Antony Armstrong-Jones: Last News

Billions of people across the globe are expected to watch Queen Elizabeth II's funeral today. Britain's longest-reigning monarch died age 96 on Thursday (September 8) at Balmoral Castle.

The late Queen was surrounded by close friends and confidants her entire life and it is fair to say that their love and support was crucial to her historic reign. While the monarch is sadly no longer with us, she did have several loved ones who were frequently seen at her side, including her niece Lady Sarah Chatto. Princess Margaret's daughter was said to be "adored" by her aunt as she would spend huge amounts of time at Buckingham Palace as a child and was the only member of the Royal Family who would be invited to join the monarch at her favourite Scottish retreat, Craigowan Lodge.

Cara Delevingne's grandmother Jane Stevens, the former lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, has died.The 85 year old, who was known as Janie Sheffield, acted as Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting for many years and grew to be a close confidante of the late Royal up until her death in 2002. Described as an elegant woman with “a great sense of fun” by daughter and mother to model Cara, Pandora Delevingne, Jane lived quite the eventful life, she revealed. “She was stunning, elegant and had a great sense of fun,” Pandora told the Daily Mail.

The Telegraph about his lengthy career and divulged a few secrets about photographing Diana as well as Queen Elizabeth II back in the day.Bailey claimed in his interview that the Princess of Wales — who died in 1997 after a car crash — had “terrible hair” while the “girlish” Queen had “beautiful” locks.He noted a moment in 1988 when he was shooting the young royal and his assistant dropped a light on her head.“I thought, “Oh f–k!,'” he recalled, adding that Diana replied: “Don’t think about it; it was a terrible accident.”“I told her she had been very magnanimous. That’s right, because she asked me what magnanimous meant,” he continued.The artist then claimed that Diana’s tresses were “solid as a plastic dummy” due to the copious amounts of hairspray used.Bailey earned notoriety for his eclectic black and white portraits, with one of his most famous works being the one of Diana taken in 1989 when she was just 27.Photographer Norman Parkinson was the first nominated to take snapshots of the mother of two, however, she later chose Bailey.