Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion through the decades – in pictures

Queen Elizabeth II at Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/AFP/Getty Images

1930s: King George VI, Princess Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth Photograph: C Tavin/Everett/Rex Features

1933: Princess Elizabeth stands next to her sister Princess Margaret Photograph: PA

1937: Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) with her eldest daughter Princess Elizabeth on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after the coronation of King George VI Photograph: PA

1942: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth walk in a field with their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Photograph: PA

1952: Princess Elizabeth with her children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Balmoral Photograph: Lisa Sheridan/Getty Images

1952: Queen Elizabeth II on a visit to the Scottish Craft Centre, Edinburgh Photograph: Raymond Kleboe/Getty Images

1953: Queen Elizabeth II inspects guard of Highland Light Infantrymen at Campden Park, Glasgow Photograph: PA

1953: Queen Elizabeth II poses with her royal crown, orb, and scepter during her formal coronation portrait Photograph: guardian.co.uk

1954: Queen Elizabeth II Royal Tour of Australia Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images

1957: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

1962: Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother at a race meeting on a very cold March day at Sandown Photograph: PA

1970: Queen Elizabeth II with the brownies, New Zealand Photograph: Reginald Davis/Rex Features

1982: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during a visit to the Solomon Islands Photograph: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images

1984: Queen Elizabeth II at Guards polo club, Windsor Photograph: Rex Features

1986: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the Great Wall of China at the Bedaling Pass Photograph: Ron Bell/PA

1988: Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne at The Epsom Derby Photograph: guardian.co.uk

1991: Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Horse Show Photograph: guardian.co.uk

2002: Queen Elizabeth II watches the Duke of Edinburgh compete in the Carriage Driving Grand Prix at The Royal Windsor Horse Show in Berkshire Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk

2004: Queen Elizabeth II arrives to view the world’s biggest passenger liner, the Queen Mary 2 at her home port in Southampton Photograph: Scott Barbour/guardian.co.uk

2007: Queen Elizabeth II opens the Lawn Tennis Association’s new National Tennis Centre Photograph: guardian.co.uk

2007: Queen Elizabeth II at NASA’s Mission Control in Greenbelt, Maryland Photograph: Fiona Hanson/guardian.co.uk

2008: Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the State Opening of Parliament Photograph: Richard Pohle/The Times/guardian.co.uk

2008: Queen Elizabeth II attends the reopening of the Royal Institution of Great Britain Photograph: guardian.co.uk

2009: Queen Elizabeth II at the presidents House during a visit to Trinidad and Tobago Photograph: Tim Rooke/guardian.co.uk

2009: Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the family picture of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Photograph: Luis Acosta/guardian.co.uk

2010: Queen Elizabeth II walks through cloisters of Westminster Abbey. The visit marked the 450th anniversary of the granting of the institution’s Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/Reuters

2015: Queen Elizabeth II watches her horse ‘Balmoral Fashion’ compete at the Royal Windsor Horse Show Windsor. Photograph: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images

2015: Queen Elizabeth II attends a Christmas Day church service at Sandringham. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

2016: Queen Elizabeth II arrives to celebrate the Trooping The Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade, central London. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

2018: Queen Elizabeth II pictured after the wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Windsor. Photograph: Alastair Grant/Reuters

2018: Queen Elizabeth II sits next to Vogue fashion editor Anna Wintour to watch designer Richard Quinn’s runway show at London Fashion Week. He later was presented with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design. Photograph: Yui Mok/AP

2020: Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh after the wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in Windsor.
Photograph: Benjamin Wheeler/Reuters

2022: Queen Elizabeth II watches a special flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace as part of Platinum Jubilee celebrations, in London. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images