THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP ON THEIR 1953 ROYAL TOUR OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELIZABETH II (1926-2022, Longest Serving Monarch of Great Britain) & PHILIP (Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-2021, her Husband)

Fine Group Photo signed by both and dated by the Queen on the mount, showing them standing in the middle of her Naval Officers, the recently crowned Queen is in the centre with Philip standing just behind her, 9½" x 6½" in mount 12" x 10", on board the S.S. Gothic, dated

Following her June 1953 coronation, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip embarked on a 6-month, 40,000+ mile Commonwealth tour from November 1953 to May 1954. As the first reigning monarch to visit Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, she visited 13 countries across the Caribbean, Pacific, Asia, and Africa to strengthen Commonwealth ties.
They did not use the Royal Yacht Britannia for the entirety of their 1953-1954 Commonwealth tour, as it was launched only in April 1953. They primarily used the liner SS Gothic for the journey between November 1953 and April 1954. SS Gothic was a passenger-cargo liner launched in December 1947 which became famous when she was designated a royal yacht from 1952 to 1954. Britannia only met the Royal Couple to bring them home in May 1954.
This was the longest tour of her reign.

Item Date:  1953

Stock No:  43701      £3750

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