Queen Mary with Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) . Photo taken this day 31 March 1927. . Photograph of Queen Mary (1867-1953) seated facing front, holding her grand-daughter Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II (b.1926), seated on her lap. Both smile. Princess Elizabeth wears short-sleeved dress and necklace; bare feet. Queen Mary has inscribed the photograph, lower right: 'Mary R & little Elizabeth 1927'. . . 👑 While her parents were on their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1927, Princess Elizabeth was cared for by her grandparents and her nurse, Clara Knight, known as 'Allah'. At the end of March Queen Mary took the Princess to The Children’s Studio. The resulting photographs include this one of Princess Elizabeth sitting on her grandmother’s lap. . . . #HerMajesty #TheQueen #Queen #ElizabethII #QueenElizabethII #HouseofWindsor #Royalty #RoyalFamily #Monarch #crown #britishroyalfamily #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #TheBritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen #QueenMary #D31Mar Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrSTcIFfiz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e4w92x35myqr