When Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee to mark seventy years on the throne, she released a new portrait to mark the momentous occasion. The photograph was taken by Ranald Mackechnie, and the Queen wore a powder blue dress and a beautiful pearl necklace as she smiled warmly. In the background, a blurred view of Windsor Castle can be seen.
When the queen died on September 8th, it became the last official portrait of the late monarch, and Mackechnie has revealed the details of how the photographs came to be, and how the image will go down in history forever.
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