Millions of Americans just celebrated Mother’s Day earlier this month on the second Sunday of May. In the United Kingdom, their equivalent to this holiday is “Mothering Sunday,” which took place back in March. To mark the occasion this year, Buckingham Palace released a 1965 photo of Queen Elizabeth that had never been released to the public before!
The image shows Elizabeth with her husband, Prince Philip, and their four children. In the image, the entire family is crowded around the baby carriage of Prince Edward, the youngest member of the family who was just an infant when the photo was snapped.
Wishing a very happy Mothering Sunday to all of our followers. #MothersDay pic.twitter.com/HEXMHXnCjm
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) March 11, 2018
The photo was taken in the garden of Frogmore House, a secluded home that the royal family has used as a getaway for decades. The photo was taken for the Queen’s 39th birthday, but this year, the palace saw it as the perfect way to honor her on Mothering Day!
One fun fact about Frogmore House is that this is where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their engagement photoshoot over 50 years after the above photo was taken!
In honor of celebrating a (belated) Mothering Day, we’ve found some other photos of royal British mothers over the years:
Happy Mothering Sunday! #royal #mothers pic.twitter.com/8AAf6V2RcF
— Alex David (@alexdavidwriter) March 11, 2018
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