In honor of this weekend's Diamond Jubilee celebrating Queen Elizabeth's 60 year reign on the British throne, I present
The Queen as painted by Lucien Freud
The Queen's Norman Hartnell designed coronation dress
The Queen in her coronation dress
Updated: The Queen's Roger Vivier gold fleur-de-lis ruby encrusted coronation shoes (thank you for the suggestion from one of our RARE vintage blog readers. I can not believe I forgot the ruby slippers!)
The Queen photographed by Cecil Beaton
The Queen photographed by Annie Liebowitz
The Queen's enormous pink diamond, the Williamson Diamond Brooch, by Cartier
The Queen in her enormous pink diamond brooch
The Queen, Michelle Obama and the Queen's trusted purse
The Queen and her Corgis
The Queen in a hat
and The Queen all dolled up and in a crown
