Buckingham palace released a new portrait of the Queen on Sunday to commemorate the start of her Platinum Jubilee. At the age of 95, the Queen has become the first British monarch ever to reign for 70 years.
In the picture, Her Majesty can be seen smiling in an elegant lime green jess by Angela Kelly. She pays tribute to her mother by wearing the two ivy leaf brooches she gifted The Queen on her 21st birthday. She also pays tribute to her father as she sits near a 1948 framed photograph of him with a corgi.
The Jubilee photograph was taken at Sandringham House, where the Queen traditionally stays on February 6 to mark the occasion of her father King George VI's death, in Norfolk. But former royal butler Grant Harrold, known as The Royal Butler, thinks there's even more to the official portrait photo.
On his Tiktok page, The Royal Butler shared a short video discussing the portrait and its significance. In the clip, he discusses the importance of the brooches and the photograph, but also notes the significance of the red box in front of The Queen, seeing it as a sign that she is not going to be giving up her royal duties any time soon.
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In the video, Harrold said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this very important historic photograph has just been released by Buckingham palace to mark the 70th anniversary since the Queen ascended to the throne. It's also a sad day because it is the day her late father died at Sandringham in his sleep."
He noted the importance of the brooches given to the Queen by her mother, and described how they were "given to Elizabeth on her 21st year, the same year that she made that wonderful speech about how she dedicated her life to the service of her people and the commonwealth," adding: "It's quite unusual that we ever see them, they were originally earrings. I believe this is a nod to her great father and of course her mother."
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But most important, he said, was the red box in front of Her Majesty: "Most importantly...people keep asking me do I think the Queen is going to continue with her work? Well in this photograph you see one of her official government boxes and of course this is the Queen doing her day to day work.
"I think this shows all of us that even though she's now coming into her 96th year, she's been on the throne 70 years, she is very much going to continue being a monarch."
So while Her Majesty has announced Camilla will be Queen one day, this historic photo suggests she has no intention of stepping down anytime soon.
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