 The portrait was a wedding gift to Prince Albert, Duke of York on his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 The painting is kept on the writing desk of Queen Elizabeth II in her private sitting room at Windsor Castle.Towards the end of 1939, Queen Elizabeth commissioned Mabel Lee Hankey to paint her portrait in watercolour, possibly as a means of providing some financial support; a memorandum written by the Queen stipulated that Mabel should be paid in advance for the portrait.At the beginning of the Second World War Mabel Lee Hankey moved from London to Storrington, Sussex (at "Fleurbaix in North Lane).