Posted by Nellie on May 25, 2013, 10:03 am, in reply to "Re: montage?"
I avoid reading the DM links (petty I know, but there). I don't dispute the Queen was outdoors there for the shoot, but that extract makes no mention of the tiara.
--Previous Message-- : Tha's not what is written in the dailymail : : "The face is the most familiar on the : planet, reproduced on more coins, notes and : stamps than any human likeness in history. : But it is safe to say that we have never : seen Her Majesty the Queen pictured quite : like this. Not only is she in the full and : elaborate regalia of her most exclusive : order of chivalry but she is standing in the : middle of nowhere. : : No trick photography has taken place. There : has been no digital enhancement by some : special effects boffin. This spectacular : image of the Sovereign – published in : Weekend for the very first time – really is : the Queen , standing next to a remote stream : called Gelder Burn on her Balmoral Estate. : : She is dressed in the green velvet mantle of : the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the : Thistle, the Scottish counterpart to : England’s Order of the Garter. From her : shoulders, held by white satin ties, hangs : the Collar of the Order made of golden : thistles and rue sprigs, from which, in : turn, hangs a tiny St Andrew and his saltire : cross." :