Books on Sunday: Elizabeth II - A Queen For Our Time

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During the covid pandemic I really missed the tiara moments of the royals,
though I found some solace in beautiful books.

One of them was published on 1 December 2021 and written/collected by
photographer Chris Jackson. The book came just in time for
Christmas and New Year.





It is a collection of the most beautiful pictures of Queen Elizabeth II during the two
most recent decades of her reign. It also mentions the highlights of the royal year in
the United Kingdom.

The book is devided into 7 chapters:

- An extraordinary reign;
- Duty and Dignity;
- Global Icon;
- Never out of fashion;
- Family First;
- Horses and Highlands;
- Passing on the Baton.

This is a wonderful book for the royal collection. 



I hope there will be plenty of more royal books and souvenirs for
the Platium Jubilee. 


Who is Chris Jackson?


Chris Jackson is Getty Images Royal Photographer.

From private shoots with HM The Queen to The Prince of Wales,
Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
Prince Harry to covering some of the world’s biggest news stories
Chris has photographed a diverse range of subjects and events during his
18 years with the agency. Assignments have taken him from the Earthquake
Zones of Pakistan to the Galapagos Islands, Australia, Los Angeles,
Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Japan, Dubai, Indonesia, Brunei, The Solomon Islands,
Papua New Guinea, the Arctic Circle, Belize, Brazil and many more.

He has covered events as diverse as drought in the Horn of Africa,
the Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI , Venice Film Festival,
charity climbs to the top of Kilimanjaro and Inca trail, Royal weddings,
births, christenings and every major royal tour with the British
Royal family over the last decade.

His images are published regularly on the front pages of newspapers around
the world and regularly feature in Newsweek, The Washington Post,
The Telegraph, Tatler, Hello!, the Times and the Telegraph to name but a few.

More about him on his website on this link. 




Source pictures: Book covers 

Location: Verenigd Koninkrijk

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