Book Celebrating The Life Of Queen Elizabeth II
The cover of
by Reuel Golden and Christopher Warwick
Rare photographs of the Queen
are among those collected for
a new book
cataloguing her 60-year reign. 'Her Majesty' looks back at her private
and public life and features the work of photographers Cecil Beaton,
Dorothy Wilding, Karsh, Lord Snowdon, Patrick Lichfield, as well as more
contemporary work from the likes of Wolfgang Tillmans, Rankin, Annie
Leibovitz, and many others. Above, Queen Elizabeth meeting stars,
including Marilyn Monroe, at the premiere of The Battle of the River
Plate in Leicester Square in 1956.
The images include photographs of state visits and meetings with
dignitaries as well as unguarded personal moments such as the Queen
driving through Windsor in her Daimler in 1957, with Prince Charles in
the passenger seat and Princess Anne in the back of the car
Some previously unseen shots, unearthed by the book's editor Reuel
Golden, are among those featured. They include one of the Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh waving goodbye from the steps of an aeroplane as they
prepare to return home at the end of a tour of the West Indies in 1966.
The image, taken by Glaswegian photographer Harry Benson, was found
undeveloped in a roll of archived film.
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth relax in the gardens of the Royal
Lodge at Windsor with their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess
Margaret in July 1946
A portrait of Her Majesty to commemorate her visit to Nigeria, 1955 by Cecil Beaton
Princess Elizabeth, aged 20, in her sitting room at Buckingham Palace in July 1946
Queen Elizabeth II at the Banquet and Ball of the 16th/5th Royal Lancers
Regiment of which the Queen is Colonel-in-Chief at London's Hyde Park
Hotel
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Suva, Fiji from the Royal yacht and is
presented a bouquet of flowers by Fijian girl Adi Kaunilotuma who sat
down in front of her on the carpet during the royal visit to Fiji,
February 1963.
Princess Elizabeth represented the King at Trooping of the Colour ceremony in London on June 7, 1951
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