The British Royal Family -- The two girls sitting on this couch are Princess Elizabeth , heir to the throne of England, and her sister Princess Margaret Rose. They are sitting in Buckingham Palace, reading a book. Already, Princess Elizabeth is emerging from the schoolroom into public life, for not long ago she celebrated her sixteenth birthday by inspecting the Grenadier guards, of which she is Colonel-in-Chief, by making her first public speech. No sovereigns for at least a hundred and fifty years have sat on the throne of England in more and ***** times than the parent of these two girls. Kind George VI and Queen Elizabeth must friend much comfort in these two happy children. September 14, 1942. (Photo by Fox Photos Ltd.)