Cape Town, February 1947. Ships in Table Bay - including 'HMS Vanguard'.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Royal family at the Raadsaal (city hall).
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Royal family at the Raadsaal (city hall).
Ficksburg, 10 March 1947. Evening crowd waiting to see the Royal family.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Crowd waiting for a view of the Royal family.
Queenstown, 6 March 1947. SAR Class 15AR locomotives leading the Royal Train. Pilot Train pulled by SAR Class 15A locomotives.
East London, 1 March 1947. Aerial view of the Royal Train at the East Cambridge staging point.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Guard of honour with horsemen and marching band.
Maseru, Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Staging point for the Royal Train at railway station.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Traditional warrior dance.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Traditional dancers.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Crowd around traditional dancers.
1947. Royal Party walk through the welcoming dignitaries at same station as R405.
Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Crowd waiting for Royal Party.
Wonderkop, 10 March 1947. Crowd greeting Royal Family beside the Royal train.
Bethlehem, 10 March 1947. Civic dignitaries of the town of Bethlehem being introduced to the Royal family at function in Goble Park.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Tribal leader on horseback keeping other mounted people dressed in western clothes behind the lines ahead of royal cavalcade
Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Motor cavalcade passing through welcoming crowd.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Mounted Basutos riding to the Pitso tribal meeting, watched by some locals. Traditional blankets on most.
Maseru, Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Little girl hesitating to hand over flowers to King George VI at station.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Mounted riders - riding to the Pitso tribal meeting for the Royal visit.
Matopos Hills, Southern Rhodesia, 16 April 1947. Queen Elizabeth at Rhodes's grave.
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, 15 April 1947. King George VI on dais salutes ex-servicemen marching past.
Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, 11 April 1947. Rhodesian Railways staff in front of a RR Class 15 Garratt. RT Anderson (fitter), T Alker (loco inspector), DA Hamill (loco foreman) and R Orr (loco inspector).
1947. Royal Train lounge.
Rhodesia, 1947. Railway staff in front of post office carriage R27 of the Pilot Train.
Lobatsi, Bechuanaland, 17 April 1947. King George VI presents award to soldier on dais.
Lobatsi, Bechuanaland, 17 April 1947. Man presents gift to King George VI on dais.
Lobatsi, Bechuanaland, 17 April 1947. King George VI presents award to soldier on dais.
1947. Mobile power unit linked by cable to the Pilot Train.
Grove, 1947. The SAR team alongside Pilot Train.
1947. Commentator of South African Broadcasting Corporation on podium in open veld.
Mafeking, 17 April 1947. Royal Train arriving at station, hauled by two RR Class 12's, No 243 in the lead.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Royal motorcade leaving railway station.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Parade of war veterans in front of City Hall.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Royal family at viewpoint of Big Hole. Diamond mine.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Royal family at viewpoint of Big Hole. Diamond mine.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Royal family at viewpoint of Big Hole. Diamond mine.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Royal family inspecting diamonds at De Beers.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Diamonds at De Beers.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. Catering staff on station platform. Catering staff on Kimberley Station platform. 5th from left Chief Steward Daniel, 7th from left Special Class Chef Spiros Metaxis, 8th from left assistant cook GJ Denner, 9th from left acting catering inspector Koen, chief steward on the Royal dining car
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Princess Elizabeth inspects the troops from the Royal Daimler at Youngsfield aerodrome.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Birthday parade for Princess Elizabeth at Youngsfield aerodrome.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Princess Elizabeth greeting officer at Youngfield aerodrome.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Birthday parade for Princess Elizabeth at Youngsfield aerodrome.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Prime Minister JC Smuts presents Princess Elizabeth with a birthday gift of diamonds.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Floodlit city hall.
Cape Town, 23 April 1947. Royal family having tea with the Administrator at Leeuwenhof.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. Royal family at Table Bay Harbour preparing to leave South Africa.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Royal family on top of Table Mountain.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Prime Minister JC Smuts on top of Table Mountain.
Cape Town, 1947. Floral arrangement of indigenous flowers.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal family thanking the train staff. King George VI shaking hands with Van der Vyver. Post office staff W Hicks, D Walsh, Potgieter, H Winfield, M Lamprecht, WA Hann.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal family thanking the train staff.
Cape Town, April 1947. Group photo of SAR policemen at Table Bay Harbour.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Birthday parade for Princess Elizabeth at Youngsfield aerodrome.
Laingsburg, 19 April 1947. SAR Class 15E No 2858 hauling pilot train across Groot River en route to Touws River.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. SAR tugs assisting 'HMS Vanguard' sailing away at conclusion of tour.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. SAR tugs assisting 'HMS Vanguard' sailing away at conclusion of tour.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. 'HMS Vanguard' sailing away at conclusion of tour.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. SAR tugs assisting 'HMS Vanguard' sailing away at conclusion of tour.
Cape Town, 18 April 1947. Garden party at Westbrooke.
1947. Royal family greeting guests.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Royal family with Mrs Tibbie Steyn, widow of the late Pres Steyn.
Paarl, 20 February 1947. Crowd awaiting the Royal Family in a tree-lines street.
Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, 11 April 1947. Barge with stripes on Zambezi River.
Railway Police plaque / Certificate?
Cape Town, 21 February 1947. Crowd greets Royal party approaching Parliament.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Street parade at Town Hall.
Worcester, 22 February 1947. Queen Elizabeth speaking to young boy in the crowd of well-wishers.
Cape Town, 21 February 1947. Royal family looking through the windows of the Royal Train.
Pietermaritzburg, 13 March 1947. Royal motorcade in city street.
Cape Town, 22 April 1947. University of Cape Town following the ceremony where Queen Elizabeth was awarded an honorary doctorate.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. 'HMS Vanguard' in Table Bay Harbour.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. Royal family boarding 'HMS Vanguard' as they prepare to leave Cape Town.
Cape Town, 23 April 1947. Garden party at Leeuwenhof.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. Queen Elizabeth on top of Table Mountain.
1947. Communications carriage.
1947. Communications coach.
1947. Communications carriage.
1947. Royal family on dais watching ceremonial dancing.
1947. Garden party.
Pretoria, March 1947. King George VI speaking to war veterans.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. State Dinner at City Hall.
Durban, 20 March 1947. Royal Daimler draws up at the dais where the Royal family preside with Post Office in the background.
1947. Queen Elizabeth walks between girl and boy scouts.
1947. Man in academic gown shades King George VI while he speaks to war veterans.
Natal, 1947. Three SAR Class 1E's hauling the Royal Train on a mountain pass.
Lobatsi, Bechuanaland, 17 April 1947. King George VI making presentation to Chief Tshekedi, Regent of the Bamangwato tribe.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bechuanaland?
Cape Town, 1947. Motorcade in Adderley Street past the Standard Bank building.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Royal Family leaving the King George V Memorial Homes.
1947. Ceremony on a hillside.
Kruger National Park, 27 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth taking photographs.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. Royal family on the turret of 'HMS Vanguard'.
King George VI and Prime Minister JC Smuts.
Arrival of the Royal Daimler where crowds are gathered.
1947. Chief Cyprian, the Zulu Heir Apparent.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. State Dinner in City Hall.
