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The Queen’s coronation on 2 June 1953 was one of the greatest events of the 20th century. More than 8,000 guests packed into Westminster Abbey to witness the crowning of the young monarch, while millions more thronged the route that took her and the Duke of Edinburgh to and from the abbey, or watched on TV – still a novel phenomenon at the time. Upon her father’s death in February the previous year, Elizabeth had been proclaimed Queen and Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. But her coronation marked her formal acceptance of this role and her enthronement as monarch. A day of pomp and ceremony was planned befitting this momentous occasion. Inside the abbey extra staircases, lighting, a telephone exchange and a stage were installed. Celebrated…

The first decade of the new millennium was to feature many personal highs and lows for the Queen. There was joy as she marked her Golden Jubilee in spectacular style. But she also suffered the loss of her sister, Princess Margaret, and her mother, the Queen Mother, just months apart in 2002. The year 2000 began with the Queen at the heart of national celebrations, receiving a rare public kiss from Prince Philip at the Millennium Dome. There was drama on the world stage as the UK was involved in conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan following the 11 September 2001 terror attacks on the US; and suffered its own terror strikes in London on 7 July 2005. The Prince of Wales married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at…

12-15 MAY Platinum Jubilee Celebration –a dazzling gallop through history at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the private grounds of the Queen’s Berkshire estate. THURSDAY 2 JUNE Trooping the Colour – the Queen’s Birthday Parade in London along The Mall to Horse Guards Parade, with an RAF flypast. Platinum Jubilee Beacons –across the UK, Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories and in the Commonwealth capitals. FRIDAY 3 JUNE Service of Thanksgiving – at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. SATURDAY 4 JUNE The Derby at Epsom Downs –attended by the Queen and members of the royal family. Platinum Party at the Palace –a star-studded performance at Buckingham Palace, broadcast live by the BBC, with an audience ballot for tickets. SUNDAY 5 JUNE The Big Jubilee Lunch –community street…

Royal Collection Trust Platinum Jubilee Displays 2022 Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Accession State Rooms, Buckingham Palace 22 July-2 October 2022 Display of Jubilee Outfits Palace of Holyroodhouse 14 July-25 September 2022 Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Coronation Windsor Castle 7 July-26 September 2022 Royal Collection Trust 2022 Exhibitions Programme Japan: Courts and Culture The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace 8 April 2022-12 March 2023 Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse 25 March-25 September 2022 Young Gainsborough: Rediscovered Landscape Drawings National Gallery of Ireland, 5 March-12 June 2022 Nottingham Castle, 2 July-25 September 2022 The Royal Mews The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, home to historic carriages still used for royal occasions, will open to the public from 18 May to 2 October.…

‘She clocked Philip immediately. She never thought of anybody else’Lady Pamela Hicks Arm in arm and smiling into each other’s eyes, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh appeared as much in love in a photo taken in 2007 at Broadlands in Hampshire as they did on the first day of their honeymoon at the same stately home 60 years earlier. Enjoying 73 years of marriage until Prince Philip’s death on 9 April 2021, the Queen could take some comfort in knowing that the impression made on her by the handsome young man at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 1939 had been spot on. It was said to have been an instant attraction for the teen Princess Elizabeth when she spotted 18-year-old Prince Philip of Greece, a distant…

‘The arrival of a baby… gives renewed happiness and hope’The Queen…

Louis enjoyed a cuddle with his grandpa during a photoshoot to mark his 70th birthday On his first holiday – to Balmoral when he was just a few months old – Prince Louis sat on the Queen’s lap as she and Prince Philip proudly posed, surrounded by seven of their great-grandchildren. Her Majesty loves being with her family and the youngsters thoroughly enjoy their annual visit to her home in Scotland, just as their parents did before them. The youngest of the Cambridge children, Louis Arthur Charles was born on 23 April 2018. As a baby, he was described as “very relaxed and peaceful” by his mother, who added: “I hope he stays like this.” William and Kate’s choice of name was a touching tribute to both William’s father the…

Sienna’s mother Princess Beatrice has always been close to her grandmother. This was sweetly evident when photos of her secret July 2020 wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi showed the bride in a vintage Norman Hartnell gown borrowed from the Queen, with the monarch and Duke of Edinburgh beaming on. The socially distanced nuptials at Royal Lodge, Windsor, with the Queen and her husband among only a handful of guests necessitated by prevailing Covid measures, were a joyous occasion for the royal family, separated by the pandemic. In light of that special bond between Princess and Queen, Her Majesty must have been especially delighted when her 12th great-grandchild was born in 2021 and given the middle name Elizabeth as a tribute. Sienna, who is 11th in line to the throne, also…

Fashions have come and gone throughout her long reign, but one thing has remained constant – the Queen’s enduring sense of style. Coming to the throne relatively young, she set about carefully conveying authority, elegance and decorum – always taking into consideration the need to be seen. “I can’t wear beige because people won’t know who I am,” she has explained of her penchant for colour. As the Countess of Wessex has said of her mother-in-law’s style: “She needs to stand out – for people to be able to say: ‘I saw the Queen.’” Her Majesty has worn a dizzying total of more than 10,000 outfits for official engagements, refining the art of communicating through every one – from a diplomatic colour choice to jewellery selected for the history attached.…

For 70 years she has reigned over us, making history first by becoming the UK’s longest-serving monarch and then the longest-reigning Queen the world has ever known. To mark the day in September 2015 when she surpassed Queen Victoria’s record of 63 years and 216 days on the throne, a new portrait of Her Majesty in an informal setting was released. Taken by Sir Paul McCartney’s daughter Mary, the charming photograph, seen on these pages, shows the Queen in Buckingham Palace, seated at her desk in the private audience room where she has received visiting heads of state and held weekly audiences with all her Prime Ministers – now standing at 14 in number – since 1952. Her official red despatch box sits in front her, containing the parliamentary documents…

‘SHE’S AN EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN OF ANY TIME’ FELICITY KENDAL The Good Life star Felicity, who met the Queen when she visited the set of the sitcom in 1978 and again when the actress received her CBE in 1995, said: “She’s not just an exceptional woman of our time… She’s an exceptional woman of any time.” THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY “Her Majesty the Queen’s 70 years of service as monarch have been a symbol of stability and hope throughout the UK, the Commonwealth and the world,” said the Most Rev. Justin Welby. “We give thanks for her dedication.” CATHERINE ZETA-JONES “Thank you, Queen Elizabeth. My favorite jacket for my favorite Queen. 70 years,” wrote Hollywood star Catherine, made a CBE in 2010, on Instagram, with a photo of her in a…

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The Queen has embraced the new, while maintaining centuries-old traditions When she pledged herself, aged just 21, to a life of service, few could have predicted just how long her commitment would endure. Princess Elizabeth went on to make history as Queen Elizabeth II, the country’s longest-reigning monarch and the first to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. Remarkably, 75 years after her solemn vow to serve, she has renewed her pledge, while also pragmatically setting out her hopes for a future beyond her reign. The young Princess Elizabeth was not born to be Queen, but became heir presumptive aged ten, when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated to marry US divorcée Wallis Simpson. With her destiny as a future monarch determined, she nevertheless found herself propelled into the role earlier than expected…

For the young Queen, catapulted into the role that would define her life and change the course of the country, there was no easing into the job. It was a steep learning curve, but she could have hoped for no better mentor than Sir Winston Churchill, the first of 14 Prime Ministers during her reign, who tutored the fledgling monarch on the constitutional monarchy, politics and the law. The Queen reportedly wrote to Sir Winston after he retired in 1955, saying that no other would “ever for me be able to hold the place of my first prime minister, to whom both my husband and I owe so much and for whose wise guidance during the early years of my reign I shall always be so profoundly grateful”. Her father…

St Paul’s Cathedral will play host to a Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen’s 70-year reign. Based on previous occasions, more than 2,000 guests could attend, including members of the royal family, political and military leaders, realm Prime Ministers, governors general and representatives from different faith groups, charities and organisations associated with the monarch. The service follows a tradition observed for royal Jubilees dating back to Queen Victoria’s Diamond celebration in 1897. She arrived at the head of a 17-carriage procession carrying members of her family and foreign royals. Victoria, however, was too frail to leave her landau and the 20-minute service was conducted at the foot of the West Steps. The cathedral (right) hosted a service for George V’s Silver Jubilee in 1935 and in 1977, as the Queen…

The Ballroom at the Queen’s Norfolk home will host the exhibition Her Majesty the Queen at Sandringham: An Exemplary Reign and a Unique Country House, from 9 April to 13 October, while the gardens will see a fragrant array of formal Platinum Jubilee commemorative planting, starting in May. The display will showcase the Queen and her family’s affection for the country retreat, with highlights including objects and photographs relating to the monarch’s love of animals, horses and the great outdoors, as well as a special audiovisual display focusing on the first televised Christmas Day broadcast, recorded by the Queen at Sandringham House in 1957. Events over the extended June bank holiday weekend begin on 2 June with the lighting of the Jubilee Beacon in the royal parkland, accompanied by live…

‘Each item is made by hand using techniques that have remained unchanged for 250 years’ Royal celebrations are traditionally marked by the release of commemorative merchandise and with the Platinum Jubilee being such a rare occasion, some very special pieces have been put on the market. Chief among these is the official range of china, produced for Royal Collection Trust in Stoke-on-Trent using some traditional skills. “Each item is made by hand using methods and techniques that have remained unchanged for 250 years,” a statement from Royal Collection Trust reads. “From the development of initial designs and creation of individual moulds, to the hand-finishing with 22-carat gold and manufacture of special packaging, the production process encompasses the skills of over 50 individuals from several factories at the heart of the…

When the Queen became a mother, she didn’t have to look too far for inspiration on how to raise her children – she had it in the happy family life she and her younger sister Princess Margaret had enjoyed. Writing to her parents while on honeymoon: the then Princess Elizabeth said: “I only hope that I can bring up my children in the happy atmosphere of love and fairness which Margaret and I have grown up in.” Six decades later, she proudly showed off the end result when, joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, she posed with their four children at a dinner to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary in 2007. Motherhood came early for the Queen. Just 12 months after her wedding at Westminster Abbey, she welcomed Prince Charles,…

‘To have a boy then a girl. What more can you ask for? We’ve got our family’The Duke of Sussex When the Queen first met Archie, two days after his birth, she was every bit the overjoyed great-grandmother, gazing proudly at the tiny bundle with his besotted parents the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Born on 6 May 2019 at London’s Portland Hospital, Archie has had a very different life from his royal cousins. After spending his first six months living close to his great-grandparents at Frogmore Cottage, on the Queen’s Windsor estate, he is growing up in his mother’s native California, in the exclusive coastal enclave of Montecito, where his neighbours are Hollywood royalty such as Meghan’s friends Oprah Winfrey and Ellen de Generes. Meghan and Harry’s decision to…

The birth of Savannah made the Queen a great-grandmother for the fifirst time The arrival of Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips on 29 December 2010 marked a joyous milestone, making the Queen a great-grandmother for the first time. Buckingham Palace announced that Her Majesty was “delighted with the news”. Savannah and her sister Isla, 15 months her junior, are the daughters of Peter Phillips, the Queen’s eldest grandchild and the son of the Princess Royal, and his ex-wife Autumn. The girls are growing up on Princess Anne’s Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire and have inherited the Queen’s love of horses and riding. “They’re all outdoor girls and not afraid of a little dirt. They enjoy riding their Shetland ponies,” mum Autumn has said. Although their father isn’t a working royal, Savannah…

Although she is naturally understated in her taste, the Queen is not averse to putting on the glitz when required. “She doesn’t try to dress like a celebrity, but she does have a certain glamour because of who she is,” said royal biographer Sarah Bradford. With a wardrobe estimated to include more than 10,000 outfits, and an Aladdin’s cave of priceless jewellery, Her Majesty has some spectacular pieces. Most of her jewels are legacies from two formidable royal matriarchs – her grandmother Queen Mary, and great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. PRIZED PRESENT She particularly treasures the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary, to whom it had been given on the occasion of her own marriage in 1893. The piece will be a glittering highlight of…

She has been a trailblazing monarch, boldly going where none of her predecessors went. From throwing herself into the war effort to finding innovative ways to connect to her people, the Queen has achieved many landmarks. The Queen agreed to the broadcast despite Winston Churchill’s opposition…

Elizabeth II is not the only British monarch whose reign has been celebrated by the nation with big jubilee festivities. Here we look back at three other historic ceremonial occasions: the Golden and Diamond Jubilees of Queen Victoria in 1887 and 1897, which were marked with grand spectacle; the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935 and George III’s Golden Jubilee on 25 October 1809, the start of the 50th year of his reign. Just like today, the public were given the opportunity to buy keepsakes. These included teapots, butter dishes, mirrors, handkerchiefs, woven silk pictures and even wallpaper to celebrate Queen Victoria’s 50 years on the throne. For George V’s 25 years, jubilee stamps were issued for the first time, including in other parts of the empire, such as…

It is a day of mixed emotions, marking the anniversaries of both her accession to the throne and the death of her beloved father, George VI, but 6 February this year held special significance for the Queen as she marked a historic 70 years as sovereign. As usual, Her Majesty spent the day at her Norfolk retreat, Sandringham, a place that holds many treasured memories of her father, as well as of her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. Poignantly, she chose to stay this time at the estate’s Wood Farm, where Prince Philip had spent his retirement. No doubt the monarch was in a reflective mood as she looked back on her remarkable reign and the two men who influenced it so greatly. Princess Elizabeth, as she was known before…

It’s one of her favourite racing events of the season and the Queen will attend this year’s Derby at Epsom Downs with members of her family as part of her official Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Racegoers will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the monarch, as she is traditionally driven down the racecourse at the start of the event before meeting officials in the winners’ enclosure and taking her seat in the Royal Box. The Derby, first run in 1780, is the world’s most famous race on the flat; Her Majesty, a passionate horsewoman and racing fan, has never had a winner in the historic contest, but may have a runner this year. On Saturday 6 June 1953, just four days after her coronation, the Queen achieved her best result…

The Tower of London will be encircled by millions of flowers for a stunning new Superbloom display to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. A total of 20 million carefully selected seeds will be sown in the tower’s famous moat, creating a vibrant sea of flowers that will continuously evolve from June to September, changing colours and patterns throughout the summer. With a planting scheme designed to attract bees, other pollinators and seed-eating birds, the display will provide a biodiverse space to support wildlife. Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), the charity that manages the landmark, will also host smaller floral displays at Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace and Hillsborough Castle. Tom O’Leary, HRP’s public engagement director, said: “We hope that this thriving new landscape, surrounding London’s formidable fortress, will celebrate the power of…

When she was born on 21 April 1926, in Bruton Street, London, nobody could have foreseen that the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York would become our longest-reigning monarch. But well before her platinum reign began, the young Elizabeth’s destiny was already being shaped by her early life. Born third in line to the throne, Princess Elizabeth of York lived for her first year at White Lodge in Richmond Park, then in a five-storey townhouse in Piccadilly, overlooking Green Park. When she was six, her parents took over Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park as their country home. The Princess grew up with a sense of duty instilled by royal nanny Clara Knight. Under the instruction of her grandmother Queen Mary, she was also taught to wave…

If the Queen missed out on precious moments as a mother because of her role as monarch, she has more than made up for it with her eight beloved grandchildren. With them she has more easily been able to balance her dual roles – as Prince Harry touched on in the 2016 documentary Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute. “You have this huge amount of respect for your boss and I always view her as my boss, but also as a grandmother,” he said. The Duke of Cambridge also spoke of his respect. “Growing up, having this figurehead, having this stability above me has been incredible,” he said. The Queen’s grandchildren all call her by the same pet name – as demonstrated when William and Harry shouted: “Go Granny,” when…

‘Having a daughter is a very different dynamic’Prince William As the middle child between two brothers, Princess Charlotte “rules the roost” according to her parents – something that hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Queen. “It’s like that with Charlotte and George,” Her Majesty once remarked as she chatted to a mother about how her younger child looked after the older one. Charlotte’s confidence and cheeky sense of humour no doubt amuse Her Majesty, who was delighted when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter was born on 2 May 2015. “The Queen was really thrilled that it was a little girl, and I think as soon as we came back here to Kensington she was one of our first visitors here,” Kate later said. Like her grandmother and namesake, Charlotte…

As monarch of 15 realms and Head of the Commonwealth, the Queen has been the most travelled sovereign in British history. She has visited more than 120 countries across the globe on more than 271 overseas trips, famously beginning her reign while on tour in Kenya when her father George VI died. As well as travelling to 51 of 54 Commonwealth nations, she has visited dozens more countries at the request of the Government, including Libya, Iran, Nepal, Thailand, Chile, Mexico, Russia and China. By the time she gave up overseas travel in 2015 after a last state visit to Germany and a trip to Malta, she had flown some 1,032,513 miles – the equivalent of 42 times around the globe. Her longest trip was a 44,000-mile Commonwealth tour in…

In her seven decades as monarch, the Queen has met some of the biggest names in entertainment. But they are the ones who have been left starstruck while she has impressed with her poise, informed interest and good humour. “You’re thinking: ‘It’s the Queen! It’s the Queen!’” said Dame Helen Mirren, who has played Her Majesty in both the film The Queen, for which she won an Oscar, and the stage play The Audience, as well as visiting Buckingham Palace a number of times. “I’m genuinely always astounded by her aura, her twinkle, her presence.” With her glamorous wardrobe, the Queen has outshone Hollywood stars – even Marilyn Monroe. The most photographed woman in the world at the time more than met her match at the royal film performance of…