HER ROYAL HIGHNESS: The Queen of England with her family on their 1947 trip to East London, South Africa which is recorded here in archived images from the East London Museum. The then 20-year-old Princess Elizabeth, accompanied only by a lady-in-waiting, performed the opening ceremony of, and gave her name to East London’s then-new dry dock which until this day is still called the Princess Elizabeth dock. The Queen died on 8 September 2022 at her home in Balmoral, Scotland. She ascended to the throne at the age of 25 in 1953 and was the longest reigning monarch in British history Pictures: SUPPLIED
