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.
Volksspele.
Orange Free State, 8 March 1947. Royal visit to Orange Free State Game Reserve with Vickers Viking in the background.
Orange Free State, 8 March 1947. Royal visit to Orange Free State Game Reserve. Vickers Viking in the background.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Men in traditional dress at the tribal meeting.
1947. Address being read to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Cape Town, 1947. King George VI with South African Cabinet.
Pietersburg, 3 April 1947. Young woman pins a corsage onto King George VI's suit.
Lobatsi, Bechuanaland, 17 April 1847. King George VI presenting an award on dais during indaba.
1947. The Royal family welcomed by crowd lining a residential street.
Victoria Falls, Southern Rhodesia, 1947. McCormick-Deering T-20 Crawler Tractor hauling a Landing Craft barge for Spencer Airways.
Cape Town. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and dignitaries at state banquet in city hall.
1947. Groote Schuur.
1947. Queen Elizabeth in Royal Train, King George VI and another woman outside train below.
Johannesburg, 5 April 1947. King George VI visiting Baragwanath Military Hospital.
Pietersburg, 7 April 1947. Group waving to the Vickers Viking aircraft carrying the Royal family to Salisbury.
Cape Town, 1947. Floodlit road to Table Bay harbour.
March past of men and women dressed in white.
Cape Town, 23 April 1947. Sea Scouts/ Marching past the Royal dais at Rosebank.
Princess Elizabeth receiving homage from young people.
Cape Town, 23 April 1947. Princess Elizabeth salutes at Girl Guides and Boy Scouts' rally in Rosebank.
Pretoria, 29 April 1947. King George VI speaking to war veterans and boy with toy wagon at Louis Botha statue.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. 'HMS Vanguard' take to the open seas on return voyage to England.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. State Dinner in City Hall.
Johannesburg, 5 April 1947. The 'Children's Welcome' in celebration of the Royal visit.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 7 April 1947. Royal procession arrives at indaba.
Stellenbosch, 20 February 1947. Jonkershoek.
Cape Town, 24 April 1947. Royal family board 'HMS Vanguard' for the return voyage to Britain.
Queen Elizabeth smiles as Princess Elizabeth receives a gift.
Cape Town, 1947. Floodlit Table Mountain.
Ex-servicement march.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a group. Winelands?
Cape Town, 22 April 1947. Queen Elizabeth is robed on receipt of honorary doctorate from University of Cape Town.
Cape Town, 21 April 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on Table Mountain adjusting the hat of Prime Minister JC Smuts.
Kimberley, 18 April 1947. King George VI writing in a commemorative book while rest of the Royal family and dignitaries on the dais look on.
Royal Family proceed out of church service?
Cape Town, 23 April 1947. Review of ex-servicemen and women on Grand Parade.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
Breede River, 19 April 1947. Royal Family taking leave of the Royal Train staff at the final staging point before returning to Cape Town.
1947. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI greeting crowd.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Mounted riders on their way to the tribal meeting.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Dancers wearing western trousers with chaps, head feathers.
Ladysmith, 13 March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train in Ladysmith station. Natal Government Railways Institute Building and main station building in foreground.
1947. Pilot Train post office.
1947. Small station. Palm tree, gardener working in the station garden, trees and shrubs in pots. Electrified line.
1947. Special Class Chef Spiros Metaxas at the service door of the Royal kitchen car.
1947. Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret greeted on arriving at a station.
Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Royal Family in open Daimler being greeted by crowd.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Regent, Paramount Chieftainess Mantsebo Seeiso and other dignitaries awaiting the Royal family.
Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Town hall.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with JC Smuts.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Prime Minister JC Smuts photographing Princess Elizabeth.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth walking in the park.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Station.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Station.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Pilot Train, Royal Train and regular mainline train at the station.
Lions River, 17 March 1947. Station garden.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Zulu dancing.
Maseru, Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret waving to the crowd from the Royal car.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. King George VI exits the royal car and is greeted by uniformed dignitaries.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. King George VI presenting awards.
Frere, 17 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI meeting and greeting.
Estcourt, 17 March 1947. Royal family at the station. JC Smuts and other dignitaries in attendance.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family and dignitaries on dais. Receiving address from the mayor.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Garden of Remembrance.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Motorcade moving down main street.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family and dignitaries on dais.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Women sitting on lawn selling woven baskets and mats.
1947. Train staff loading bottles from crate into train.
1947. Catering staff loading Pilot Train's dining car 'Kaaiman'.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family on dais.
Eshow, 19 March 1947. Traditional dancers, some with cheetah skins greeting Royal family seated in a thatched open-sided structure.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family in open car leaving.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI standing up in open Daimler to greet the crowd in a field
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Traditional Zulu dancing for the Royal family.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Crowd scene at Greyville Race Course
Durban, 22 March 1947. Kings Park station
Durban, 22 March 1947. Marching band in front of the city hall
Durban, 22 March 1947. Cadets marching in front of the city hall
Durban, 22 March 1947. Ex-servicemen march in front of the city hall
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Railway crew partaking in cricket game.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family at Curries Fountain
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family at Curries Fountain
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family leaving the dais at Curries Fountain
Durban, 22 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth receiving flowers from young Indian girl at Curries Fountain
1947. Royal Train with three SAR Class electric locomotives on non-electrified line.
1947. Food supplies being loaded into a refrigerator van of the Pilot Train.
Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Royal family in open Daimler.