To mark the Queen’s 80th birthday on 21 April, Royal Mail issued eight informal photographic portraits taken throughout her life. The eight stamps show Her Majesty from every decade except the decade of her birth and the 90’s. There were not many pictures of Her Majesty in the early years laughing or smiling, which was one of the briefs for the stamp designs.
In the case of the 90’s, no picture was selected because despite sifting through many pictures from that decade, Roger Tooth was unable to find a suitable ‘cheerful’ shot which worked well with the set. This was possibly due, in part, to the fact that that particular decade was not exactly a great time for Her Majesty, and included her ‘annus horribilis’.
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