit as Britain marks the official 26th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, left, June 5, 1952, London, England. The young monarch watches w...

The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret flew over the continent in a Comet jet airliner of B.O.A.C. on Friday, May 23, 1952. They took off at Hatfiel...

Foxhunter, famous British jumper owned by Lieut. Col. Harry Llewellyn receives royal approval from Queen Elizabeth II (right) and Princess Margaret at...

Queen Juliana of The Netherlands addresses a joint Senate-House of Representatives Session of the American Congress, in Washington, on April 3, 1952....

Marty Marion, right, for 11 years a hero in St. Louis when he gained fame as ??sMr. Shortstop??? with the Cardinals, talk with manager Roger Hornsby,...

The draped coffin of King George VI is carried into St. George's Chapel of Windsor Castle on Feb. 15, 1952 for burial rites. Following the bier are Br...

Crowds jam London's Marble Arch on Feb. 15, 1952, to watch the procession as the body of King George VI was drawn through the streets on the way to in...

Marvin Miller, of Pittsburgh, a member of the CIO United Steeworkers of America's Research department, holds copy of his address at night session befo...

Yeomen of the guard and household troops stand at catafalque with coffin containing body of King George VI at London's Westminster Hall on Feb. 12, 19...

The cort??ge of King George VI enters Trafalgar Square in London on Feb. 11, 1952, en route to Westminster Hall from King's Cross Station. Earlier t...

A detachment of the King's company, 1st battalion, Grenadier Guards, bears the coffin of the late King from the gun carriage into Westminster Hall, Lo...

Casket containing body of King George VI is flanked by four green-jacketed game-keepers as it rests in church of St. Mary Magdalene on Royal Estate in...

Villages of Sandringham, where the royal family country estate is located, file past bier to pay last respects to George VI, their king and neighbor o...

The end of the sea epic of the flying enterprises is shown in these dramatic photos made by AP Photographer Dennis Royle who covered last hours of the...

A charming close-up of Princess Elizabeth shown upon her arrival at the Royal College of Music in South Kensington on Dec. 6, 1951 in England. (AP P...

Princess Elizabeth received the Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. Princess Elizabeth wearing her gown of honorary fellowship and...

Princess Elizabeth has a big smile after she landed in Liverpool from Canada on Nov. 17, 1951 in London. This picture was made as the Princess took a...

Prince Charles turns a beaming face up to his mother, Princess Elizabeth (right) as he meets her in London on Nov. 17, 1951, upon her return from her...

Britain's King George VI with his grandson Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, London, on Nov. 14, 1951. The Prince was celebrating his third birthda...

Fullback Bob Mathias plunges into end zone for Stanford touchdown against Southern California, on Nov. 10, 1951. No. 19 is Dean Schneider, HB, of USC....

Princess Elizabeth, dressed for a government dinner at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, presents gift to Royal Canadian Mounted policeman...

Alderman Abbie Lane of Halifax presents gift of jewelry, a lapel pin to Princess Elizabeth at luncheon in Nova Scotia, Canada on Nov. 8, 1951. Bes...

Faye Mackie, majorette of the New Glasgow Girls Pipe Band presents gift to Princess Elizabeth on Nov. 8, 1951 at Halifax, Canada. (AP Photo/ J. Walt...

Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth chats with members of a U.S. Veterans basketball team that is on tour of Canada playing paralyzed Canadian veter...

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower confers with President Truman in the chief executive's White House office on Nov. 5, 1951 in Washington. They talked briefly...

Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower does the talking and emphasizes his words with a clenched fist as he meets with President Harry Truman at the White House on...

President Harry Truman thanks Princess Elizabeth for gifts she presented to him in a drizzling rain at a ceremony in the White House Rose garden on No...

Princess Elizabeth holds a bouquet of flowers as she views the Declaration of Independence at the Library of Congress on Nov. 2, 1951 in Washington....

Princess Elizabeth presents to President Harry Truman a looking glass (background) for the renovated White House. Mrs.Bess Truman is at left in the Wh...