Letter from the young King James VI of Scotland to the Countess of Mar, thanking her for a gift of fruit

Autograph of the young King James VI of Scotland from a letter written to the countess of Mar, 1570s

Photograph of George VI visiting a naval workyard.

Photograph of a young Princess Elizabeth helping out with the war effort at home during the Second World War

Cover of official programme for the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary at Westminster Abbey.

Photograph of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Sir Basil Smallpiece, walks alongside the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 before launch at the shipyard of John Brown & Company, Clydebank. Also shows John Rannie, Managing Director of John Brown & Co.

Photograph of Queen Elizabeth talking to Dr William Reid, National Coal Board Scottish Area Chairman, as they progress through the workshops of Cowdenbeath Colliery, with other officials and Princess Margaret following on and machinery and workmen on either side.

Photograph of royal party examining a model of Rothes Colliery in Fife. Queen Elizabeth is on the left with Princess Margaret standing in foreground. Dr William Reid, National Coal Board Scottish Area Chairman, is obscured in the centre.

Photograph of royal party, Princess Margaret, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth, examining a piece of machinery, possibly a coal cutter, in the workshops at Cowdenbeath Colliery. Dr William Reid, National Coal Board Scottish Area Chairman, is on the right.