History of Famous Jewels and Collections: Re: Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II, 1952

Originally presented with a size two badge at Christmas 1952, after the death of Queen Mary in late March 1953, she started to wear her grandmother's size one badge, obviously with her sister's permission.

You can see the difference in size of Princess Margarets three badges of family orders - size 1 of her sister, size 2 of her father and size 3 of her grandfather.

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The original recipients of the order are listed as

Size 1:
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (mother of Elizabeth II)
Queen Mary (grandmother of Elizabeth II)

Size 2:
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (younger sister of Elizabeth II)

After Queen Mary's death, her size one badge was worn by Princess Margaret.

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"The Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II is suspended from a yellow silk watered ribbon the same size width of her father's order, and has been made in two sizes. The larger size was given to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother. These and five smaller badges were given at Christmas 1952."
Risk, James; Pownall, Henry; Stanley, David; Tamplin, John (2001). Royal Service (Volume II) . Lingfield, Surrey: Third Millennium. pp. 36.