The Crown in Vogue features never-before-seen photographs of the Royal Family, including unpublished portraits of Diana, Princess of Wales, from her first Vogue sitting with Lord Snowdon in 1981.
, together with their original sleeves. These were part of a set that marked the first time—it was 1948—that a member of the royal family had been photographed in color ine. Sadly, early Ektachrome tends to fade with time, but not these. They were pristine, the colors as rich as when Beaton had taken them all those years ago. Other treasures spilled out, including unpublished portraits ofsitting with Snowdon in 1981.
There were little-known but evocative black and white press prints, by unknown hands certainly, but no less impactful for showing royal life as it developed.
It was an immense privilege to spend time looking through these extraordinary original images. If they were distressed, torn, or marked up in crayon, then so much the more fascinating. These were historical objects, every tear and blemish a witness to the royal century. The great moments of four reigns unfolded: Coronations and jubilees, weddings and births, one abdication and the death of two Kings; life during the urgency of war and in times of peace. All of this was recorded in’s incomparable style. We hope that when we take you back in time over a century of the Crown inthat you will delight in its history and recognize that the magic revealed by our royal family is the magic of our own lives, our own shared history.
Robin Muir is contributing editor at British Vogue, where he first worked in 1985. He is co-author with Josephine Ross of the new book The Crown in Vogue, published by Conran Octopus and
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