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Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration

This event has now finished Until Sun Apr 22 V&A, Cromwell Rd, London, SW7 2RL Full details & map

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Cecil Beaton, Queen Elizabeth II in Coronation Robes, June 1953 Cecil Beaton, Queen Elizabeth II in Coronation Robes, June 1953 - © V&A images

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The Queen was a teenage princess when she first sat for the photographer Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) and his portraits over the following decades show her changing role as a mother and monarch. To mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, around 100 of these images are on display, alongside Beaton's diary entries and letters, press cuttings and film and radio footage. Featuring formal shots of significant occasions as well as more casual photos featuring the Queen with her children, the show examines the relationship between the pair. It also looks at the extent to which Beaton controlled the use of his photographs and how they were selected by the Palace.

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V&A, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL

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The V&A houses one of the world's greatest collections of decorative arts, in such varied fields as ceramics, sculpture, portrait miniatures and...

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Transport South Kensington 

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020 7942 2000, bookings 08445 791940

http://www.vam.ac.uk

10am-5.45pm daily, until 10pm Fri (selected galleries only)

£6

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