HRH 80th birthday portait

[PollyG]

Originally Posted by Photo44

Please forgive my ignorance - I'm American...but is that the Queen of England?
She looks great for being 80! If I were called on to take portraits of the Queen I'd probably be so nervous I'd forget all my good sense and get flogged for underexposing the whole roll or something!

Yes, that is indeed the Queen. She's amazing! She doesn't look 80 and she seems to have the energy of someone much younger too.

Lord Snowdon (formerly Anthony Armstrong-Jones) was previously married to Princess Margaret, the Queen's younger sister.

Pol

[Leif]

I'm not keen on the picture. I agree with others that light is too harsh, and the expression seems forced and decidedly odd.

As an aside, I find all of this Royal birthday business smacks of toadying and/or furlock tugging. I thought the Middle Ages ended some time ago, and status is based on merit and hard work, and not birth and patronage.

Is that an egg I see flying in my direction? Where is John Prescott when you need him.

Leif