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Ross Dunn

The unguarded photo of the Queen that won Royal seal of approval

One of the finest pictures of the Queen was taken in Irvine more than 40 years ago.

The award-winning photo of Her Majesty was captured by Ayrshire Post photographer Ken Ferguson as he nervously waited outside of the Magnum leisure centre on July 3, 1979.

One of the images he captured was so striking that he was advised to enter it into the National Photographer of the year Awards competition.

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