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Members of the British Royal Family posed together with Princess Elizabeth, seated in centre, as she holds the infant Prince Charles on the day of his christening at Buckingham Palace in London on 15th December 1948. The prince is wearing the Royal family christening gown. Back row from left, Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne (1896-1979), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021), King George VI (1895-1952), David Bowes-Lyon (1902-1961), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874-1957) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002). Seated, from left, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven), Princess Elizabeth holding Prince Charles and Queen Mary of Teck (1867-1953). (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Members of the British Royal Family posed together with Princess Elizabeth, seated in centre, as she holds the infant Prince Charles on the day of his christening at Buckingham Palace in London on 15th December 1948. The prince is wearing the Royal family christening gown. Back row from left, Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne (1896-1979), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021), King George VI (1895-1952), David Bowes-Lyon (1902-1961), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874-1957) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002). Seated, from left, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven), Princess Elizabeth holding Prince Charles and Queen Mary of Teck (1867-1953). (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images)