King George VI and Elizabeth Margaret

Royal Family: There was my dad apparently enjoying an amiable chat with King George VI and the Queen as the young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, stood politely in the background, according to Huffington Post Canada. My first reaction was how did he get there And what was he doing with the Royals The answers proved to be as interesting as the picture itself. Sifting through piles of letters and memorabilia, I came across a crumpled photo of my father with the Royal Family on the grounds of Windsor Castle. The photo was taken in April 1939 on the eve of a royal tour of Canada that marked the first visit here of a reigning monarch -- a huge event for English Canadians. For weeks he had pestered Buckingham Palace for a photo opportunity with the royal couple, getting a condescending old boy" kind of response. My father, Matthew Halton, was then the London correspondent of the Toronto Daily Star. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.