Few people know the Queen better than her son the Duke of York, which gives him an unfair advantage when it comes to photographing her. Right? Wrong. According to the man himself, that’s as far from the truth as you can get.

The Duke was one of ten famous cameramen invited to do an official Jubilee portrait of his mother. Each was allowed just five minutes of her time between appointments at Buckingham Palace. The Duke, however, photographed the Queen during her Christmas break at Sandringham, the place where she is most relaxed. Yet Andrew protests that he had a tough time.

“You see, I had just two minutes, and it was difficult for me because she was in a rush to get to church the day I did my shoot,” he says. “So the others all had an advantage over me.”

Strolling around the Golden Jubilee Exhibition of photographs at Windsor Castle, Andrew looks amazed when complimented on his work. “I’ve got hundreds of pictures at home that I’d hate anyone to see,” he confesses.

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