Caption: Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge leave after a visit to Fortnum and Mason
All over the world yesterday, that
photograph of three Queens in a line — one present, two future — will
have been analysed with much fascination.
It shows three generations of royalty all very comfortable with each other — especially the youngest who, less than a year ago, was a middle-class girl from Berkshire.
It shows three generations of royalty all very comfortable with each other — especially the youngest who, less than a year ago, was a middle-class girl from Berkshire.
There is astonishment in some royal
circles that the Queen and Philip have chosen Kate to accompany them on a
visit to Leicester on Thursday to launch the diamond jubilee tour of
the country.
