QueenElizabethIIhasnowbeenonthethroneforaglorious70years.Thisbookpaystributetothislongservingmonarchchartingherjourney,inwordsandpictures,fromthe25yearoldyoungwomanwhoascendedtothethronein1953tothemuchlovedelderstateswomanoftoday.ThiscelebrationofHerMajestyQueenElizabethIIoffersthedefinitiveillustratedstoryofherpublicandprivatelifespanningthe20thand21stcenturies.Featuringtheincredibletradition,history,glamour,andcultureofHerMajesty,thisbookalsofollowstheinternationaltours,statefunctions,royalweddings,andjubilees,andshowcasesthegloriousroyalphotographyofsomeofthemostwellknownRoyalphotographersandarchives.
