Caption: What a difference! Left, the Queen this afternoon at the Windsor Horse Show, and right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, her Angela Kelly crystal-studded dress and and an ermine stole at Parliament today
Just this morning, the Queen attended the Opening of Parliament dressed in her full State finery.
The Imperial State Crown was perched on her perfect candyfloss curls and her diminutive figure was shrouded in the impressive 18ft fur-trimmed Robe Of State.
Hours later though, the monarch cut a very different figure as she hunkered down under a headscarf (Hermes, naturally) and navy raincoat against the grim British weather.
At times, as the rain drizzled down and the corners of her headscarf blew about in the breeze, the monarch's mouth was set in a grim line.
But appearances can be deceiving and the Queen, attending the first day of the Windsor Horse Show, would likely have been in her element.
Click link for full post from The Daily Mail.