The Queen speaking in London today when she opened the new International Maritime Organisation Headquarters building on the Albert Embankment

Agency: Press Association

A happy occasion, off duty for the Queen in 1974. A keen supporter and lover of horse racing, her majesty is seen patting her classic filly "Highclere" after a race at Ascot. This year, on 6 February, Her Majesty The Queen celebrates the 25th anniversary of her accession to the throne and the occasion will be marked by ceremonies and services throughout the land and commonwealth

Broadcast Date: 1977

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Central Press Photos

"Arise, Sir Francis". London. The Queen, using Sir Francis Drake's sword, dubs Sir Francis Chichester of knighthood in a public ceremony at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London. Sir Francis arrived at Greenwich in Gipsy Moth IV, in which he sailed alone around the world

Broadcast Date: 8 December 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Press Association

London. The Queen Mother at the Royal College of Music, South Kensington, when she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the Queen. The Queen is the college's Patron, the Queen Mother its President

Broadcast Date: 8 December 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Agency: The Sun

Royal Guard. Britain's Queen Elizabeth reviews the Gentlemen at Arms, the Sovereign's nearest guard, at St James's Palace, London, Wednesday, when she presented them with a new standard. The Gentlemen at Arms were started by King Henry VIII in 1509 as his personal bodyguard

Agency: Associated Press

London. Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth riding her horse "Burmese" past crowds at Buckingham Palace, on the way back after the Trooping the Colour Ceremony near the palace. A 17 year old youth fired six "blank shots" only a few feet from her as she arrived on horseback near the Horse Guards Parade where the ceremony took place. No one was hurt and the youth was dragged to the ground and arrested

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: UPI

Photographer: R Letkey

Farewell Burmese. This June 1986 photo from files shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth at this year's Trooping the Colour ceremony, riding Burmese. It was the last time she rode the horse at this ceremony, it was announced from Buckingham Palace Monday. In future, the Queen will drive to her annual birthday parade by carriage, meaning the end of the 18 year double act. The Queen has decided to retire the horse, nearly 24, and does not want to start again with a new side saddle horse

Broadcast Date: 22 December 1986

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 first time the Queen stepped on British soil as Monarch, her Majesty is seen arriving home from East Africa the day after her father, the late King George VI had died. She and the Duke were on a Royal Tour. At the bottom of the steps waiting to pay his respects to the new Queen is Winston Churchill who was then Prime Minister. The Queen's Silver Jubilee: This year, on 6 February, Her Majesty The Queen celebrates the 25th anniversary of her accession to the throne, and the occasion will be marked by ceremonies and services throughout the country and commonwealth

Broadcast Date: 6 February 1977

Agency: Central Press Photos

Queen's 25th Wedding Anniversary. Balmoral. The Queen making friends with the horses on the Balmoral estate. This is one of a series of pictures specially taken for first use in connection with the 25th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip. The anniversary date is the 20 November 1972

Broadcast Date: 31 October 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Royal Photographer. Badminton, Avon. The Queen, watched by the Duke of Edinburgh, uses a gold plated camera to photograph her horse Columbus at the veterinary inspection on the first day of the 1974 Badminton Horse Trials

Broadcast Date: 8 December 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth talks with members of the Boy's Brigade of the Bahamas during a walkabout of downtown Nassau. The Queen in currently touring the Bahamas

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Photographer: Joe Marquette

Visit Nepal. The Queen at the Tiger Shoot. Queen Elizabeth II of England holds on to the rail of the howoah on the back of a huge elephant as the guide behind her reaches for a rifle during the tiger shoot in the wild Nepalese bush country near Kathmandu on 27 February. Right rear King Mahendra also reaches for a rifle. Prince Philip can be seen in the centre background wearing a light coloured soft [text faded]. The Queen who rode to the meet on a small elephant fitted with a leather [text faded] transferred to the howoah for the actual shoot

Agency: Associated Press

Falmouth, Cornwall. On yesterday's arrival at Falmouth, The Queen meets [?] and representatives from the 14 RNLI stations in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Earlier, The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh had disembarked from Her Majesty's yacht Britannia for their Silver Jubilee visit to Cornwall

Agency: Press Association

Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. Britain's Queen Elizabeth, with uniformed Lieutenant General Sir David House, following, is greeted by school children as she leaves helicopter of Queen's Flight on arrival here Wednesday at Hillsborough Castle to start her jubilee visit to the troubled province

Agency: Associated Press

Visit to Tin Mine Cornwall St Ives [?] Wind blown Queen's protective helmet off which is handed back to her by Lord Falmouth

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Press Association

The Queen visits HMS Norfolk at Portsmouth. Sub Lieutenant Prince Charles, one of the ship's officers, acts as a guide. Queen and Prince Philip's Silver Wedding. London. 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 for 25 years on 20 November

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Press Association

Wearing a raincoat in readiness for a cloudburst, the Queen smiles at the cheering crowd, whose enthusiasm was not dampened by the dismal weather, when she arrived on Sark today to continue her tour of the Channel Islands

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Queen Elizabeth II talks to Chief Hilliard McNabb (a cree Indian) of the Gordon Reserve during a short stop here as the Royal Train travelled through northern Saskatchewan

Agency: United Press International

Photographer: Rod MacIvor

Agency: Unknown

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

Queen Elizabeth OBIT

Broadcast Date: 9 June 1977

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: Fox Photos

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth talks with Scouts, as she reviews St George's Day parade of 800 Queen's Scout's. Her Majesty is Patron of the Queen's Scouts

Agency: United Press International

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

Welcoming Banquet. Clinking their glasses together, The Queen toasts China's President Li Xiannian (77) at tonight's welcoming banquet in Peking, People's Republic of China, the first full day of her official visit

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Queen and Delegation. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sits with the delegates to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting during an official photo session aboard the Queen's yacht Britannia Wednesday in Nassau. Forty six leaders and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh pose with the Queen

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: David Caulkin

Deng and The Queen. China's top leader, Deng Xiaoping, gestures while speaking Tuesday morning with Britain's Queen Elizabeth. They met at Peking's Diaoyutai State Guest House

Agency: Associated Press

The Queen shakes hands with Dustin Hoffman, with Meryl Streep and Justin Henry the 8 year-old who have the leading roles in the film 'Kramer v Kramer', watching. This film was chosen for the Royal Film Performance, and held in the Odeon Theatre. Leicester Square. Also in the picture are Liv Ullman and Peter Cellers

Agency: BIPNA

Celebration for Royal Family. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary today. In this recent picture they are shown with their children and grandchild at their Scottish home, Balmoral Castle. (Left to right), Master Peter Phillips, his mother, Princess Anne, The Prince of Wales, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward (right)

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Balmoral Informality. Grampian, Scotland. Today the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary. They are seen in this recent picture in the grounds of their Scottish home Balmoral Castle, with their sons, The Prince of Wales (second right), Prince Andrew (second left), and Prince Edward

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary today. In this recent picture they are shown with their children and grandchild at their Scottish home, Balmoral Castle. Master Peter Phillips, his mother, Princess Anne, The Prince of Wales, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward

Agency: Unknown

State Banquet for King Hassan. King Hassan of Morocco with the Queen at Buckingham Palace tonight where the British and Moroccan royal families sat down to a state banquet. King Hassan and some members of his 180 strong entourage will be guests at the Palace for three nights during his first state visit to Britain

Agency: Press Association

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

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

First Photographs of Her Majesty The Queen with her New Baby. Photographed in the Blue Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with her fourth child, Prince Edward, who was born on 10 March 1964

Broadcast Date: 13 June 1964

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/58

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Cecil Beaton

Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by Portuguese President Antonio Ramalho Eanes review the Marine honor guard on arrival here this morning for a four day official visit

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Toast. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II toasts to the 600 year-old alliance between Britain and Portugal a gala dinner held in honour by Portuguese President Ramalho [text missing] at right, Tuesday night at the Ajuda Palace in Lisbon

Agency: Associated Press

Queen Elizabeth raises her glass to toast Portuguese President Romalho Eanes after she concluded her speech at last night's state banquet. Queen Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are in Portugal on a four day official visit

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/147

Agency: Reuter

This photograph is one of a series of Her Majesty The Queen and the Princes Andrew and Edward, taken recently by Lisa Sheridan in a sitting room at Windsor Castle

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/68

Photographer: Lisa Sheridan

London. The Queen, on her official birthday, points to where the RAF flypast, storm clouds permitting, should have come into view for the benefit of three year old Master Peter Phillips and the Earl of Ulster who is 5. They were on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour ceremony, and behind the Royal children is Peter's mother, Princess Anne

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/136

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Press Association Court Photographer]

Badminton, England. Royal spectators at the cross country event in the Badminton Horse Trials at this Wiltshire village. Left Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Next to her is Princess Margaret. Background Prince Andrew. Centre foreground Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. Queen Mother with binoculars and extreme right Lord Linley

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: UPI

After the Performance. Queen Elizabeth II, left, walks with San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein as they leave the Louise M Davies Symphony Hall Thursday after a musical performance

Agency: Associated Press

Queen Reviews Scouts. The Queen during today's ceremony of reviewing some of the 1000 Queen's Scouts in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle for their St George's Day Parade. The Queen is Patron of The Scout Association. She also met a party of young Scout Gallantry and Meritorious Award holders and special guests of The Scout Association. The march past was followed by a service in St George's Chapel

Agency: Press Association

Goodwood. The Queen with the Countess of March (right) at Goodwood racecourse today when she opened the new grandstand and presented the prize for the winner of the first race, Trevita, owned by Lord McAlpine and ridden by P Cook

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/137

Agency: Press Association

Queen Elizabeth arrives at the Sports ground here today wearing a traditional Maori kiwi feather cloak accompanied by the Minister of Maori Affairs, Koro Wetere. She received a welcome at the ground from the Maoris of New Zealand

Agency: Press Association/ Reuter

Photographer: Paul Estcourt

Agency: Hulton Picture Library