A new portrait of the Queen is being unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery before it goes on display on the latest Cunard cruise ship.
The portrait will be revealed by artist Isobel Peachey, 31, at the London gallery on Monday evening.Peachey is believed to be the youngest woman to have painted an official portrait of the Queen.
The Queen will see the finished work for the first time on 11 October.
It will be during an official visit to Southampton when Her Majesty will name the new liner Queen Elizabeth.
The painting shows the Queen dressed in blue and wearing a Queen Victoria necklace and earrings that she also wore for her Coronation.
Artist Isobel Peachey painted the portrait in her mother's attic 
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