What's your first memory of the royals?

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The queens mother death when I was in primary school.

I was 9 I've just looked it up x

The Queen's Silver Jubilee. My primary school took part in a bike procession to the village hall and we had to decorate our bikes for the occasion. I was a tricycle.

You weren't far away with David, Edward VIII was known as David

Watching Princess Anne’s wedding with half the road packed into our living room because we had colour telly.

My mother was given a weekly copy of Woman's Weekly, and there was always a photo of someone in the royal family in it. As a child I cut these out and made a scrapbook. I think it was because Charles and Anne were similar ages to my brother and I, and I was interested in Anne's clothes and hairstyles. Then the weddings came along, Princess Margaret, Duke of Kent, and Princess Alexandra, all around the early 60's. Also as someone upthread has reminded me, I remember the savings stamps with Charles and Anne on.

Princess Margaret came to visit my Dad’s regiment in Cyprus in 1977 - she was the deputy colonel in chief. There was a big garden party and she was dressed in turquoise. We children - think I was about five or six, were hustled away early but there was apparently a big party after the civilised garden party, that went on long into the night 😁.

It's A Royal Knockout!

We had it recorded off the telly and would watch it loads. I had no idea as a child that this wasn't a normal event for the royal family 😆

Queen's Silver Jubilee in 77. Our town was made a city and she visited. We went to watch waving our home-made flags. I was 6.

We went home and I drew her a picture and posted it to her. I still have the reply from her lady in waiting, thanking me.

We did have the day off. I remember watching it at a neighbours house as they were the only ones with a colour tv.

When Princess Diana died. I remember my parents watching the news in the morning and my school put her portrait in the reception.

Queen's Silver Jubilee. I was 7. I also drew a picture and got a letter from a lady in waiting. Still have the letter and the envelope.

This was my first memory. I was coming up 9. We had the day off school but the next day we had to write an account of the wedding. No problem for me as I had watched it on tv but I have sometimes wondered what the kids who hadn't watched it wrote about!

QEII's Silver Jubilee. I was nine. All the kids at school were given a commemorative coin. I still have it.

Princess Anne's first wedding in, I think, 1973.

I don't actually remember! I remember pointing at the TV and saying 'queen' when I was probably under the age of 5, and my Mum saying 'That's the Queen Mother' and me not really understanding, I mean she wouldn't say that with anyone else? Why not 'That's the Queen's Mum!' so I must've had some knowledge already then. My Grandmother was always saying things about the royals but I don't remember what order that came in.

Oh and one of my relatives' cats was named after a Royal Event and I'd asked about that and they'd apparently got him that year. So that will have taught me something.

Mine too, aged nine, unless you count me asking my mum whether they had chosen Elizabeth and Philip as names for me and DB because of the Queen and husband. My mum said it had never occurred to her until that moment.

The elegant Duchess of Kent handing the trophy to Martina at Wimbledon.

Always aware of the Royal family, but the first significant event would be the Silver Jubilee in 1977. We had a street party.

The silver jubilee 1977.
I still have the commemorative coin and t shirt.
We had a village fête and all the children went in fancy dress. I was a pirate.

Yes! A lady along the road used to bring the stamps and Mum bought some and we stuck them in a book, I think. Little Anne with curly hair.
We went over the road to watch the coronation at the neighbour's house.

When George 6th died the school was closed. My mum said we could go to the cinema. We walked all the way to the high street to find the cinema and all the shops closed too.

My ladybird book of the Royal Wedding, I don't remember much about Charles and Diana's wedding, I was very very little but I do remember the book and the pictures of the dresses, the bridesmaids especially.

A few years later I was bought the same book for the wedding of Andrew and Sarah. I remember seeing that on TV and some of the celebrations at the time.

I'm sure all schools had the day off. I remember watching it at home. Unless it was different in the different areas of the country.

I grew up in Denmark and my Paternal grandmother was a big royalist I recall photos of Queen Margrethe and her mother queen Ingrid in her spare room.

For the British family I recall Charles and Diana dating but first real memory was Diana posing for photographers and her legs showing. At this point I did know ow who she was and thought her sooo pretty I was about 9-10