And What Do You Do? Queen and Philip Make Some New Friends

by Tom Sykes Apr 25, 2012 9:59 AM EDT

Queen and Philip snapped with naval figureheads

The Queen, a 75-year veteran of the public appearance lark, doesn’t particularly like being stitched up into silly photographs, and Philip and herself don’t look too happy in this snap taken today with a selection of naval figureheads at the reopening of the historic British tea clipper, the Cutty Sark, which was damaged by fire five years ago.

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It’s a busy day of public engagements for the Royals, with William and Kate heading out together for the first time in months later today to a premiere of a wildlife documentary.

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Tom Sykes is a writer and journalist, and he edits The Royalist blog for the Daily Beast. Tom has worked for many publications, including a stint as a nightlife reporter and gossip columnist for the New York Post. He has written several books, most recently helping John Taylor of Duran Duran write and edit his autobiography, published by Dutton. Tom lives in London and Ireland.

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