Restive Queen Refuses to Remove Her Crown for the Sassy Photographer

Photo of the Queen courtesy of The Guardian

THE GUARDIAN: The Queen, as we know, has survived a great many hardships in her 55-year reign including war, the loss of the royal yacht and more anni horribiles than she might care to remember. But a recent encounter with the celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz was more than she could endure according to a new fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Leibovitz, famed for her celebrity portraits, was photographing the Queen for a series of official pictures to commemorate her trip to Washington in May when she inadvertently annoyed her by suggesting a more informal pose. The monarch, the queen of celebrity photography and a very royal flounce (more) By Owen Gibson

Mark Alexander