Taken by renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz at Windsor Castle last month, these remarkable pictures - which, in their lighting and composition, echo the great royal oil paintings of the past - have been released by Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen's 90th birthday today.
They are portraits not only of a monarch, but of a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother too. It was, said one who was involved in the process, a deliberate decision by the sovereign. For as much as this day has become a national celebration, it is also very much a family event too. After all, Elizabeth is a proud great-grandmother five times over. (Main image pictured left to right: James, Viscount Severn, Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor, Mia Tindall, the Queen, Princess Charlotte, Savannah Phillips, Prince George and Isla Phillips.)
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