Throughout his career, Gerald Richardson would capture some of the most iconic images of King George VI and soon\u002Dto\u002Dbe Queen Elizabeth II as they toured Canada
The Toronto Star had organized a Royal command sitting, which is a meeting at the request of the reigning monarch, and recruited Richardson to attend and photograph it in anticipation of the King and Queen’s upcoming tour of Canada and the United States.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“I had the first photo,” writes Richardson in his book. “Except that I had forgotten to pull the slide!”Article content The photos Richardson took became the viral images of their day, appearing in 1,400 newspapers and magazines.Article content“Ten Centuries of History Hang Like Aura Ove Royal Residence Of Windsor,” reads another.
In Toronto, Richardson captured a photo of the King and Queen gazing up at one of the photos he had taken of them in England, which had been blown up and mounted on the side of the Toronto Star building on King Street.Photo by Gerald Richardson / geraldrichardson.ca During the tour, Jim said his father got to know the King and Queen “as people.” It was interesting how he worked with the Royals to get the great photographs that he took, said Jim.Article content
This trip was extensively covered by the media, with 4,500 journalists from around the world accredited. Richardson, who had served in the Royal Canadian Navy as a photographer during the Second World War and then reenlisted in the 50s when the war in Korea began, had to get leave to cover the tour.
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