A small folder issued by The Telegram with a portrait of the Royal Family on the front. On the reverse is in print, Portrait Of Our First Family Rarely do all four members of a family look so cheerfully relaxed, as any home portrait photographer knows. This distinctive and informal portrait of Canada’s Royal Family was made by the Telegram’s Russell Cooper at Windsor Castle a few weeks before Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip set out for the 1959 Canadian Royal Tour.
Portrait Of Our First Family Rarely do all four members of a family look so cheerfully relaxed, as any home portrait photographer knows. This distinctive and informal portrait of Canada's Royal Family was made by the Telegram's Russell Cooper at Windsor Castle a few weeks before Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip set out for the 1959 Canadian Royal Tour.
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