Engagement Photograph
10 Jul 1947Gelatin silver print | 20.2 x 15.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2002364
Press photographers were invited to Buckingham Palace on the day that the royal engagement was made public, 10 July 1947. Princess Elizabeth’s clasped hands show off her engagement ring made by the jewellers, Philip Antrobus Ltd, using diamonds from a tiara belonging to Prince Philip’s mother.