Card of the Day: The Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose

While other members of the Royal Family (especially Queen Alexandra who, at first, resented her son’s closeness to his new wife) contended that Princess Mary of Teck was a cold and distant mother, there’s much evidence to the contrary. In fact, she was quite involved and close to her children, and, later, to her grandchildren. As Queen Mary, she was endlessly devoted to the eldest daughter of her son, “Bertie,” the Duke of York (later King George VI). Queen Mary’s relationship with Princess Elizabeth lasted until her death in 1953, just around the time of Elizabeth’s accession to the throne as Queen Elizabeth II.

The thirty-sixth card in the series of Silver Jubilee cards by Wills’s Cigarette Co. shows Princess Elizabeth with her younger sister, Margaret Rose.

The reverse of the card reads:

THE PRINCESSES ELIZABETH AND MARGARET ROSE


“The Little House” was the gift of Wales to Princess Elizabeth on her sixth birthday. This fascinating present is not a doll’s house, but a completely equipped phone, two-fifths of normal size into which a grown-up can only creep, but in which the Princess, her sister and friends of their own age can move freely. There are six rooms, stairs with treads about four inches in height leading to the upper floor. Our picture shows the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose at the door of the Little House in 1933.