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Royal portraits that got it right: before the ‘red King Charles’ controversy, Queen Elizabeth and her brood were lovingly captured by famous photographers like Annie Leibovitz, Rankin and Cecil Beaton
STORYVincenzo La Torre
- Now on show at Buckingham Palace, new exhibition ‘Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography’ features 150 prints of members of the house of Windsor dating back to the early 1920s
- As well as several classic shots by celebrity photographers, intimate images were captured by Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, once married to Princess Margaret
Few families have ever been scrutinised and obsessed over like the British royals. The subjects of countless articles, books, television shows and more, the late Queen Elizabeth and her brood – including her son Charles, the current King – have always been in the spotlight, sometimes willingly, as the exhibition “Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography”, documents.
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Held at the King’s Gallery – formerly the Queen’s Gallery – in Buckingham Palace until October 6 this year, the show displays more than 150 prints of members of the house of Windsor dating back to the early 1920s and extending right up to the present day.
Besides its illustrious subjects, the exhibition also stands out for the famous names behind the camera, ranging from living photographers such as Annie Leibovitz and Rankin, to the late Cecil Beaton and Lord Snowdon, once married to Princess Margaret.
