Queen Elizabeth and Her Father King George

The King and I: Charming pictures emerge of three-year-old Elizabeth cuddling up to her stuttering father George VI

By Daily Mail Reporter

The child Queen cuddles her father King George VI - the ruler who famously fixed his stutter to deliver public addresses.
Elizabeth, now 84, is just three years old in the charming family portrait taken in 1929.
Her father Albert, 33 at the time, struggled to speak to large audiences and turned to a speech therapist regarded as a 'quack' to cure his problem in a story told in the King's Speech starring Colin Firth.

Child Queen: Elizabeth with her father who went on to become King George VI in a photo taken in July 1929

On the big screen: King George VI, played by Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth and, right, Freya Wilson is the young Queen-to-be Princess Elizabeth

In these images which form part of a new exhibition, the Queen is shown as a child who later grew up to become a distinguished Monarch.
Albert took to the throne in 1936 as George VII after Edward VIII abdicated prompting a constitutional crisis as he wanted to marry American Wallis Simpson.
The images, which also form part of a new book, go on display in Edinburgh by Marcus Adams, a Royal photographer.

Royal sisters: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in February 1939. The image appears in a new book and an exhibition

The King's Speech: George VI, played by Colin Firth, centre, in the award-winning film. In the background is speech therapist Lionel Logue, plaued by Geoffrey Rush

In another shot a smartly-dressed 14-year-old Elizabeth has the same distinctive haircut - and looks every inch the distinguished Monarch she went on to become.
Another image shows Princess Elizabeth with her sister Margaret in a photo taken in February 1939.
The monarch is played by Colin Firth in the Oscar-nominated hit film. George VI undergoes years of treatment to cure him of his speech impediment by Australian Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush.

Teen Queen: A 14-year-old Elizabeth in April 1940 looking every inch the Monarch she would later become

Baby Monarch to be: Albert and Elizabeth, Duke and Duchess of York, and their daughter Princess Elizabeth in June 1927

Royal family: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with their daughters Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in December 1936

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