Port Elizabeth, 28 February 1947. Royal family visiting the snake park while snake handler Johannes Molikoe illustrates his skills
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Royal family at the Raadsaal (city hall).
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Floodlit city buildings.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Royal party leaving railway station.
Crowd waiting for a view of the Royal family.
Ficksburg, 10 March 1947. Evening crowd waiting to see the Royal family.
1947. Communications official at work.
1947. Royal Train.
Queenstown, 6 March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train.
Queenstown, 6 March 1947. Royal family welcomed at the station.
1947. Royal coach R26 being washed.
East London, 1 March 1947. Aerial view of the Royal Train at the East Cambridge staging point.
East London, 1 March 1947. Aerial view of the Royal Train at the East Cambridge staging point.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. King George VI inspecting the guard of honour provided by the regiment President Steyn.
1947. Railways constables and officers stand to attention in front of the Royal Train.
Maseru, Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Royal cars at railway station.
1947. Royal Train at staging point.
Kroonstad, 10 March 1947. SAR Class 15F 3040 enters Kroonstad station with the Pilot Train. Also visible in the yard are white-boxed car carriers for the Royal Daimlers and the four locomotives which will work the trains on the next section. These are (left to right) SAR Class 15AR No 1568 and No 2098 for the Pilot Train and SAR Class 15AR No 1844 and SAR Class 15A No 1849 for the Royal Train.
1947. Princess Elizabeth riding a horse.
Ficksburg, 12 March 1947. Royal Family walking past welcoming crowds.
Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Mounted guard following the royal car.
Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Tribal leader on horseback keeping stick-wielding troop behind the lines ahead of the royal cavalcade.
Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Four mounted officials keeping people behind the lines ahead of royal cavalcade.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. King George VI meeting Chieftainess Mantsebo Seeiso.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Royal Family on the dais.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Large number of mounted Basutos riding to the Pitso tribal meeting.Traditional blankets worn by most riders.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Aloe rockery garden at station garden with Royal Train in the background.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI arriving at the tribal meeting, standing in open car to wave to the crowd.
Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI in open car leaving the tribal meeting waving to the crowd.
Ladysmith, 13 March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train in station. Railway Institute building from NGR days and main station building in foreground.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Royal family walking down stairs.
Decorative stonework on banks outside small station.
Ladysmith, 18 March 1947. Prime Minister JC Smuts and other dignitaries meet the Royal Family at the railway station.
1947. Royal Family in open car waving to the crowd. Driving through a 'Welcome' sign.
1947. Royal family drive through an archway with sign 'Welkom' on open car drive.
1947. Motorcade through a town. Closed car. Sign on side of building 'S Asmal the original silk house'.
Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Child choir singing to the Royal Family at town hall.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Horsemen under welcoming arch.
Lions River, 18 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth on horseback alongside the Royal Train.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Mr and Mrs Hosken, hosting the Royal family during their stay in the park.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Royal family with Prime Minister JC Smuts.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with JC Smuts.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Royal family on balcony of the city hall.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Zulu women in traditional dress.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Zulu women dancing.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Zulu women dancing.
SAR Class hauling Royal Train, multiple railway lines.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. King George VI inspecting the guard.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Dignitaries photographing men in tribal dress.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Traditional leader addressing the crowd.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. King George VI speaking to the crowd at indaba.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Stadium view over indaba with dais in the centre.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth in Royal Natal National Park.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth in Royal Natal National Park.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth in Royal Natal National Park.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth in Royal Natal National Park.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Princess Margaret, King George VI and Princess Elizabeth in Royal Natal National Park.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Princess Margaret, King George VI and Princess Elizabeth in Royal Natal National Park.
1947. Princess Elizabeth on horseback alongside Royal Train.
Frere, 17 March 1947. Royal family with Prime Minister JC Smuts.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Garden of Remembrance.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Leaving the city hall.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family arriving at the city hall.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family in motorcade through West Street past Cuthberts building and McFie Arcade and Chambers
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family and dignitaries arriving at the dais.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Garden of Remembrance.
Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Two unidentified men beside visitor reception building during Royal Visit of 1947.
1947. Royal Train dining car 'Orange' - refitted from Blue Train A-33/AA-34 No 230/295.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family greeting ex-servicemen.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family greeting ex-servicemen.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Traditional Zulu dancing for the Royal family.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Traditional Zulu dancing for the Royal family.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Kings Park station
Durban, 22 March 1947. Cadets marching in front of the city hall
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family at Curries Fountain
Durban, 22 March 1947. Army cadets march past Royal family on dais at city hall
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family at Curries Fountain
1947. Storing vegetables in the refrigerator van of the Pilot Train.
1947. Flowers being arranged in dining saloon of the royal Train.
1947. Steward ironing trousers.
Royal cars parked outside the station.
1947. Royal train at a staging point.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Aerial view of Church Square with white arch erected for the Royal Tour.
Ermelo district, 26 March 1947. Buhrmanskop.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Traditional dancers.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Parade.
Swaziland, 24 March 1947. Traditional warrior salute for the king.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family on dais.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family welcomed.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. King George VI shaking hands of local dignitary.
Pretoria, 29 March. Station Square.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Dignitaries awaiting arrival of the Royal Family at railway station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1047. Royal Family being saluted on Station Square.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Welcoming arch at Goedgegun.
1947. Large group of traditional warriors along railway line.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Warriors waving fighting sticks.
1947. Royal Train at staging point.
Natal, 24 March 1947. SAR Class GL Garratt No 2352 working the Royal Train in Natal midlands.
