Cecil Beaton: Portraits
An exhibition being held at the Walker Art Gallery, 26 June 2009 to 31 August 2009.
Queen Elizabeth & Prince Charles © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Beaton took a series of photographs of mother and child at Clarence House, when Prince Charles was almost two. They were later released to the press.
Beaton described Prince Charles as 'an obedient sitter. He...open(ed) his blue eyes to stare long and wonderingly into the camera lens, the beginning of a lifetime in the glare of public duty.'