This official souvenir publication celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest serving monarch. In this special selection of photographs, captured by professional and amateur photographers alike, discover Her Majesty's early life before she acceded to the throne in 1952, the official role of the monarch, her travel at home and abroad and her support for the Commonwealth, her fondness for animals and family life, and how she gives thanks to people who have given service to the monarch and their communities, from Garden Parties to the Order of the Garter. Photographs are accompanied by resonant quotations from speeches given by The Queen over the years - including her wartime Children's Hour radio broadcast aged 14, her first Christmas Speech in 1952 and her speech welcoming President and Mrs Obama on the occasion of their State Visit in 2011. Through 70 photographs from Her Majesty's reign, this book takes readers on a photographic journey of a remarkable life of service.