Elizabeth Bowes Lyons, later the Queen Mother, hugging her brother David, 1905


Elizabeth aged seven, 1907


Aged twelve staying at Villa Poggia Ponente, the Bordighera residence of Aunt Lady Cavendish and her grandmother the Duchess of Portland, 1912


Aged sixteen, 1916


Queen Elizabeth, King George VI and Princess Margaret at Crathie Church


With husband King George VI and Queen Mary, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after the Coronation, 1937


King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Garter Procession at Windsor Castle, 1948


Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary and Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in 1952. The three Queens watch the body of the King being placed in Westminster Abbey


The Queen Mother with her grandchildren, 1960


Queen Mother and Prince Charles at 1979 funeral of Lord Mountbatten, held at Westminster Abbey


Queen Mother at a Royal film performance in London, 1983


The Queen Mother, with her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, waves to the crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on her 100th birthday in August 2000


The first picture of the Queen Mother in public since breaking her collar bone in early November 2000. She is presenting the Royal Artillery gold in February 2001


Farewell ma'am ... guardsmen line route as the Queen Mother's coffin slowly passes on gun carriage


The Queen watches as her mother's coffin is carried into Westminister Hall


The Queen's simple card among the flowers. "In loving memory. Llibeth"


The Queen Mother's coffin lies in state