Remembering Queen Elizabeth II: Her Reign, Her Love, and Her Sisterhood

[A special delivery from the Vanity Fair Archive]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour logo image]( Queen Elizabeth II was the subject of Vanity Fair profiles and photo portfolios over decades. Revisit some of the most illuminating pieces about Britain’s longest-reigning monarch here. [The Elizabethan Aura]( [To mark her 90th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II sat for an unprecedented photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz, their second collaboration. The resulting portraits provided an intimate, wide-ranging tribute to a steadfast ruler—the longest-serving monarch in Britain’s history. William Shawcross analyzed the subtle power of her reign.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [The Pleasure of Her Company]( [To be her guest was to be utterly charmed, confided Reinaldo Herrera.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Love and Majesty]( [It was, in 1947, that rarest of unions: a royal love match. But though the dashing Prince Philip of Greece and the 21-year-old heiress to Britain’s throne were clearly besotted as they began a life and family together, trouble lay ahead as “Lilibet” became “Her Majesty” and the new Duke of Edinburgh chafed at his consort role. In an adaptation from her biography, Sally Bedell Smith described the dynastic struggle that rocked Queen Elizabeth II’s marriage and the difficult choices she was forced to make.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [In Her Majesty’s Private Service]( [Working for her was never dull, recalled Sir Kenneth Scott.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [A Most Intimate Subject]( [Even after one became monarch and the other her subject, HM Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret retained a singular intimacy. Reinaldo Herrera provided an outsider’s firsthand glimpse of what the sisters shared, and Her Majesty’s profound loss when that tie was severed.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [A Study in Character]( [One of the most photographed women in history was clearly an alpha, observed Laura Jacobs.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Vanity Fair Logo](www.vanityfair.com) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.