Young said he felt "lucky" to have witnessed the moment. "Does anyone know the story behind this picture? I read that #PrincePhilip was playing a joke on the Queen by dressing as one of her regular sentries - and this was the moment she realised," he wrote on Twitter.
The photo, currently causing a buzz online, shows the Queen arriving at the event in a powder-blue ensemble and white gloves, a wide grin sprawled across her face as Prince Philip stands next to her.īritish presenter Jeremy Vine speculated about the image over the weekend, following the announcement of Prince Philip's death. She was giggling like a little girl and he was laughing too." "I recognised that it was a human moment. "Some of the guests were unsure as to whether they should move, but eventually everyone had to beat a retreat," Young told the BBC, explaining he captured the Queen and Philip's "unique" reaction to the moment.
Young, who worked for the Press Association at the time, was the only photographer present at the review of the Grenadier Guard's elite Queen's company regiment.ĭuring the event, a beekeeper was called the remove a bees hive that was discovered underneath one of the seats for guests and the royal family. RELATED: Queen describes Prince Philip's death as 'huge void in her life'Ĭhris Young, the photographer behind the now-famous image, revealed the couple's candid laughter was a result of a swarm of bees derailing the royal engagement. The duke served as colonel of the guards at the time, with his son Prince Andrew taking over the role in 2017. However, the duke served as colonel of the guards at the time, with his son Prince Andrew taking over the role in 2017.