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Queen has shown a "pre-emptive" move of "tidying up" royal affairs as she gave support to Camilla to be the future Queen in her extraordinary address to the public, a royal expert said.Her Majesty laid out her desires for the future of the Royal Family as she marked her 70 years on the throne on Sunday (February 6).She mentioned that Camilla "will be known as Queen Consort" when Prince Charles becomes King in the future.Robert Hardman, a Daily Mail columnist, believed it's a move for the 95-year-old Monarch to prepare for a "dark day" with a change of reign.He told Sky News: "I don't think anyone was expecting that. But she always looks to the future."She could see that when the dark day comes and we have a change of reign, the last thing King Charles will want is distractions over how we address his wife."The Queen can understand how important it is, when you're in this position, to have someone by your side, to have a sounding board, a partner that you can just tell everything to.

A new photo of the Queen has been released to mark Accession Day, celebrating the start of Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee year.

Kate Middleton and great-grandkids." The 95-year-old ascended to the throne in 1952 and yesterday, 5th February, delivered a stunning address to the public to mark her anniversary.The monarch is the first British monarch to mark 70 years on the throne, and Her Majesty will celebrate by being "surrounded by loved ones" at Sandringham.Her majesty is “gathered by the younger members of the family, particularly of course, [Duchess] Kate and [Prince] William‘s children, whom she loves,” royal expert Stewart Pearce told US.The day will include “quiet time on Sunday, but at the same time, she’ll be celebrating in memory of her late father and Prince Philip," the expert added.“This is an unusual time for her because she is about to remember [and] commemorate 70 years of her father’s departure. And she had a very, very close connection, a very close relationship with her father,” Stewart Pearce added furthermore.“It will be a time of great memory for her.”The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to join the queen alongside their three children, Prince George, 8, Princess Charlotte, 6, and Prince Louis, 3.Her majesty “loves being with the innocent ones.

If ever there was a person in history who has firmly established their trademark beauty look, the Queen is a pretty good winning contender. And while we’ll never know the exact details of her beauty regime, we do have access to one list that might give us some insight into the products that Her Majesty uses: the Royal Warrant Holders Association directory. Brands that have been awarded a Royal Warrant are recognised as supplying goods and services to the Royal households of both the Queen and Prince Charles (and formerly also Prince Philip).

What she wants. As Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee — 70 years on the British throne —she opened up about her wishes for the future of the U.K. monarchy.

God save the queen! Queen Elizabeth II is “exhilarated” as she marks her 70th year on the throne, royal expert Stewart Pearce exclusively tells Us Weekly.

Sunday 6 February 2022 marks a special and sad day for The Queen. Not only is it 70 years since the passing of her father, King George VI's death in 1952, but of course it is also the day she stepped up into her role as Queen.  And as the historic day 70 years ago unfolded, a new Royal protocol was established about how the family should be prepared for attending a funeral. Her Majesty was informed of the death of her beloved father during an official royal tour of Kenya in 1952, where she was accompanied by Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth II has used her Platinum Jubilee speech to back Camilla one day becoming Queen. Camilla, 74, and Prince Charles, 73, have been married for 17 years, and are thought to have begun the romantic relationship while Charles was still married to the late Princess Diana. Despite their controversial start, the Queen has said that Camilla becoming ‘Queen Consort’ is her “sincere wish”.

The Queen's close friend Lady Pamela Hicks has recalled how the 95 year old monarch began her romance with Prince Philip and fell in love with the navy man. Lady Pamela, 93, who was a bridesmaid at the royal couple's wedding, was also there when Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh first began their flirtatious connection. While the duo became friends when the monarch was still a young princess, they gradually built on their connection over the years.

The Queen is all smiles as she is pictured becoming the first British monarch ever to mark 70 years reign. Her Majesty hosted a reception at Sandringham House for the local community who attended to mark the monarch's Platinum Jubilee.

Queen gave a subtle nod to her dad by wearing presents he gave her for her 18th birthday in a new picture to mark her Platinum Jubilee. Candid snaps of the monarch admiring cards and various memorabilia at home have been released as she kicks off her jubilee celebrations.Royal fans will recognise the pair of dazzling brooches adorned on the left shoulder of her dress, as the set given to her as an 18-year-old.The accessories given to her by King George VI are a touching tribute to him 70 years since he died this Sunday (February 6), the Mirror reports.And it's not the first time the Queen, 95, has chosen to pay a subtle tribute to her loved ones with sentimental jewellery.The Queen has also worn sentimental jewellery for other important occasions including her Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and the 75th anniversary of VE Day.The then-Princess Elizabeth had a close relationship with her father and the two aquamarine and diamond clip brooches that he gave her on her 18th birthday in 1944 are believed to mean a lot to her.The two-piece art deco-style brooches were made by luxury jewellery company Boucheron from aquamarines and baguette, oval and round diamond.The Queen is pictured for the jubilee photo looking through her Platinum and Golden Jubilee cards and memorabilia as she sat with one of her pet corgis in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle.She came to the throne on February 6, 1952, following the death of George Vl from lung cancer. He died in the early hours of the morning at Sandringham.

The Queen is marking the 70th anniversary of her reign on Sunday and, while this summer will be full of celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee, the official day will be tinged with sadness.The day that Princess Elizabeth became The Queen was the day that her father, King George VI, sadly passed away at the age of 56 while she was in Kenya during a tour of the Commonwealth. Royal correspondent Jennie Bond tells OK! that the day will be "a quiet day of reflection" for Her Majesty as she spends it without her husband, Prince Philip, for the first time.

Beside a stream in the foothills of Mount Kenya on 6 February, 1952, a nervous Duke of Edinburgh shared a piece of devastating news with his 25-year-old wife – her father had died.The royal couple had been staying in the East African country for one week when George VI passed away in his sleep, aged 56, following a lung operation.The following day, dressed in black, his daughter stepped down from her plane on to the tarmac at London Airport (now Heathrow) as Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the Realm, Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. She shook hands with ministers, including Prime Minister Winston Churchill, thanked her pilot for a safe and steady flight and promptly began the most historically significant reign in British history.

Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating a historic milestone. This weekend, the 95-year-old monarch will mark Accession Day on Feb.

The Queen is yet to meet Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s second child Lilibet, and now Meghan’s friend Omid Scobie has revealed that the couple won’t introduce the eight-month-old to her great-grandmother this year if “security concerns can’t be resolved”. Harry and his wife Meghan welcomed Lilibet, whose middle name is Diana, in June last year, but the couple have been living in California since 2020 after taking a step back from their roles as working royals.

BBC in 1969 was so hated by the Queen that Her Majesty never wanted it aired again – because she felt it “cheapened” the Royal Family.The Queen ordered the 110-minute documentary, titled Royal Family, to be locked away, but it was secretly leaked onto Youtube in 2019.Viewers who managed to see the footage before it was deleted, saw a young Prince Charles go topless and the Royal Family eating breakfast from tupperware.The fly-on-the-wall documentary also captured the moment the Queen called a US ambassador a "gorilla".Instead of showing the glamour and elegance we see today from royalty, the documentary gave a more unguided glimpse into the Royal Family's life.For the first time, the public was given a real insight into how the family acts away from the spotlight.However, Buckingham Palace believed the documentary “cheapens the Royal Family”, according to the Mail.Speaking about the filmto the BBC, producer Richard Cawston said "until we made this film, I really believe that none of them had ever spoken into a microphone anything which had not been carefully prepared."Scenes from the documentary included the family enjoying a barbecue together and debunking a theory that the queen never carries cash, as she bought an ice lolly at the shops for a young Prince Edward.At the time of its release it was viewed by 45 million and was just before Charles' investiture as the Prince of Wales.However, despite the public reaction, it did not go down well with Buckingham Palace despite them being pleased with the final cut.According to the Mail, the one thing that Prince Philip asked to change was when a young Edward was about to cry after the string on Charles's cello had snapped and hit him in the face, but the Queen thought the

Queen booted Sarah Ferguson out of Balmoral the very same day the infamous 'toe sucking' picture came out, it has been revealed.The Duke and Duchess of York, now both aged 58, announced their separation in March 1992 after six years of marriage.But only five months later she saw herself embroiled in a national scandal when compromising photographs of her with her 'financial advisor' John Bryan from her holiday villa in St Tropez were published in the Daily Mirror.In the most notorious of the images the Texan millionaire can be seen sucking Sarah Ferguson's toes as she bathes in the sun, while another shows her kissing him in front of then-two-year-old Princess Eugenie, who is watching on.Now, fresh details of how the monarch herself responded to the furore have been revealed in a new TV documentary.In the upcoming episode of Secrets of the Royal Palace, royal experts describe how disgruntled members of the Royal Family waited downstairs at Balmoral Castle on the morning the indecent pictures hit the nation's newsstands.Journalist Bidisha Mamata then shares what happened next, recounting: "Apparently Prince Philip himself walked in, threw a copy of the tabloids at her, and without a word walked out again."Richard Kay, a former Daily Mail correspondent and close friend of Princess Diana's, then revealed that the humiliated Fergie then had a "one-on-one with the Queen" where she was "very frank about the situation, describing it as "possibly the most difficult moment of her life".But it was too little too late, as the Duchess was pictured leaving the royal residence later the same day, with her reputation in the eyes of the public seriously tarnished.Reflecting on her downfall, Richard Kay said: "It did go to show there

Elizabeth became Queen of England on February 6, 1952, after her father, King George VI passed away in the early hours of the morning.The then-Princess was on a Commonwealth tour in Kenya, alongside her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.The royal couple had spent the previous night at the remote Treetops Hotel – accessible via a ladder – in Aberdare Forest, where they watched baboons in the jungle. The 25-year-old Princess climbed up to a look-out point at the top of the tree in order to see the dawn breaking.

The Queen has lots to be cheerful about with her upcoming Platinum Jubilee celebrations – but there are crises looming, experts say. Last month the Queen’s third child, Prince Andrew, was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages as he faces a US civil action over sexual assault allegations – claims he has consistently denied.

Queen’s final moment with her father, King George VI, was spent on the tarmac of London Airport as he wished her well on her trip around the Commonwealth.Prince Philip and the Queen, who was known as Princess Elizabeth, were boarding a flight to tour the likes of Australia, New Zealand and Kenya due to the King not being well enough to travel.King George VI was seen watching on as his oldest daughter boarded the place, but the Queen had no idea that would be the last time they would see each other on January 31 in 1952.The Queen’s parents, including the then-Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Margaret also boarded the plane to say their farewells before returning to the tarmac and watching the take off from a rooftop.His Majesty had been suffering from illness after previously undergoing surgery for lung cancer, but the Royal Family had no idea his health would deteriorate in the days to come.The goodbye to the Queen also marked the last time King George VI would be seen in public.The Queen, who was 25 at the time, left the UK that day to return as Queen Elizabeth II.Philip and the Queen were one of the last people in the world to hear about the death of the King, having been in Kenya at the time.They were staying at a remote treehouse in Aberdare National Park and were unable to be reached with the news immediately.The Queen’s private secretary, Martin Charteris, heard the news first as he was having a drink at a restaurant in a nearby town.A writer approached him regarding the news and saw him return to the lodge.The Duke of Edinburgh was motioned out of the room as they secretly turned on the radio to get confirmation.The quick actions allowed Philip to be the one to break the sad news to his wife as they walked alone in

Queen is always fashion conscious when it comes to her outfits and is rarely seen without a brooch to complete the look.However, not many know that her brooches are much more than a fashion accessory to go with an outfit but each one has a special meaning.Her jewellery is considered to be one of the most valuable and impressive collections in the world.The stunning brooches range from ones gifted to the Queen or specially commissioned pieces of jewellery for a certain event.Her brooches also vary from being of historical significance to a sentimental meaning close to Her Majesty’s heart.One of the Queen’s most special brooches is the Scarab Brooch, which is close to the Queen due to the fact it was a gift from her later husband Prince Philip in 1996.She wore the Scarab which is made from gold, ruby and diamond, for her and Philip’s platinum anniversary portrait.Not all of her brooches were created for Her Majesty with one in particular being commissioned by the Queen but not originally intended to be worn by her.The Centenary Rose Brooch was given to the Queen Mother in 2000 to celebrate her 100th birthday and included a frame of 100 diamonds.The centrepiece of the brooch is a hand-painted Queen Elizabeth Grandiflora Rose, which is the Queen’s coronation flower, on rock crystal.The Queen Mother wore the brooch on a few occasions before her death, when it was given to the Queen and worn for the first time on the 2002 Christmas Broadcast.Her Majesty is often seen wearing the Flower Basket Brooch that was given to her to celebrate the birth of Prince Charles and was decades later seen wearing it at Prince George’s christening, which could be her way of symbolizing the line of succession.One of her oldest brooches also