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Messages to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh and the King and Queen on...
Catalogue reference: PREM 8/1268
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This record is about the Messages to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh and the King and Queen on... dating from 1948-1950 in the series Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1951. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PREM 8/1268
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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Messages to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh and the King and Queen on the birth of a son to Princess Elizabeth in November 1948 and a daughter in August 1950.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Royalty
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C201542/
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PREM 8
Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1951
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