Long Live the King

Joe Waldorf

International News Photos

The set title is the fervent hope of Mr. and Mrs. Bert James, of South Wales, as they kneel humbly in prayer at the gates of Buckingham Palace as England's King George VI underwent a serious lung operation on Sept. 22, 1951. Rigidly at attention, right, is a palace guard, whose heart is also filled with the wish that his monarch survive.

Joe Waldorf, "Long Live the King," in POYi Archive, Item #852, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/852 (accessed November 23, 2024).