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British queen to appear on Vanity Fair front cover to mark 90th birthday

Xinhua, June 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

British Queen Elizabeth II will appear on the front page of the new edition of Vanity Fair magazine in celebration of her 90th birthday, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.

The queen, born in 1926, has become the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She is to appear, along with four of her pet dogs, on the cover page of the entertainment magazine.

The picture was one of a series taken at Easter to celebrate her 90th birthday.

"You get the sense of how at peace she was with herself, and very much enthralled with her family," Annie Leibovitz, a celebrity photographer who took the pictures, was quoted by Vanity Fair as saying.

The magazine said that the portrait "captures the Queen in the intimate, familiar setting of her home at Windsor Castle." Endit