She was just 15 years old when she received her first Christmas curtain call, although back then pantaloons and a wig rather than a camera crew were the essential props.
At Windsor Castle during the war years, Princess Elizabeth, with her little sister, Princess Margaret, made it a yearly event to put on a pantomime for family and friends.
With characteristic duty even then, it was the older sister who sacrificed pretty ballgowns to take on the male roles.
