Royal Babies: 1970-1979
From the Country Life Archive: Frontispieces from 1970-1979 of royal babies.


Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her birthday, with her first grandson, Peter Philips, son of Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips Country Life, April 27, 1978
Princess Michael of Kent and her son, Lord Frederick Windsor, who was christened at the Chapel Royal, S. James's Palace, on July 11 Country Life, July 19, 1979
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Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.
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