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The Queen in photos: 60 years of laughing

by | 5th, February 2012

THE Queen is making 60 years since her accession to the throne. For most of that 60 years her public face has been steady, a living statue who when you press her palm says something polite and meaningless. If it’s her birthday, a bouquet of flowers appears in her hands and a symphony strikes up. At all times she remains a millinery marvel, a woman in a lid. If she lives long enough the hat will come with solar panels and a windmill in an effort to reduce the Queen’s carbon footprint.

And that expression. It never changes does it? It’s the facial equivalent of Christmas pudding, a steamed stodgy confession. Well, actually it does. It turns out that Her Majesty is quite funny, and likes a laugh. You can see proof in our collection of photos of Her Maj having a giggle. What’s she laughing at? Well, Prince Edward’s not in any of the shots…

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Queen Elizabeth ll struggles with her hat in the wind whilst protocol demands that Sultan Qaboos stands rigidly to attention during the Queen's visit to Muscat, Oman in February 1979.. Photo: Anwar Hussein



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