--- title: Queen Elizabeth Showed Up at the Front Row of Fashion Week description: It was the first time in her 65-year reign that the Queen Elizabeth has attended London Fashion Week. canonical: https://time.com/5166958/queen-of-england-fashion-week/ author: Flora Carr article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-20T17:47:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:47.378Z og:title: The Queen Just Made a Surprise Appearance at Fashion Week og:description: She swapped her throne for the FROW og:url: https://time.com/5166958/queen-of-england-fashion-week/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7b3eba714e35aa/698928504ee262e508310f40/the-queen-frow.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Richard Quinn - Front Row - LFW February 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Queen Just Made a Surprise Appearance at Fashion Week twitter:description: She swapped her throne for the FROW twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7b3eba714e35aa/698928504ee262e508310f40/the-queen-frow.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Queen of England Just Took Her Rightful Seat at the Front Row of Fashion Week > Sponsored content. 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Mike Marsland—Mike Marsland/WireImage by [Flora Carr](https://time.com/author/flora-carr/) ## Flora Carr Feb 20, 2018 5:47 PM UTC Her Majesty [Queen Elizabeth II](http://time.com/5101079/queen-elizabeth-coronation-ceremony-secrets/) just made a surprise guest appearance on the closing day of London Fashion Week, appearing on the front row on Tuesday alongside _Vogue_ editor-in-chief [Anna Wintour](http://time.com/4768855/anna-wintour-dame-queen-elizabeth/). It was the first time in her 65-year reign that the Queen has attended [London Fashion Week](http://time.com/4495068/uk-models-protest-size-zero-at-london-fashion-week/). Her Majesty, who wore a blue Angela Kelly suit, was there to award emerging designer Richard Quinn with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design. The royal family’s official Twitter account says: “The Award, initiated in recognition of the role the fashion industry plays in society & diplomacy, will be awarded annually to an emerging British fashion designer who shows talent and originality, whilst demonstrating value to the community and/or sustainable policies.” > [](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/965980107071508481) Swapping her throne for the FROW, Her Majesty sat next to Dame Anna Wintour to watch Quinn’s latest AW18 instalment, before the official awards ceremony. She also had a tour of the British Fashion Council (BFC). The award was created by the Queen’s personal dresser Angela Kelly at the Queen’s request, [according to ](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/20/queen-makes-surprise-visit-london-fashion-week-front-row/)_The Telegraph._ The Queen’s appearance comes just a day after she invited fashion designers and artisans to Buckingham Palace for an evening event celebrating the Commonwealth. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5166958/queen-of-england-fashion-week/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5166958/queen-of-england-fashion-week/"},"headline":"The Queen of England Just Took Her Rightful Seat at the Front Row of Fashion Week","datePublished":"2018-02-20T17:47:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:47.378Z","description":"She swapped her throne for the FROW","url":"https://time.com/5166958/queen-of-england-fashion-week/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","queen elizabeth"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7b3eba714e35aa/698928504ee262e508310f40/the-queen-frow.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Flora Carr","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/flora-carr/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7b3eba714e35aa/698928504ee262e508310f40/the-queen-frow.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Richard Quinn - Front Row - LFW February 2018","caption":"Richard Quinn - Front Row - LFW February 2018","creditText":"Mike Marsland—Mike Marsland/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5166958/queen-of-england-fashion-week/","name":"The Queen of England Just Took Her Rightful Seat at the Front Row of Fashion Week"}}]}] ```