A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken by Cecil Beaton on October 16, 1968, released on the first anniversary of Her late Majesty's death, chosen by King Charles III.
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Buckingham Palace has released the last official portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II, taken in May 2022.
Taken by Ranald Mackechnie, it was shot ahead of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations and shows the 96-year-old sovereign posing at her Windsor Castle home.
The pearl brooches she wore in the photo were an 18th birthday present from her father George VI in 1944.
Princess Elizabeth of York was born at the home of her grandparents in Mayfair, London on April 21 in 1926.
That same year she was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary at Buckingham Palace on May 29.
She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York.
Her parents would later become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
As a child, Princess Elizabeth lived with her parents at their London home at 145 Piccadilly.
She also spent much of her childhood at White Lodge in Richmond Park.
Princess Elizabeth also spent time at the country homes of her grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, and the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
Princess Elizabeth is pictured here on the lap of her grandmother Queen Mary.
Princess Elizabeth was four when her sister Princess Margaret Rose was born.
In 1940, the princesses were photographed performing a duet on the piano at Windsor Castle.
The royals moved to Windsor Castle for their safety during the Blitz - 1940 and 1941 - during the Second World War.
The Queen has cared for 30 corgis in her lifetime.
Her love for the pooches started at a young age.
Princess Elizabeth was seven when she was introduced to a corgi owned by a family friend.
Princess Elizabeth's first family corgi was named Rozavel Golden Eagle.
Her father bought the family the pup when the princesses were young.
In 1934, Princess Elizabeth met a dashing lieutenant in Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.
The pair met at the wedding of Prince Philip's first cousin Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, Duke of Kent.
Princess Elizabeth's life changed again in 1939 when her uncle King Edward VIII gave up the throne.
Her father would become King George VI, making her first in line to the throne.
On November 20, 1947, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were wed at Westminster Abbey.
On the eve of the couple's wedding, Philip was named the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Queen's wedding dress was decorated with crystals and 10,000 seed pearls, imported from the United States.
The couple remained by each others' side for 73 years until Philip's death in 2021.
The prince was just weeks shy of his 100th birthday.
Following their wedding, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh waved to cheering crowds in a one carriage procession to Waterloo Station for their train to Winchester and then to Broadlands near Romsey for the start of their honeymoon in 1947.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip welcomed their first child, Charles Philip Arthur George, in November 1948.
Prince Charles shared this beautiful black and white photo of himself as a child with his mother for Mother's Day in 2020.
The photo was taken in the Clarence House garden in 1950.
In August 1950, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburg welcomed daughter Princess Anne.
This family photo was taken in the private sitting room of Clarence House, their London home.
Just two years later on February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II following her father's death.
She made her first Christmas broadcast as Queen that same year, continuing the tradition started by her grandfather, King George V.
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held on June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London.
She was just 25.
The Queen wore the St Edward Crown and carried the Sceptre and the Rod.
The crown is the most sacred of crowns with its frame made of solid gold.
It weighs 2.23kg.
Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Imperial State Crown, and the Duke of Edinburgh in uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, wave from the balcony to the onlooking crowds around the gates of Buckingham Palace after the Coronation.
Since her coronation, the Queen has worn the Coronation dress six times.
These include the Opening of Parliament in New Zealand and Australia in 1954.
Two days after her coronation, the Queen celebrated her first Trooping the Colour as monarch.
Each June, more than 1400 parading soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians come together to mark the Queen's official birthday.
In 1953, the Queen delivered her annual Christmas speech in Auckland, New Zealand.
During the speech, the monarch said: "This is the first time that I have spoken to New Zealanders in their own homeland and my first words must be to tell you how happy I am to be amongst you."
In 1960, the Queen and Prince Philip welcomed their third child, Andrew.
The royal couple were photographed seated comfortably on a tartan rug with Andrew and his siblings Charles and Anne in the grounds of Balmoral.
In 1963, the Queen and Prince Philip returned to Australia for the Jubilee Year of Canberra.
During their visit the couple walked through the Gieehi Dam tunnel in the Snowy Mountains, NSW.
The Queen has visited Australia on 16 official occasions.