Royalty
TABLEAU VIVANT PHOTOGRAPH
[ELIZABETH II
(1926-2022, Longest Serving Monarch of Great Britain) and her sister MARGARET (Rose, 1930-2002, Princess, Sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Countess of Snowdon) ]
Lovely Tableau Vivant photo titled 'Old Mother Red Riding Boots', by Studio Lisa, Herts.,
the image shows the young Princesses together with the full cast and the Royal Horse Guards Orchestra dressed in costume for a play devised by the Princesses and Hubert Tanner as the Christmas Pantomime, Elizabeth in the character of 'Lady Christina Sherwood', Margaret, 'The Honourable Lucinda Fairfax', 12 x 8½, together with programme, 4 sides 8vo, Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle, Christmas
Item Date: 1944
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Background
Tableau Vivants were a tradition rekindled by the Royal Family shortly after the death of the Prince Consort. This would take the form of the family getting into costume for certain roles recreating a scene from a play, a picture or a word. 'During the Second World War, Her Majesty the Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) and Princess Margaret spent much of their time in Windsor, safely away from the bombing in London. Between 1941 and 1944 they performed in and helped to stage a series of Christmas pantomimes to raise money for the Royal Household Wool Fund, which supplied knitting wool to make comforters for soldiers fighting at the Front...' (Royal Collection website). The productions, for which they also helped make the costumes, were performed over three nights with children from the local community for audiences of up to 600 people, including King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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