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“Daughter No. 2 is really very nice, and I am glad to say that she has got large blue eyes and a will of iron, which is all the equipment that a lady needs! And as long as she can disguise her will, & use her eyes, then all will be well.” - The Duchess of York, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, writing to Reverend Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury about her 3-week-old daughter Princess Margaret on 10 September 1930.

Photographed by Marcus Adams on 12 July 1933.  Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021. || Photographed by Dorothy Wilding in 1951. © William Hustler and Georgina Hustler / National Portrait Gallery, London.

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The Duchess of York with her daughters Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, photographed in 1933. © National Portrait Gallery, London.

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Princess Margaret photographed by Marcus Adams on 12 July 1933. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.

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Princess Margaret photographed by Marcus Adams on 12 July 1933.  Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.

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Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose on a carriage ride with their nanny Clara Knight in 1933.

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Princess Margaret Rose photographed by Marcus Adams on 12 July 1933. © The Royal Collection.

“… she is too wicked for words & most amusing.” - The Duchess of York about her daughter Margaret in a letter dated 30 April 1932.

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Royal Sisters: Elizabeth & Margaret Rose [11/♡]

Princess Margaret is sitting atop of Peggy, the Shetland pony, while Princess Elizabeth holds the reins. Peggy was given to Elizabeth as a gift for her fourth birthday from her grandfather, King George V. Photographed c. 1933-4. © The Royal Collection.

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Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose photographed by Marcus Adams in 1928 and 1933, respectively. © The Royal Collection.

The 1928 sitting had resulted in a number of successful portraits. Indeed, it is said that the Princess and her parents were so delighted with the pictures that they later asked Adams if he would photograph Princess Margaret in a similar attitude and dress when she reached the same age.