Queen Elizabeth just celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the throne.

Clearly, a picture tells a thousand words, especially if this celebrity photographer is to be believed.

Rankin observedQueen Elizabeth showing her sense of humorwith her towering footman, and was immediately put at ease.

Queen Elizabeth smiling

“In my research, I read she had this wicked, very cheeky sense of humor.

“She just laughed.

It broke this kind of spell that was going on.

The queen dressed in purple

She humanized in front of me.

I wanted to capture that feeling with my camera.

And in the end, I got this one smile that was the shot,” he reminisced.

The queen makes appearance in blue

The long-reigning monarch reportedly “loathed” lockdown, according to royal expert Camilla Tominey (via Express).

What’s Queen Elizabeth really like behind closed doors?

According toPeople, royal biographer Robert Hardman confirmed, unsurprisingly, that Her Majesty loves ruling over Britain.

She really enjoys what she does.”

“She has a big laugh!”