Photograph of HRH Princess Elizabeth greeting clergy on the steps of Manchester Cathedral for a ceremony to lay up the old Colours of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 1951. A large crowd of members of the public can be seen behind them, along with police and at least one Grenadier Guards Officers in ceremonial uniform with bearskin cap is visible. The Lord Mayor of Manchester, William Collinson, introduces the Princess to the Cathedral’s clergymen. Image taken by Kemsley Newspapers Ltd of Manchester.

From a photograph album containing 52 images relating to the Grenadier Guards, 1950-1959. Images include those of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions taken in places including Windsor, London, Guards Depot Caterham, Egypt, Cyprus, and Germany.