Sergeant missed her big moment

The royal visit by Princess Elizabeth, later the Queen, to Shrewsbury Castle in 1949Here’s another of those photos where we’ve only got a poor quality copy.

This was the royal visit by Princess Elizabeth, later the Queen, to Shrewsbury Castle in 1949 - she and the Duke of Edinburgh were at the Royal Show.

The caption read: “A WRAC sergeant faints but the remainder of the guard of honour stand rigidly to attention as Princess Elizabeth makes her inspection at Shrewsbury Castle yesterday.

“Just before the Princess and Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Royal Show later in the day, 16 people on a 3ft high wooden balcony fell through the floorboards.”

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This article was posted on March 19, 2008 at 10:36 am.
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