We tend to forget that these images were made for PR purposes they went all over the world."īeaton took photographs of Elizabeth at various stages of her reign: as a 16-year-old on becoming colonel-in-chief of the Grenadier Guards, at her coronation, and after the birth of each of her four children. "I think she understood that he was a real asset to them: he could really help, in terms of their public profile, and his images were circulated so widely. "I think they got on very well," said Brown. There will also be unexhibited shots of the wartime bomb damage to Buckingham Palace during the blitz – it was hit nine times.īeaton prepared intensively and nervously for each sitting in an attempt to get the perfect portrait. Given the nature of Beaton's commission, his work was up among the most widely viewed and published photographs of the 20th century, many of the portraits will be quite familiar.īut the show's curator, Susanna Brown, said there would be items not previously exhibited, including informal snapshots of the Queen preparing for her coronation day in 1953, and the golden coach returning to the palace afterward.
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