dance-mad young Elizabeth

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

... journey to a time in the late 1940s and early 1950s the Queen has described as 'the happiest days of my life' 


Our samba Queen and her 'Greek god': Exclusive royal pictures ...

Carefree fun: Elizabeth laughs as she joins Lady Pamela Hicks in an eightsome reel at a military dance in Malta