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Prince Charles's first Royal Duty, Palace of Holyroodhouse 30 June 1965

Gelatin silver print | 20.3 x 25.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2813895

Prince Charles's first Royal Duty, Palace of Holyroodhouse

Unknown Person

Prince Charles's first Royal Duty, Palace of Holyroodhouse 30 June 1965

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Description

At the age of 16 - while still at school - Prince Charles undertook his first public engagement in Scotland. He met hundreds of young people at a garden party given for young Scottish and Commonwealth students at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh (The Queen’s official residence in Scotland) and can be seen here greeting a Girl Guide.

Provenance

Acquired by HM Queen Elizabeth II
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Unknown Person
(photographer)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926-2022)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Charles III, King of the United Kingdom (b. 1948)

Search the collection House of Windsor

Search the collection View the person page Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)

Search the collection Girl Guides Association
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Gelatin silver print

gelatin silver print

Measurements

20.3 x 25.9 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Organisation
Organizations and other types of cooperation
Places
Europe
Great Britain
Scotland
Lothian [Scotland]
Edinburgh [Lothian]
Palace of Holyroodhouse

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