Queen Elizabeth.Photo: Royal Household/Ranald Mackechnie/PA Wire
Queen Elizabethis celebrating her Platinum Jubilee with a brand new portrait!
The specially commissioned photograph of the Queen was released on Wednesday to mark the beginning of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which kick off with Trooping the Colour on Thursday morning.
Unlike past Jubilee portraits (she’s had three!), the Queen is remarkably understated in a pale blue coatdress and her go-to pearls. Her engagement ring fromPrince Philipis also prominently on display.
For her Silver Jubilee portrait, the Queen wore the Imperial State Crown. And for her Golden and Diamon Jubilees, she wore magnificent tiaras, her royal sash and medals. But for the portrait marking her record-breaking 70 years on the throne, the Queen, who is now a grandmother of eight and a great-grandmother of 12, opted for a more low-key look.
Along with the portrait, the monarch also issued a personal message ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
“Thank you to everyone who has been involved in convening communities, families, neighbours and friends to mark my Platinum Jubilee, in the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth. I know that many happy memories will be created at these festive occasions,” she said.
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Queen Elizabeth’s portrait released on February 6, 2022 to mark the start of her Platinum Jubilee year.Chris Jackson/Buckingham Palace via Getty
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The Platinum Jubilee portrait is the third official photo to be shared of the Queen in her historic 70th year on the throne. On Feb. 6 (the anniversary of the death of her father King George VI), anew photograph was releasedthat showed her with her famous red box that contains some of her official papers.
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From June 2 to June 5, the Queen will be feted with parades, a concert at the palace and other celebrations to honor her historic reign.Queen Elizabeth, who became monarch in 1952, has surpassed Queen Victoria to claim the title of the U.K.’s longest-reigning monarch and the first U.K. monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee — and that deserves a toast!
source: people.com
