The royal photographer who captured the image of Queen Elizabeth II during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations is sharing how he new the image would be "something special." Ranald Mackechnie, who captured the portrait of the late monarch in May, spoke to Lorraine on Wednesday and told the outlet that the Queen said, "Well, you can't make me," when he asked her to smile.
She giggled when he replied with "Well, you can try." The image was released ahead of Elizabeth’s funeral at the Westminster Abbey on Monday.The late monarch was seen in a light blue dress flashing a bright smile.
Speaking to the network, Mackechnie said he is "very proud" of his last image of Elizabeth and added that it was "one of those moments, when you know, as soon as you've taken it, you've got something special." He added: "We had quite a bit of a rapport that shot, we started with the other shot, and we're all set up...
and she arrived, and walked in, and we said ‘Hello’, and then she just looks at me and says ‘What do you want?’" "And I said ‘Well, I want you to smile and look happy.’ She looked back at me and she goes, ‘well, you can't make me’, and I said, ‘well, you can try.’" Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept.
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