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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Charlie Duffield

Queen's cheeky four-word response to photographer who asked her to smile for him

A photograph of Queen Elizabeth smiling which was released on the night of her funeral reveals the late monarch's great wit.

Speaking on the Lorraine programme, photographer Ranald Mackechnie talked about the formerly unseen portrait which was taken in May at Windsor Castle before the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations the next month.

He recalled: "She arrived and walked in and we said hello, then she just looks at me and she goes, 'What do you want?'"

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