From Princess to Queen
Video clips of Queen Elizabeth II, from the early days in the 1940s as Princess Elizabeth, and Lord Wakehurst's film about the Queen's Accession and Coronation.
1940: Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret: Wartime broadcast on Children’s Hour
1947: Princess Elizabeth's 21st Birthday Message
Lord Wakehurst (1895-1970) was a Conservative MP, Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Northern Ireland, and a keen amateur film maker. He released the following film in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.
