Archive pictures - The Queen through the years ahead of Platinum Jubilee

Pictures of the Queen as a princess and as a young Queen - ahead of her Platinum Jubilee. From life as a young princess, to marrying Philip, to having children, to becoming Queen and undertaking various engagements. 1942King George VI and Queen Elizabeth walking in a field with their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret (right) during the Second World War.1951Princess Elizabeth, in her uniform as Colonel of the Grenadiers, salutes as she returns to Buckingham Palace from the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade.1945Princess Elizabeth at the wheel of an army vehicle while serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during the Second World War.1941Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in the garden of their wartime country residence (Windsor).1952Queen Elizabeth II sets foot on British soil for the first time since her accession as she lands at London Airport after her day and night flight from Kenya following the death of her father, King George VI.1951Princess Elizabeth with Princess Anne and Prince Charles and Duke of Edinburgh in the grounds of Clarence House, their London residence. (three pics)1965Queen with whole family in gardens of Frogmore House in Windsor (Prince Edward as baby, Prince Andrew, Anne and Charles and Prince Philip)1947Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding. (two pics)Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten at Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony.Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, leave Westminster Abbey after their ceremony.An informal picture of King George VI relaxing with his daughter Princess Elizabeth during a visit to Natal National Park in South Africa.1942Princess Elizabeth, in her Girl Guide uniform1940A wartime picture of Princess Elizabeth (right) and Princess Margaret after they broadcast on "Children's Hour" from Buckingham Palace.1937(L-R) Queen Elizabe