The exhibition
2012 marks the Diamond Jubilee of the accession to the throne of Princess Elizabeth, on the death of her father King George VI on 6 February 1952. Queen Elizabeth II is only the second British monarch to have achieved this anniversary. Her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria (r.1837 – 1901) celebrated her own Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
This exhibition celebrates Her Majesty’s 60 years as Sovereign, from the early years of her reign in the 1950s to the present day, through a wide-ranging selection of images, illustrating both key events in her remarkable life and more informal family occasions. The majority of the photographs shown here have been generously presented by the photographers or agencies concerned, specifically for this display. Photographs of The Queen at Windsor are displayed in the centre of the gallery.
These images present us with a portrait of The Queen, one of the most photographed women in the world, as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and Head of State, both at home in the United Kingdom and during some of her many travels around the British Commonwealth and the world at large.
Ronald Case (d. 2008)
Three Queens in Mourning
Unknown Person
Coronation Day 1953
Unknown Person
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Unknown Person
Carrozza wins the Oaks
Ernest Richard Arnold (1913-77)
The Royal Train departs
Stanley Devon (1907-95)
The Queen at her desk, Buckingham Palace
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904-80)
Royal Family Group
Unknown Person
The Queen visits Oldham, Lancashire
Unknown Person
The Queen visits Hull Royal Infirmary
Unknown Person
The Queen visits Northern Ireland
Paul Armiger (active 1967)
The Queen visits the 16th Parachute Brigade
Unknown Person
The Queen attends a Gala Performance of Hello Dolly!
Tim Graham (b. 1948)
Trooping the Colour
Reginald Davis (b. 1925)
The Queen at the Hyde Park Hotel
John Scott (active 1968)
Badminton Horse Trials
Kenneth Mason (1930-2006)
The Royal family at the Badminton Horse Trials
Anwar Hussein (b. 1938)
The Queen with her dogs, Aberdeen Airport
Anwar Hussein (b. 1938)
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in Fiji
Anwar Hussein (b. 1938)
HM The Queen in Gisborne, New Zealand
Reginald Davis (b. 1925)
State Visit to Mexico
Elizabeth Vickers (b. 1963)
Garter Day at Windsor Castle
Michael Dunlea (b. 1954)
The Queen visits Larkhill
Toby Melville (b. 1970)
The Queen marking Remembrance Sunday
Arthur Edwards (b. 1940)
State Visit to India
Kenneth Mason (1930-2006)
The Queen attends the Epsom Derby
John Lawrence (b. 1961)
The Queen visits RAF Benson
David Wimsett (b. 1959)
The Flypast
Jane Bown (1925-2014)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
Polly Borland (b. 1959)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1926)
David Dawson (b. 1960)
The Queen sits for Lucian Freud
Arthur Edwards (b. 1940)
HM The Queen attends the Epsom Derby
Helen Smith (b. 1965)
A happy reunion
Arthur Edwards (b. 1940)
The Queen with Pope John Paul II
Kieran Doherty (b. 1968)
The Queen attends Margaret Thatcher's 80th birthday celebrations
Kieran Doherty (b. 1968)
The Queen attends Margaret Thatcher's 80th birthday celebrations
Ian Jones (b. 1965)
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at St Paul's Cathedral
Fiona Hanson (b. 1959)
The Queen's Eightieth Birthday
Ian Jones (b. 1965)
The Sovereign's Parade, Sandhurst
Arthur Edwards (b. 1940)
Flypast at RAF Cottishall, Norfolk
Jim Irvine (b. 1957)
The Braemar Gathering, Deeside
Christopher Furlong (b. 1963)
The Queen visits RAF Valley
Tim Rooke (b. 1965)
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in Canada
Paul Grover (b. 1967)
Prince Charles is awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour
Leon Neal (b. 1976)
Lady Gaga meets The Queen
Dylan Martinez (b. 1969)
The Queen attends the Cheltenham Festival
Cathal McNaughton (b. 1978)
The Queen opens the National Tennis Centre at Roehampton
John Swannell (b. 1946)
The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, marking sixty years on the throne
David Wimsett (b. 1959)
The Queen, Sovereign of the Order of St Michael and St George
James Veysey (b. 1979)
The State Opening of Parliament
Ian Jones (b. 1965)
Her Majesty The Queen at the State Opening of Parliament
Eva Zielinska-Millar (b. 1948)
Three Generations of Royal Horsewomen
Anwar Hussein (b. 1938)
The Queen at the Royal Windsor Horse Show
Eva Zielinska-Millar (b. 1948)
The Queen riding with her grandchildren, Viscount Severn and Lady Louise Windsor
Ian Jones (b. 1965)
The Queen attends the Royal Windsor Horse Show
James Reid (1905-1974)
