--- description: Queen Elizabeth II looked every part the monarch in a new official portrait by the artist Nicky Philipps shown in Scotland. title: The Queen of England Strikes a Regal Pose in New Portrait image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1a374e393c96578/69894056656a3f4736bd61be/portrait-queen-elizabeth-ii.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Queen of England Is Reigning All Over Her Official New Portrait  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 30, 2018 5:03 PM CUT  An undated handout photo made available by the British Royal Collection on Nov. 29, 2018 shows a new portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by painter Nicky Philipps. It depicts the 92-year-old queen wearing grand ceremonial robes and an Order of the Thistle collar. The painting was placed in the Royal Dining Room at Holyrood House in Edinburgh, Scotland. An undated handout photo made available by the British Royal Collection on Nov. 29, 2018 shows a new portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by painter Nicky Philipps. It depicts the 92-year-old queen wearing grand ceremonial robes and an Order of the Thistle collar. The painting was placed in the Royal Dining Room at Holyrood House in Edinburgh, Scotland.NICOLA JANE PHILIPPS HANDOUT/EPA—EFE/REX/Shutterstock  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 30, 2018 5:03 PM CUT [Queen Elizabeth II](http://time.com/5298945/queen-elizabeth-princess/ "undefined") looks absolutely regal in a new portrait by British painter Nicky Philipps. In the oil painting, the [92-year-old British monarch](http://time.com/4024914/queen-elizabeth-record-graphic/ "undefined") wears dramatic dark green velvet ceremonial robes and the Order of Thistle collar, featuring a pendant of St. Andrews, the highest order of chivalry in Scotland. The Queen’s attire in the portrait is especially fitting when you consider that the painting will be featured in the Royal Dining Room in Holyrood House, the Queen’s official royal residence in Edinburgh, Scotland. The background of the painting also pays tribute to the Queen’s time spent in Scotland, with a depiction of Salisbury Crags, a series of cliffs in Holyrood Park. This isn’t the first time that Philipps has had a royal portrait commission. She’s also painted Prince William and Prince Harry and as of this portrait, has painted Queen Elizabeth three times. That’s not to say, however, that Philipps didn’t have nerves while working on this portrait. In a press release, she revealed that “it’s nerve-wracking, but it is enormous fun and it’s a fantastic honor to be asked to do it.” See her portrait below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5468008/queen-elizabeth-new-portrait-nicky-philipps/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5468008/queen-elizabeth-new-portrait-nicky-philipps/"},"headline":"The Queen of England Is Reigning All Over Her Official New Portrait","datePublished":"2018-11-30T17:03:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:15.109Z","description":"It was painted by artist Nicky Philipps","url":"https://time.com/5468008/queen-elizabeth-new-portrait-nicky-philipps/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1a374e393c96578/69894056656a3f4736bd61be/portrait-queen-elizabeth-ii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1a374e393c96578/69894056656a3f4736bd61be/portrait-queen-elizabeth-ii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"portrait-queen-elizabeth-ii","caption":"New painting of Queen Elizabeth II","creditText":"NICOLA JANE PHILIPPS HANDOUT/EPA—EFE/REX/Shutterstock","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/5468008/queen-elizabeth-new-portrait-nicky-philipps/","name":"The Queen of England Is Reigning All Over Her Official New Portrait"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Royal Weddings Through the Years","description":"Royal Weddings Through the Years","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/X9oTAPFe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-05-02T15:17:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X9oTAPFe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5468008/queen-elizabeth-new-portrait-nicky-philipps/","duration":"PT2M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5468008/queen-elizabeth-new-portrait-nicky-philipps/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```