Photographer costume designer avid diarist
- Cecil Beaton was also a romantic royalist whose glittering photographs of Queen Elizabeth II became among the most widely published portraits of the twentieth century. This fascinating book explores Beatons long relationship with the Queen & the royal family & describes how his royal portraits shaped the monarchys public image from the 1930s to the late 1960s. It is a celebration of Beaton the enduring flair of his portraits & the myriad sources of inspiration that resulted in photographs so powerful that they moulded the worlds perception of a princess monarch & mother.