Royal Couple Leaves On Commonwealth Tour -- The Royal family (in front row) wave goodbye as the Royal Coupled Argonaut plane taxis down the runway to take off. The King is 2nd from left. The King and Queen and Princess Margaret were at London Airport today to bid farewell to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh who left by air for Nairobi, Kenya, on the first stage of their tour of Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand. January 31, 1952. (Photo by Fox Photos).