LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) – A younger Queen Elizabeth seems on the entrance cowl of British Vogue for its April challenge, in what the style journal mentioned was a tribute to the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee this yr.
The image in black and white was taken by photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones within the early years of Elizabeth’s 70-year reign. Armstrong-Jones, who died in 2017, was married to Elizabeth’s late sister, Princess Margaret, between 1960 and 1978.
It’s the first time Elizabeth seems in photographic type on the journal’s cowl, having beforehand featured in illustrations marking her marriage to Prince Phillip in 1947 in addition to for her Silver Jubilee in 1977.
“British Vogue pays particular tribute to Her Majesty The Queen by trying again by itself distinctive relationship with the Monarch throughout her seventy years on the throne,” the journal mentioned in an announcement.
The difficulty, which works on sale on March 29, has twin covers with the opposite depicting “The Queen’s Gambit” actress Anya Taylor-Pleasure sporting a duplicate of the George IV State Diadem.
The longest-reigning monarch in British historical past, Elizabeth, who turns 96 in April, marked her Platinum Jubilee in February. The federal government plans 4 days of celebrations from June 2-5.
Reporting by Sarah Mills and Marie-Louise Gumuchian
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