During every visit the paparazzi jockey to capture candid expressions and gestures or report on royal fashion and transportation. For her part, Queen Elizabeth II appears to reserve her broadest smiles for "walkabouts" among the crowds and enjoys chatting with individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

• Fashion
• Transportation
• Meeting the People

Fashion:

Fashion is synonymous with celebrity. Women can be regal without being royal; and royals with a sense of style can be trend-setters in the popular world of fashion. Queen Elizabeth II set the standard for dressing for the occasion and proved a lovely subject for the eager media and loyal royal watchers.

Queen Elizabeth II outside Sunnybrook
Hospital in Toronto, 1959 (detail)
Reference Code: RG 65-35-7-22.3, Item XS 1902 slide
Archives of Ontario

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, 1959 (detail)
C 328 Frank McEachren fonds
Archives of Ontario

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Queen's visit to Ontario Place.

Queen in front of royal train in Stratford
Reference Code: RG 65-35-7-22.3, Xs-1894-1
Archives of Ontario

Transportation:

Trains and boats and planes - and the Royal Buick. The Buick was a convertible to appropriately display our visiting dignitaries. At Ontario Place the Royal couple were whisked from stop to stop in little tourist carts. Whatever the mode of transportation, the Queen's and Prince Philip's arrival is cause for celebration and ceremony. Crowds gather and the media hustle for vantage point.

RCAF plane at Fort William
Reference Code: RG 65-35-7-22.2, Xs 1518
Archives of Ontario

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The Royal Yacht Britannia in Toronto Harbour
Reference Code: RG 65-35-7-22.3, Xs 1900-2
Archives of Ontario

Meeting the People:

The Queen's smile is never as broad as during the "walkabouts" when she mingles with the Ontarians who have come to see her. Never far away are cameras ready to capture the candid moments.

The media know the human interest value of candid photographs of the Queen and her Subjects.

The Queen meeting people in the street
Archives of Ontario

Prince Philip talking with 2 women
in Stoney Creek, 1959
Reference Code: RG-65-35-1, 8-G-0259, A-854
Archives of Ontario

Queen Elizabeth II and Bill Davis at Queen's Park
Clare Westcott records
Photograph used with permission from the London Free
Press. Further reproduction without written permission
from the London Free Press is prohibited
Reference Code: F 2094-7-2-118
Archives of Ontario