When Queen Elizabeth paid France her first state visit in 1957, the manifestly Republican country welcomed her lavishly. Ceremonial parades lined up; the Royal Standard flew from the Elysees Palace. The choir of Notre Dame sang to her from the banks of the Seine as she sailed down it.
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The Royals … as Cecil Beaton saw them
In addition to being a great and iconoclastic photographer, Cecil Beaton was an inveterate diarist. He was […]
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth’s portrait graced the currencies of 33 different countries, more than that of any […]
Three Queens in Mourning
Princess Elizabeth, Queen Mary (the late king’s mother) and Queen Elizabeth (the late king’s consort) made their way slowly into the chapel where the king’s body lay in state.