ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002)

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1936-52 as the wife of King George VI. Vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card by the Queen Mother, the stiff cream 4to folding card featuring an oval colour image to the inside of the Queen Mother in a head and shoulders pose. Signed and inscribed ( ´Gerald & Angela......from Aunt Elizabeth´) in black ink with an unusual form of her signature, above and below a printed Christmas and New Year greeting, 1969. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. A good association piece. About EX Gerald David Lascelles (1924-1998) was the younger son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood and Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. A first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, Lascelles married his first wife, the British actress Angela Dowding (1919-2007), in 1952. They remained married until their divorce in 1978.