By Royal appointment

Reporter: Marina Berry
Date online: 06 February 2012

Chronicle photograph at Jubilee exhibition
THE public can from today see a Chronicle photograph in an exhibition at Windsor Castle to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

The photographs, one from each year of the monarch’s reign, were given the Royal seal of approval from thousands nominated for a place in “The Queen: Sixty Photographs for Sixty Years.”

The photographs capture fleeting moments from social occasions, official engagements and relaxed family gatherings, and show a life in progress from one of Britain’s longest reigning monarchs — second only to Queen Victoria.

Chronicle picture editor Vincent Brown was invited to a prestigious gathering in London to preview the exhibition, which features photographs from only six regional newspapers across the country.

Taken in 1954 by staff photographer Edward Woolley, the Chronicle photograph shows the Queen inspecting local troops outside the old municipal health department next to Oldham Town Hall.

Mr Brown joined other newspaper photographers at the preview in the China Museum at Windsor Castle, including the Sun’s legendary Royal photographer Arthur Edwards. The pair swapped stories of their exploits.

Mr Brown said: “It’s a privilege for the Chronicle to be represented at such a prestigious event, and to have been invited to take part in the exhibition.

“It’s a magical exhibition. We all see the Queen carrying out Royal duties looking very serious, but the photographs here show there is a softer side to her. They show someone who is really very genuine and reflect how she cares about people and animals.”

The exhibition runs until October, and the Chronicle is running several reader offer trips to London to see it.

The two day trip departs on February 25, March 24, April 21 and October 6, and includes overnight hotel stay, dinner, breakfast and exhibition admission for £119.95.

Call 01524-37500 and quote “Old” or visit www.oldham.reader.travel