The original recipients of the order are listed as...
Size 2:
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (aunt of Elizabeth II)
"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.
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