Summer 2016 Issue

Annie Leibovitz’s Intimate Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family

The Vanity Fair photographer was the first American in history to capture the monarch and her family in an official portrait. Click through to see photographs from their collaborations in 2007 and 2016.

By Vanity Fair

Photography by Annie Leibovitz

May 31, 2016

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Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
Queen Elizabeth II on the steps of the East Terrace at Windsor Castle with corgi Willow, dorgi Vulcan, corgi Holly, and dorgi Candy, in April.
Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
The Queen and her daughter, Anne, the Princess Royal, in the White Drawing Room at Windsor in April.

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
The Queen in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, 2007.
Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, in the Oak Sitting Room at Windsor in April; they have been married for nearly 69 years.

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
The Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2007.
Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
The Queen, surrounded by two of her eight grandchildren (James, Viscount Severn, 8, and Lady Louise, 12) and her five great-grandchildren (Mia Tindall, 2; Princess Charlotte, 1; Savannah Phillips, 5; Prince George, 2; and Isla Phillips, 4), in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor in April.

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
The Queen in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in 2007.
Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

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