This book is a photographic portrait of QUEEN ELIZABETH II, from her first official photograph as a baby in 1926 to her greeting President Obama at Buckingham Palace in 2009. With over 200 images of the Queen by internationally distinguished photographers such as Cecil Beaton, Lord Snowdon and Rankin, the Queen is captured in a variety of poses, from formal photographs as a working monarch, to intimate portraits relaxing with her family at Balmoral and Windsor. All the images have been officially approved by the Palace, ...
Philip Ziegler is the bestselling author of Mountbatten: The Official Biography, King Edward VIII: The Official Biography, Diana Cooper: The Biography of Lady Diana Cooper and London at War, 1939¿1945.
Introduction: The Meaning of Monachy ¿ 1. The Making of the Monarch 2. The New Elizabethans ¿ 3. The Middle Years ¿ 4. New Millennium, Old Monarchy