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Umtata, 5 March 1947. King George VI talking to ex-servicemen gathered outside the City Hall.

Ficksburg, 10 March 1947. Evening crowds gather to greet the Royal family.

Ficksburg, 10 March 1947. Evening crowd waiting to see the Royal family.

Ficksburg, 10 March 1947. Crowd waiting to see the Royal family.

Sterkstroom, 6 March 1947. Young people dancing in the rain.

Sterkstroom, 6 March 1947. Rainy greeting to Royal family on station platform.

Sterkstroom, 6 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth smiling at the crowd on the station platform from under her umbrella.

Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Guard of honour with horsemen and marching band.

1947. Royal Train at staging point.

1947. Princess Elizabeth riding a horse.

Wonderkop, 10 March 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth greeted by the crowd on a station platform. Queen Elizabeth holding a white umbrella.

Eastern Cape, 10 March 1947. Children singing to greet the Royal Train.

Ladysmith, 13 March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train in station. Railway Institute building from NGR days and main station building in foreground.

1947. Royal Train through sparse terrain.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Royal family walking down stairs.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Royal family mayor in full length gown, Prime Minister JC Smuts and other dignitaries walk down the stairs of a building.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Royal Family in open car waving farewell to the crowd.

Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Child choir singing to the Royal Family at town hall.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Railway station.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Parade with horses at railway station.

Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Group of uniformed young women.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Horsemen under welcoming arch.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Pilot Train, Royal Train and two regular mainline SAR Class IE's at the station.

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. Dining room

Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Dining room staff.

1947. Princess Elizabeth on horseback alongside 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.

Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Prime Minister JC Smuts behind the lens of his camera.

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.

1947. Royal Train and Royal Train pulled by SAR Class GEA's.

Lions River, 17 March 1947. Station garden.

Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Women sitting on lawn selling woven baskets and mats.

Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Driver and assistant on SAR Class 1E who worked the Royal Train from Pietermaritzburg to Booth.

Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family greeting ex-servicemen.

Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family walking in a field. Crowd held well back.

1947. Post office staff in the Pilot Train.

Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Crowd awaiting in a field for Royal family to arrive.

1947. Storing vegetables in the refrigerator van of the Pilot Train.

1947. The Royal Train staged alongside non-electrified double main line.

1947. Royal Train with three SAR Class electric locomotives on non-electrified line.

1947. Artist in floral dress and hat painting the Royal Train.

Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Railways crew partaking in cricket game.

Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Railway crew partaking in cricket game.

Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Cricket game being played by some of the railway crew of the Royal and Pilot Trains.

Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family and dignitaries on the stage at City Hall.

Ermelo district, 26 March 1947. Buhrmanskop staging point.

Ermelo district, 26 March 1947. Buhrmanskop.

East London, 3 March 1947. Group of men before the CGR station building, built in 1880.

Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Crowd waiting for Royal family.

Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Royal family in open Daimler.

Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Crowd waiting for Royal family.

Frere, 17 March 1947. Royal family with Prime Minister JC Smuts greet the crowd at the station.

Frere, 17 March 1947. Railways constables and small group awaiting arrival of the Royal family at the station.

Frere, 17 March 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth greeting officials beside R8 of the Royal Train.

Frere, 17 March 1947. Royal family with Prime Minister JC Smuts greet the crowd.

Frere, 17 March 1947. Royal family with Prime Minister JC Smuts greet the crowd at the station.

Frere, 17 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI meeting and greeting.

Frere, 17 March 1947. Royal family with Prime Minister JC Smuts.

Pretoria, 29 March. Station Square.

Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Dignitaries awaiting arrival of the Royal Family at railway station.

Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Inspection of troops on Station Square.

Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Dignitaries on station platform awaiting the Royal Family.

Pretoria, 29 March 1047. Royal Family being saluted on Station Square.

Maidstone, 20 March 1947. Railway station.

Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Traditionally dressed women.

Kruger National Park, 27 March 1947. Wildebeest.

Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Royal Family at agricultural show.

Pretoria, 1 April 1947. Royal family in Daimler with large crowd in waiting.

Pretoria, 1 April 1947. Crowds in stadium awaiting arrival of the Royal family.

Pretoria, 1 April 1947. M.O.T.H. welcome to the Royal family.

Pretoria, 1 April 1947. Large welcoming crowds.

1947. Large group of traditional warriors along railway line.

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