One photo a day, until the weekend of celebrations for the Platinum Jubileewhich was missing exactly 70 days. Thus the official Instagram profile of the British royal family will pay homage to the Queen Elizabeth II from now to June. And it begins with one of the most beautiful – and well known – official images of Majesty of her: the one taken on February 26, 1952just 20 days later the accession to the thronefrom Dorothy Wilding.
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It was there first official photo of Elizabeth II, and those who lived in England at that time (but also those who are passionate about numismatics and philately) remember it well. Because the beautiful facedominated by the crownof the new e very young sovereign immortalized in the shot, it came reproduced on each new one currency, banknote And stamp of the nation and ended up in the pockets, wallets and mail of all the British.
In 1952, Britain was still suffering from the aftermath of the Second World War. Some products were rationed, and although the tea rationing lasted only until the end of 1952, supplies of many other goods remained reduced for another two years. But the Nation he had great hopes in that young sovereign who, already 5 years before becoming queen, had promised to his subjects that his entire life, whether it had been “long or short”, would have been “dedicated to your service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong“.
Today this photo is part of a collection of official portraits which in the summer of 2022 will be exhibited in the boardrooms of Buckingham Palaceunder a exhibition which will tell the path to the throne of Elizabeth II.
Dorothy Wilding, who – prima donna of history called to photograph British royalty – had already immortalized kings George VI and the Queen Motherrealized of Elizabeth ben 59 portraitsin some of which the young queen appears without tiarawearing a dress that bares her shoulders, pearl earrings and a necklace that was given to her in South Africa in 1947.
Some of these shots will end up in the series that will be published on Instagram, along with the others Official photos from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. A path 70 years long which will be a pleasure to rediscover.
Source: Vanity Fair
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