Queen's patronage of Red Cross celebrated with portraitGETTY The Queen looks at her latest portrait. Queen Elizabeth II revealed the painting at a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Friday (UK time). The portrait was painted in celebration of her six decades as patron of the British Red Cross. POOL British artist Henry Ward shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth his portrait of her. It was painted by UK portrait artist Henry Ward and is the first time the Queen has been depicted in a portrait as the patron of the Red Cross charity, which supports people in crisis in the UK and overseas.

Source: Stuff October 14, 2016 23:48 UTC