There's one thing you can say with certainty about our 91-year-old monarch, Queen Elizabeth II: she is not camera shy.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation on Canada Day yesterday on 1 July, she revealed a brand new official portrait especially for her North American subjects.
Photographed by Toronto-based photographer Ian Leslie Macdonalad, the image shows the Queen rather regally dressed in gold, sitting on a gold throne.
Unsurprisingly, the outfit she is wearing for the shot has been extremely well-thought out. As is customary for foreign tours to the Commonwealth, she is wearing a symbol of the country she is patronising: here, she is sporting a platinum maple-leaf broach set with diamonds.
The piece of jewellery was worn by the Queen on her first visit to Canada in 1951, when she was still Princess Elizabeth. It was given to her by her mother, who herself was gifted it by her husband to celebrate their first visit to the country in 1939. It was borrowed by the Duchess of Cornwall in 2009 and also worn by Kate Middleton during her 2011 tour.
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are currently on a tour of the country, and joined in celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the birth of modern Canada.
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