A look at documents from the Royal Archive due to go on display for the first time at Windsor Castle.
At 89, the monarch still rides, drives and knows how to put on an impeccable public display.
Her Majesty, who is approaching her 89th birthday, was spotted riding her faithful black Fell pony, Carltonlima Emma, as she was joined by Lord Vestey and her Head Groom Terry Pendry.
By Emily Nash
The royals affectionately referred to him as Pa and Grandpa
The Royal Family have filmed each other since the 1920s but hundreds of these home-made recordings (pictured) have been held privately, but will be broadcast on the BBC in a new documentary.
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SHE has been captured on canvas countless times but rarely has the Queen been painted at breakfast.
In 1936, Her Majesty, now 94, discovered she would be next inline to the throne, and started hoping for a baby brother, claims hisotrian Robert Lacey in tonight's Our Queen At War on ITV.
Sir Edward Young, her private secretary, who was at Balmoral when Her Late Majesty died on September 8 2022, noted: 'Very peaceful. In her sleep. Slipped away. Old age... no pain.'
The Queen is celebrating her 89th birthday today and will spend it quietly with her family at Windsor. But despite being on the cusp of her 10th decade, she remains as active as ever.
4/60 favourite pictures of Queen Elizabeth II. ♚
The greatest photobomb perhaps in the history of photobombs.
Michael Joseph Gross reveals the private history of Her Majesty’s kennels and the essential role the pups have played in her reign.
The Duke of York, 62, accompanied the Queen, 95, to the Thanksgiving of Life service but had little interaction with the rest of his family today,
The fashion influence of the worlds most photographed woman in her early days as Queen in the 1950's.
Since the Queen's Speech began 60 years ago, the Christmas Day broadcasts have had their share of high points and hiccups
In a tribute titled: 'In loving memory of Her Majesty The Queen,' the family tonight shared a never-before seen image of the late Monarch hiking through heathlands.
There are china ornaments on the mantelpiece, a cluster of cherished family photos and a floral, frilly chair pulled up by the fireplace.
“The Queen wishes to share this private photograph taken with The Duke of Edinburgh at the top of the Coyles of Muick, Scotland in 2003. 📷Photograph by The Countess of Wessex.”
The picture of the monarch was taken by the Princess of Wales at Balmoral in August - weeks before Britain and the Commonwealth lost its Queen.
This summer London's National Portrait Gallery has been hosting a small exhibit of portraits by Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937), who in 1907 took over the role of Britain's top society portraitist after John Singer Sargent proclaimed that he was fed up with all that. The de László Wikipedia entry is here and the artist's Web site is here. De László was born in the Pest side of Budapest and received training in Hungary, Munich and Paris. He led a cosmopolitan existence as he gained fame and wealth painting portraits, but maintained an imposing home/studio in Budapest until his Irish wife persuaded him to move to London in 1907. Aside from a rough patch (house arrest) during the later part of the Great War, he thrived in England while sallying to the continent and America from time to time to execute other commissions. Gallery HRH Prince Andrew of Greece - 1913 General John J. Pershing - 1921 László was skilled at painting men and children, but he is best known for portraits of women. Elinor Glyn - 1914 This was commissioned by Lord Curzon who was the notorious novelist's lover at the time (just before she was jilted). The actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies - 1933 This painting was done as a demonstration: details here. Princess Andrew of Greece - 1907 Mrs Edmund Buchanan, née Doreen Bury - 1929 Queen Marie of Romania - 1924 Viscountess Chaplin, née Hon Gwladys Wilson - 1915 HM Queen Elizabeth when Dutchess of York - 1925 Yes, it's the "Queen Mum" and this painting, on loan from HM Queen Elizabeth II, was one of the highlights of the NPG show. Winifred, Duchess of Portland - 1912 Rivaling the Queen Elizabeth portrait at the small NPG exhibit is this one of the Duchess of Portland when she was nearing 50. Like many other representational artists his his era and earlier, de László's reputation collapsed following his death. While Sargent, Anders Zorn, Joaquin Sorolla and Giovanni Boldini have been rehabilitated to some degree, de László remains something of an unknown. Reasons advanced for this include: (1) he was too facile, able to complete paintings in six or fewer sittings, (2) he painted aristocracy, a no-no in an era where egalitarianism dominated lip-service; and (3) the fact that most of his paintings remain in private collections rather than being "visible" in museums. This last problem was slightly mitigated by a 2004 Christie's exhibit in London and the current NPG exhibit mentioned above. My take? I like de László's portraits a lot. They're unlike Sargent's in that he tended to paint "thinner" -- not so much paint on the brush. This makes his portraits slightly less dramatic. But he created good likenesses that are interesting to view even where we don't know what the subject looked like. He was hugely in demand for excellent reasons.
THE Queen is celebrating her 92nd birthday today. Here Express.co.uk takes a look back at the life of the world’s oldest and longest-reigning current monarch.
Queen Elizabeth, 94, has been isolating with Prince Phillip, 98, since March 19 - despite her husband usually preferring to spend his time at Wood Farm on their Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
A revelatory new book by the editor of Majesty not only reveals the Royal Family's reaction to Harry's fiancee, but lays bare the fractious relationship between him and his brother.
As she flew home to face her destiny on Wednesday February 6 1952, the new Queen Elizabeth must have felt the weight of the world upon her shoulders.
Queen Consort Camilla will be crowned beside her husband King Charles on Saturday
Historians say the queen grew "warmer and more flexible" as a parent as the years went on.
Queen Elizabeth II watches her horse 'Balmoral Gemini' compete in the Highland class on day 3 of the Royal Windsor Horse Show at Home Park on May 16, 2014 in Windsor, England.
The 54-year-old Wuthering Height's singer was awarded a CBE for services to music in a ceremony with The Queen at Windsor Castle
Glam young Royals came out in force yesterday to mark the Queen's official 83rd birthday.
After the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at 11:30 am in Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, the bridal gifts given to Princess Elizabeth were exhibited at St James’s Palace, numbering over 2,500. Like the gifts, Princess Elizabeth’s wedding dress, designed by the leading British couturier, Sir Norman Hartnell, was also put on display. It had been made up from one approved design within the portfolio Hartnell had submitted less than three months earlier, in mid
The Queen’s four children stood around her coffin to pay tribute to her at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh
One of the main focuses of the Christmas period is the importance of spending time with people who you care about, whether they’re close friends, family members or partners.
Queen Elizabeth II being made a member of the Gorsedd of Bards in 1946.
REBECCA ENGLISH: The sight of four royal women waiting for Her Majesty's coffin at the entrance to historic Westminster Hall sparked memories of 'the three Queens' mourning King George VI in 1952.
Margaret Rhodes represented the polar opposite of a modern world where television and social media bestow celebrity on the trashy, the flashy and the undeserving.
The castle, the only royal residence personally owned by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, was bought by Her late Majesty in 1952 when she was mourning the death of her husband, King George VI.
