Smiles All Around. Britain's Queen Elizabeth, and Chinese behind her including Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian, smile as Chinese youngster salutes after presenting her with a bouquet Sunday at Peking airport. The Queen arrived for a six day visit to China, her first

Agency: Associated Press

Queen Elizabeth II looks down at a bouquet of flowers presented her on her tour of St Paul Regional School in St. Paul Wednesday afternoon. The Queen and Royal Family are on a 12 day tour of Canada

Agency: Associated Press

Royal Charter. The Queen at the Industrial Society in London today where she presented the society with a Royal Charter. The society, an independent charitable organisation, will keep its name and not add the prefix 'Royal'

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Maundy Gift for The Queen. The Queen accepts a bunch of daffodils from a well wisher in the crowd during her walkabout today after the traditional Maundy Thursday service in Ely Cathedral, where she had presented the Royal Maundy money to 122 pensioners, a man and a woman for each of her 61 years. The Royal Maundy dates back to the 12th century. In her left hand, the Queen carries a sweet smelling nosegay, following a custom which survives from the days when such a posy was thought to afford protection against the plague

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Queen's Ticket to Ride.The Queen chats with Lord Mayor of London, Sir David Rowe-Ham sitting in one of the high tech system's driverless trains at Popular Station in east London today, when she inaugurated the £77 million docklands railway

Agency: Press Association

The Queen presents the Winners Cup for the 'Best Turned-Out Group of Officers and Horses' to 'Peeler' PC David Edwards, of Hyde Park Station at a Horse Show at Imber Court, Surrey today. The show marks the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth II reviews the Guard of Honour upon her arrival on the Queen's Pier today at the start of her two day visit to the colony. Colour key: Dress is aqua blue, red ball on top of Ghurka caps, gloves white, flesh tones

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Photographer: Richard Ellis

Queen at Royal Society. The Queen meets Lord Rhodes at last night's reception to mark the inauguration of the Royal Fellowship Programme in China, which she attended at the Royal Society in London with the Duke of Edinburgh

Agency: Press Association

The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, makes her speech at today's Opening of Parliament

Agency: Press Association

Queen's Speech. The Queen, wearing her imperial state crown delivers her speech outlining the new Conservative government's legislative programme, in the Chamber of the House of Lords during the state opening of parliament today

Agency: Press Association

The Queen today making her speech in the Chamber of the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament

Agency: Press Association

State Opening of Parliament. The Queen, in a full skirted dress of lace and Taffeta embroidered with silver and pearls, and wearing a diamond necklace and earrings gives her speech to the House of Lords during today's State Opening of Parliament

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth and local game warden Richard Prickett survey the surroundings near the famous Treetops Lodge after the Queen fulfilled a 31 year-old promise to return to the place where she became Queen of England

Agency: United Press International

Photographer: Garry Kemper

The Queen and the Queen Mother today, leaving the Royal Chapel in Windsor Great Park, where they attended morning prayer together

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II walking down the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, London after attending the Service of the Order of St Michael and St George

Agency: United Press International

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh is presented with a birthday cake in London's Covent Garden, Monday night, during her walk about celebrating her 60th birthday, prior to attending the Royal Opera House Convent Garden, for the gala "Fanfare for Elizabeth". The cake is to be given to London's Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital

Agency: Associated Press

London. The Queen leans forward to reassure her horse, Burmese, as she enters the Horse Guards Parade today after the incident in the Mall. A man fired several blanks at her from a replica pistol as she rode down the Mall for the Trooping the Colour ceremony. He was arrested and taken to Cannon Row police station

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

London. The Queen calms her horse, Burmese, while policemen get into action after shots were heard as she rode down the Mall for the Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London today, which later went ahead on Horse Guards Parade without further incident. A man from the crowd was arrested

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

BBC1 Colour. The Queen's Christmas Day Broadcast. The Queen, photographed in her sitting room at Buckingham Palace during the filming of her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth. Her Majesty was wearing a dress of terra cotta wool with a pearl necklace and ear rings and a diamond brooch in the shape of a fern leaf, given by the women of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1953

Broadcast Date: 25 December 1970

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/118

Agency: BBC

Broadcast Date: 6 April 1978

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/133

Agency: Camera Press

Proud Moment for England and Bobby. London. England captain Bobby Moore holds the Jules Rimet trophy and pauses for a congratulatory word from the Queen at Wembley on 30 July 1966, after England had beaten West Germany in extra time by four goals to two to win the 1966 World Cup. With the Queen are the Duke of Edinburgh and FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous

Broadcast Date: 8 December 1976

Agency: Press Association

London. File photo of Queen Elizabeth II during her coronation ceremony. Thursday is the 30th anniversary of the state and religious pomp of her coronation in Westminster Abbey when she ascended the throne following the death of her father, George VI

Broadcast Date: 6 January 1983

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: UPI

The Duke Pays Homage. London. The Duke of Edinburgh paying homage to the Queen during her Coronation in Westminster Abbey

Broadcast Date: 8 December 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

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Agency: Press Association

Coronation Medal. A special medal to commemorate the Queen's Coronation, one of a limited edition struck by the Royal Mint as a means of raising funds for the Westminster Abbey Trust. The medal is available in platinum, gold, gold plated or silver. The designs are by Michael Rizzello, OBE, President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and feature on the obverse (left) a view of the West front of the Abbey, and on the reverse the Coronation Chair

Agency: Press Association

The Queen wearing a pale blue coat and straw hat in a darker blue, waves goodbye on today's grey day departure from Heathrow airport, London for her month long tour of Australia and other parts of the Commonwealth

Agency: Press Association

The engagement of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Royal Navy, is announced, and the happy young couple are pictured together at Buckingham Palace. Queen and Prince Philip's Silver Wedding. Press Association library photo from a collection re-issued to mark the silver wedding of The Queen and Prince Philip, who will have been married 25 years on 20 November

Broadcast Date: August 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

At the Head of the Troops. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the uniform of Colonel in Chief of the Scots Guards, accompanied by Prince Philip, right returns from Horse Guard's Parade, following the ceremony of Trooping the Colour in London, Saturday. Despite fears of a possible terrorist attack Her Majesty rode the 24 year old mare Burmese at the head of her troops as usual to and from the parade ground

Agency: Associated Press

Windsor. The Prince of Wales receives a star shaped medallion from his mother, The Queen, at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park, this evening, after his team, England II, beat Spain in this afternoon's Silver Jubilee Cup Polo meeting. This proved to be the heir to the throne's last polo game as a bachelor. On Wednesday, he weds Lady Diana Spencer, who watched today's game

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

London. Queen Elizabeth II (left) in delighted mood as she does walk about on leaving St Paul's Cathedral following the Silver Jubilee Thanksgiving Service. Here the Queen stops to talk with children in St Paul's Churchyard

Agency: UPI

State Visit by The Amir of The State of Qatar. The Queen, Princess Anne and Princess Margaret at London's Victoria Station today to greet the Amir of the State of Qatar on his arrival for a four day State Visit to Britain

Agency: Press Association

London. Queen Lands at Heathrow. The Queen greets her pet corgis, delivered by her aide, at Heathrow, London today when her flight stopped off at the airport on its way to Balmoral following the Queen's three day visit of the British Forces in West Germany

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of Britain are greeted by Emperor Hirohito of Japan, right, at the entrance of the Imperial Palace here Wednesday night as the British Royal couple arrive for an Imperial Banquet by the Japanese Majesties

Agency: Associated Press

Queen Elizabeth II and President Tito listen to anthems of their countries being played at Belgrade Airport today

Agency: Associated Press

The Queen's Tour of Eastern Arabia 1979. Early yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had their first taste of life in the Gulf when they watched student dancers perform rhythmic Bedouin dances and harsh wailing songs of the desert. After the display the Royal couple left for the Royal Yacht Britannia. Picture shows: With the famous Kuwait Water Towers in the background, the Queen leaves the display with the 80 year-old Sheik Abdullah Jabir. Following behind the Queen is the Duke

Broadcast Date: 14 February 1979

Agency: Central Press Photos

Queen Elizabeth and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Drive to Holyrood Park, Edinburgh for beating retreat ceremony by the massed bands, pipes and drums of the Scottish division

Agency: Unknown

Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) arriving with Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) aged nearly eleven, at Central Hall, Westminster on 6 April 1937 for the Coronation concert for children

Broadcast Date: 27 November 1986

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

British Queen Elizabeth is all smile when West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt jokes with photographers outside the Palais Schaumburg in Bonn Tuesday where Scmidt received the British Queen for lunch

Agency: Associated Press

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Camera Press London

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Camera Press London

A 1928 library picture of the toddler Princess Elizabeth enjoying a carriage drive in London. The Queen's 60th Birthday 5 March 1986: one of a special series of 12 pictures to mark The Queen's 60th Birthday on 21 April 1986

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth chatting with George and Rose Matthews-Smith, the Pearly Kind and Queen of Camden, a suburb of London, after attending a concert and reception at the Royal Festival Hall, to celebrate the Silver Wedding Anniversary of the Royal couple

Agency: United Press International

London. A June 1953 library picture of the scene of the balcony at Buckingham Palace as members of the Royal view the fly past by the Royal Air Force after the Coronation. With the Queen, wearing the Imperial State Crown, are (from left) Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Philip, the Queen Mother and the Duke of Gloucester (rear)

Broadcast Date: 9 April 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/57

Agency: PA-Reuter

Queen Lays Wreath. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II lays a wreath at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall, today during Remembrance Day services

Agency: BIPPA

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/148

Agency: The Royal Warrant Holders Association

Queen Elizabeth II signs the Proclamation of Australia Act as Prime Minister Bob Hawke looks on. The Act puts to an end all vestiges of British Colonial rule in Australia

Broadcast Date: 3 March 1986

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/49

Agency: BIPPA