A never-before-seen photo showing the Queen’s handwriting was first shared by Jenny Hanley, a former Bond Girl and radio host.
Mrs. Hanley’s grandparents, Lisa and Jimmy Sheridan, ran Studio Lisa and took pictures of the… Royal family for three generations.
Lisa Sheridan took the black and white photo, which also shows the “scribbled” handwriting of the young monarch.
The photo, taken in 1942, shows then-Princess Elizabeth in a Girlguiding uniform, an organization she joined in 1937 at the age of 11.
On her Saturday afternoon radio show, Ms. Hanley shared memories of her grandparents and their experiences with the royal family.
She said: “Last Saturday would have been my mother’s birthday, so I, like so many other people, whether monarchists or not, will unashamedly share memories, both personal and historical – plus, of course, play songs to cheer us up and to keep going.
“In my show I’m going to talk about a beautiful photo of Her Majesty as Girl Guide.
“My grandmother Lisa Sheridan had taken the photo and she sent it to the palace and wrote that because it was in black and white, ‘can someone please tell me what the color was of the insignia the princess was wearing’.
And a letter came back along with the photo with annotations on it from Windsor Castle of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret’s Governess Marion Crawford, nicknamed Crawfie by the Princesses, saying ‘attached are the guide studies.
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“My grandmother had a wonderful sense of humour, which I think is why she got along so well with the Duke and Duchess when they first started taking pictures of the Royal Family.
“They were the first to take the relaxed family photos of the royal family, and that set the precedent for the photos we see today.
“But they were always taken with respect. The photos were presented to the palace and the Duke and Duchess, and then the Queen, would look at them and give permission or not.
“And then they became Her Majesty The Queen and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by appointment. They had their ‘by appointment’ badges outside their home in Welwyn Garden City. It was a tremendous honor.”