Cunard commissioned an official portrait of The Queen for its new Queen Elizabeth luxury cruise ship. The portrait, which shows The Queen in the Yellow Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, was painted by 31-year-old, Lancashire-born Isobel Peachey.
The Queen granted three sittings for the portrait, a three-quarter length painting which shows her dressed in blue and wearing Queen Victoria's collet necklace and earrings, which she also wore for her Coronation in 1953. The Queen will see the finished portrait for the first time on October 11 when she visits Southampton to name the new liner Queen Elizabeth. The portrait will hang in a prominent position in the ship's Grand Lobby.
