It was 70 years ago that Queen Elizabeth took her very first portraits as monarch.  Just 20 days after Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne following the death of her father, King George VI, she sat for her first official sitting with photographer Dorothy Wilding.  The then-25-year-old Queen wore pearl earrings and the South Africa Necklace, a 21st birthday gift from the Government of the Union of South Africa in 1947, with an off-the-shoulder dress.  A total of 59 photographs were taken by Wilding and were the basis of the Queen's image on postage stamps from 1953 until 1971, as well as providing the official portrait of the monarch, which was sent to every British embassy throughout ...
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