President Giscard d'Estaing has lunch with The Queen at Windsor Castle. When President Giscard d'Estaing of France arrived at Windsor Castle with Prime Minister Callaghan who had met him on his arrival at Heathrow Airport, to lunch with The Queen, she came out to greet them. Photo shows The French president and Prime Minister Callaghan pose with The Queen on their arrival at Windsor Castle for lunch today

Agency: BIPNA

The Queen, in an attractive coat with matching cape and wrap, chats with her sister, Princess Margaret, when they turned up at this afternoon's race meeting at Ascot. The Queen Mother, who was also at the racecourse, was a little unfortunate. Her horse, Isle of Man, finished fourth out of four runners in the Frogmore Handicap Steeple Chase

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

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

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh attended a performance of "The Good Life" tonight at the BBC TV Studios in aid of the commonwealth games appeal. The Queen Meets the cast after the show Paul Eddington, Penelope Keith, Felicity Kendal, Richard Briars

Agency: United Press International

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

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II seen during her speech at the State Opening of Parliament today. Setting out the Government's legislative for the final session of the present parliament

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Keystone

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's Tour of Eastern Arabia 1979. The second day of the Queen and Prince Philip's three week tour of the Middle East was a series of seething motorcades and cheering expatriots as they toured the various places of interest. Picture shows: Royal Happiness... The Queen and Prince Philip with Prince Sa'ad (The Crown Prince and Prime Minister) and His Royal Highness The Emir of Kuwait enjoy a touch of light relief before dinner on board the Royal Yacht Britannia in the evening

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Central Press Photos

Queen's 1979 Tour of The Gulf. Just before the Queen arrived at Riyadh airport in Concorde, all the guards bowed low in prayer on the tarmac and military bands put down their instruments and guns and prostrated themselves on rugs. Such is the awe and reverence that the people of their oil state have for jet age power. The Queen was wearing a full length sapphire silk dress with long sleeves out of respect for the custom of Saudi Arabia. Picture shows: The wind catches the Queen's dress as she is welcomed by King Khalid, who needed the aid of a walking stick after a recent severe operation. Buckingham Palace confirm that dress is by Hardy Amies

Broadcast Date: 19 February 1979

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles waving to the waiting crowds today when they appeared on the balcony at Buckingham Palace for the traditional fly past by the Royal Air Force after the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards in celebration of the Queen's official birthday

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth II's royal standard flies from the fender of one of the German cars donated to Zambia by the Mercedes Benz corporation for the royal visit and Commonwealth Conference

Agency: Associated Press

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the time of their 32nd Wedding anniversary. With them in this picture at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, their grandson, Master Peter Phillips, and their children, Peter's mother, the Princess Anne, and (2nd left to right), Prince Edward, The Prince of Wales and Prince Andrew

Broadcast Date: 5 March 1986

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Press Association Court Photographer]

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/393

Agency: Unknown

Pope John Paul II makes the way to Queen Elizabeth II on England when he received her and her husband Prince Philip (partially hidden by the Pope) in his studio at the Apostolic Palace at Vatican City Friday

Agency: Associated Press

The Queen with Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones reading the original deed of gift of the little Welsh cottage. "Y Bwthyn Bach" in the grounds of Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park. It lists everything in the cottage and where it came from when it was presented to the people of Wales in 1931. They can be seen in a new Royal Heritage programme which traces the story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors. Told by Sir Huw Wheldon, it will be screened on BBC1 on 28 December

Broadcast Date: 9 April 1981

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/138

Agency: Press Association

With Anna Ford and David Nicholas

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/140

Agency: Press Association

New York: The British royal family is considering the purchase of a $5 million, 21 room apartment in New York City, New York magazine reported. The magazine said the family was considering the purchase of the apartment in Trump Tower, building in the foreground shown under construction, a 68 story luxury condominium on Manhattan's East Side

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/146

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Andy Lopez

London. The Queen with Prince Charles and his bride to be, Lady Diana Spencer, at Buckingham Palace today after a Privy Council meeting

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/144

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Press Association Court Photographer]

Norway Visit. A small group of demonstrators with slogan saying 'Elizabeth Go' as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives here Tuesday

Agency: Associated Press

The Queen, tense and shaken after the shooting incident in the Mall today, rides into Horseguards Parade for the ceremony of the Trooping of the Colour. A man was arrested after he had fired several blanks from a replica pistol in the crowd as the Queen passed

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

London. Mrs Shirley Sarjeant (centre hat) and daughter Veronica age 18 (right). Woman on extreme left not identified. They're seen leaving Bow Street court. Her son Marcus Sarjeant , the 17 year old youth accused of firing a blank pistol near the Queen on 13 June, was remanded in custody

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: UPI

Photographer: J Eggitt

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shelters beneath an umbrella, accompanied by one of the Maori elders, as she passes through lines of cheering festival performers during her walk through the crowd at the Polynesian festival welcome to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Auckland Domain Saturday. Heavy rain marred the performance with the grass being totally waterlogged

Agency: Associated Press

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip walk in procession during the State opening of Parliament in which she announced government plans to curb labour union powers and continue tough anti inflation policies

Agency: United Press International

Heathrow. The Queen holding the lead of one of the Royal corgis at Heathrow airport today when she returned from a weekend at Sandringham

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Darwin, Australia. The Queen stops to chat to a group of aboriginal children during a "Meet the People" walk along [text missing]

Agency: Unknown

The Queen has a word with some of the young children and their parents who were at Darwin airport to greet her at the start of her visit to Australia

Agency: Associated Press

Escorted by a flotilla of dugout canoes, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are paddled ashore for their visit on Tuesday to the South Pacific islands of Tuvalu (formerly the Ellice Islands). The decorated Royal canoes carry masses of foliage. After landing, the Queen and the Duke were carried in the canoes, shoulders high of burly islanders

Broadcast Date: 28 October 1982

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

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Agency: Unknown

Hear Anthems. Prince Phillip, Mrs Paloma de la Madrid, Queen Elizabeth II and Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid stand during the playing of the national anthems after the Queen arrived in this Mexican resort town Thursday

Agency: Associated Press

Arriving for Dinner. Queen Elizabeth II, left, is escorted by Nancy Reagan, wife of the president, as she arrives for dinner at 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles Sunday night. The Queen is spending two days in Los Angeles

Agency: Associated Press

Mountain Men Royal Greeting. The Kit Carson Mountain Men greeted Queen Elizabeth II with yells and horns as she left Sacramento's Sutter Fort following a tour Friday

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Walt Zeboski

Waves to the Crowd. The Queen is followed by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as she waves to a crowd of about 2,000 on her arrival to Vancouver Wednesday

Agency: Unknown

Lined up for the Official. The Swedish and British Royal Couples lined up here today at the Royal Palace for the official picture on Queen Elizabeth's and Prince Philip's first day of their state visit to Sweden. Left to right Swedish King Carl Gustaf, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Silvia and Prince Philip

Agency: Associated Press

Wearing a white fur stole over a two toned panelled gown, The Queen accompanied by Lord Delfont, in the foyer of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London this evening, en route to the Royal box for the Royal Variety performance which aids the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund. This year's performance is dedicated to the Dance, and hosted by Hollywood legend, Gene Kelly

Agency: Press Association

Something reminiscent of the British Raj. Queen Elizabeth II of England appears as if riding in a palanquin, the ancient mode of carriage befitting monarchs and nobility in India, carried by masquerading schoolgirls of St Thomas School. The Queen actually walked behind the curtained palanquin

Agency: United Press International

Photographer: Ramesh Pande

Queen Elizabeth and local game warden Richard Prickett look over the scenery in front of the famous Treetops Lodge in northern Kenya where she became Queen in 1952

Agency: United Press International

Photographer: Gary Kemper

Queen Elizabeth II holds the hand of child named Jamal during a visit to the Save the Children Nutrition Center here. The Queen is on a state visit to Bangladesh

Agency: United Press International

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

Queen Elizabeth walks with Chief Wellington Staats during a visit to the site of the Chapel of the Mohawks. The Queen spent the day touring the Southern Ontario

Agency: UPC

Photographer: Julien Lebourdais

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

The Queen, her hand bandaged reportedly from a sprain, sits in on the morning editorial conference today at The Times in Gray's Inn Road, London, her visit marking the paper's bicentenary. She will return to the paper this evening to see the printing operations preparation

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth II is shown the front page of tomorrow's Times newspaper as she visits the Times offices in London tonight to mark their bicentenary of the newspaper. There was an earlier embarrassing moment for Times management when one of their senior reporters seemed to indicate that the Queen had taken sides in the miners strike

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Southampton. The Queen with three of her grandchildren, Zara, William and Peter on board Britannia

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Royal Visit. Queen Elizabeth II, right, after she was presented a bouquet of flowers upon her arrival at the Belize City International airport, Wednesday. Standing next to the Queen is Her Excellency the Governor General Dame Minita E Gordon of Belize

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: David Caulkin

Queen Elizabeth holds a straw bag presented to her in the Straw Market as she talks with the local vendors. Queen Elizabeth is on a Royal tour of the Bahamas

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Photographer: Chas Cancellare

Bust of Prince William. The new bust of Prince William (right) with other portrait sculptures completed by Franta Belsky, The Queen (left) and The Queen Mother, at the sculpture's studios in Pembroke Gardens, London

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Queen Elizabeth II listens as a guide explains Nepali temple design during a sightseeing tour of the ancient city of Bhaktapur today. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh complete their visit to Nepal and depart for New Zealand tomorrow

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

A young woman is held by police and a security man after she threw an egg at Queen Elizabeth this morning at Ellerslie Race Track in Auckland. Two eggs were thrown at the Queen while she was attending an event with 42,000 schoolchildren

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Photographer: Gary Kemper

A Maori man is arrested at Clive, near Naoier in New Zealand on Tuesday after he showed his buttocks to Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip as they drove past during their tour of the country. Showing one's buttocks is the ultimate insult a Maori can make

Agency: Associated Press

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