This picture, taken by a Yorkshire Post staff photographer shows the Queen (Princess Elizabeth as she then was) on her visit to Harewood House in 1949. Left to right, front row, are The Queen, Princess Royal and the Duke of Edinburgh. Left to right, back row: Miss Gwynedd Lloyd (Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess Royal), Mr. John Colville (Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth), The Countess of Scarborough, the Earl of Harewood, the Hon. Mrs. Andrew Elphinstone (Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Elizabeth) and the Earl of Scarborough (Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding and York).placeholder image
This picture, taken by a Yorkshire Post staff photographer shows the Queen (Princess Elizabeth as she then was) on her visit to Harewood House in 1949. Left to right, front row, are The Queen, Princess Royal and the Duke of Edinburgh. Left to right, back row: Miss Gwynedd Lloyd (Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess Royal), Mr. John Colville (Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth), The Countess of Scarborough, the Earl of Harewood, the Hon. Mrs. Andrew Elphinstone (Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Elizabeth) and the Earl of Scarborough (Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding and York).

Memories of Queen Elizabeth II's visits to Yorkshire in pictures

By rebecca marano
Published 8th Sep 2022, 19:56 GMT
Updated 8th Sep 2022, 19:59 GMT

Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II has died, the Royal Family has confirmed.

Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne on February 6, 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI.

She died on Thursday, September 8 at Balmoral in Scotland.

She was surrounded by her family.

We took a look back through The Yorkshire Archives of Queen Elizabeth II’s visits to Yorkshire over the decades.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles Visit to Hillsborough in Sheffield on 27th October 1954.

5. Hillsborough, Sheffield

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles Visit to Hillsborough in Sheffield on 27th October 1954. Photo: Julia Armstrong

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The Queen and Prince Philip with the then Lord Mayor of Leeds Alderman W. R. Hargrave at Seacroft Civic Centre in 1965.

6. Seacroft Civic Centre

The Queen and Prince Philip with the then Lord Mayor of Leeds Alderman W. R. Hargrave at Seacroft Civic Centre in 1965. Photo: Yorkshire Post Newspapers

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Queen Elizabeth attends the Great Yorkshire Show on July 13th 1977

7. Great Yorkshire Show

Queen Elizabeth attends the Great Yorkshire Show on July 13th 1977 Photo: copy

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Her Majesty The Queen at the 1977 Great Yorkshire Show with (on left) President of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Major General Dalton CB CBE DL and (on right) the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire the Marquis of Normanby CBE. (s)

8. Great Yorkshire Show

Her Majesty The Queen at the 1977 Great Yorkshire Show with (on left) President of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Major General Dalton CB CBE DL and (on right) the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire the Marquis of Normanby CBE. (s) Photo: Yorkshire Post Newspapers

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