“I have been honoured to photograph the present Queen at many stages of her adolescence,” British Vogue photographer Cecil Beaton reflected in the magazine’s June 1953 Coronation Issue. “Her unique legacy has made her a person apart, and the training to play the role of sovereign is today evident in the increasing authority of her personality.” At the link in bio, read Beaton’s intimate descriptions of photography sessions with Her Majesty, from capturing her 18th birthday portraits to taking the first official pictures of the future King Charles III.