New footage of the Queen working at Sandringham has been released as the country honours her 70 years on the throne.
The monarch was filmed reading through papers and talking with her private secretary, Sir Edward Young.
It shows her preparing for this weekend’s events, which marked seven decades since she became Queen, aged just 25.
The clips help to allay fears about the Queen’s recent health concerns and emphasise that she has still been working as normal.
At the same time, a photograph was taken of the Queen surrounded by her red boxes which was released earlier on Sunday to mark the occasion.
It was taken in the saloon at Sandringham House in Norfolk, where Her Majesty has been staying for the last couple of weeks.
Sir Edward, who began working for the Queen in 2004 and became her principle aide in 2017, is shown talking her through several of the papers.
The Queen was awarded the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women of Leadership award at the end of last year and Sir Edward is heard briefing the Queen about a ceremony Dame Karen Pierce, Britain’s ambassador to America, attended to accept the honour on her behalf.
As they look at Dame Karen’s record of the event he says: ‘It’s a report of the ceremony for this award, the women and leadership award, which happened in December. You’ll see Ma’am some extremely nice comments including one from President Biden.’
‘Oh that’s very kind, isn’t it,’ replies the Queen. With a roaring fire nearby other footage shows the Queen, who wears an Angela Kelly lime green dress, diligently looking at her papers.
She is also wearing two diamond ivy leaf clips which were a 21st birthday gift from the Queen Mother and a photograph of her mother can be seen in another part of the room.
The Queen hosted a Sandringham reception on Saturday for local community and charity groups and among the guests was Angela Wood who as a 19-year-old cookery school student helped perfect the recipe for Coronation Chicken served after the 1953 ceremony to crown the Queen.
Commentating on the dish, the head of state tells her private secretary: ‘The original…it’s obviously changed.’
Apparently commenting on the period the meal was created, when rationing was still in place, Sir Edward adds: ‘There wasn’t a great deal of material to choose from so it was quite inventive.’
When the Queen adds ‘and the taste’ her private secretary says ‘yes, that mild curry taste. That was very new for 1953’.
In another video clip, Sir Edward, documents in hand, tells the Queen: ‘This has come in from the Governor General, a rather nice idea I thought, to have a video call to mark the jubilee, he’s suggested some names – looks rather good if you agree Ma’am.’
Nodding, she says it ‘might be an interesting idea’.
Elsewhere, the Queen’s image was shown at Piccadilly Circus as the nation paid tribute to the long-standing monarch.
Her guards at Buckingham Palace also played a special anthem to mark the occasion.
Meanwhile, the monarch has expressed her ‘sincere wish’ that Camilla, Prince’s Charles’ wife, will be known as Queen Consort when the Prince of Wales becomes King.
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