Having made a close study of the history of the constitution under her private tutor Henry Marten, Vice-Provost of Eton College, a constitutional scholar, the Queen was steeped in the art of monarchy. The construction of the QueenвЂ™s virtually unchanging image, a brand as distinctive as Coca-Cola, has been the work of many minds and many hands. She has deployed not only to connect with her people but also as a strategic weapon on the battleground of national and international diplomacy Elizabeth IIвЂ™s banner has been block colour, and her blazons, whether as embroidered symbols or pinned brooches, delivered messages. Both Elizabeths, though born four centuries apart, set forth into battle, like medieval knights, under their own blazon, their coat of arms, their own dress code, instantly recognised in the field and from afar by their subjects. One only has to look at the 1600 вЂњRainbowвЂќ portrait of the all-seeing, all-hearing Virgin Queen-in the collection of Hatfield House-her mantle embroidered with ears and eyes, to appreciate this messaging at play. She has also deployed it not only to connect with her people but also as a strategic weapon on the battleground of national and international diplomacy.Дress is a serious business, something that Elizabeth II's predecessor Elizabeth l understood completely. She has treated her clothing as a tool of work, ensuring comfort and appropriateness, and affording visibility, propriety and immutability. Over the past 70 years, Queen Elizabeth IIвЂ™s wardrobe has been concerned not with fashion, but with dress.

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