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19/07/2023

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09/09/2022

This fabulous moment in time snapshot of Queen Elizabeth is probably one of the most famous of all time despite the fact that she was in front of the cameras hundreds of thousands of times during her remarkable 70-year reign.
It was captured by Killarney photographer Valerie O’Sullivan when the queen visited the English Market in Cork during her historic visit to Ireland in 2011.
The long-serving monarch and her late husband, Philip, visited the city centre on the final day of her historic three-day state visit.
Valerie’s ability to be in the right place at the right time set up the opportunity for the photograph to remember which perfectly symbolised the important maturing of Anglo-Irish relations.
The picture shows Queen Elizabeth sharing a light-hearted moment with quick-witted fishmonger Pat O’Connell.
Jovial Pat had the queen in stitches when he described a less than attractive species of fish he held aloft as “a mother-in-law” fish and Valerie was quick to capture the moment.
“The minute I saw Pat stepping out from behind the counter, I knew we were going to get something good,” Valerie recalled.
She described it as “one of those extraordinary days”.
“In true Corkonian style, Pat led the hilarious conversation that defined the visit of HRH to Ireland,” Valerie remarked.
The talented Killarney photographer, who was contracted to work for Maxwell’s Photographic Agency that day, could hardly have realised the excitement the image would generate as it was used in newspapers, magazines, television channels and social media sites all over the world.
A framed copy of Valerie’s right-time, right-place photograph is now understood to have pride of place on a wall in the royal living quarters in Buckingham Palace.

13/08/2022

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04/02/2022

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29/12/2021

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29/12/2021

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04/07/2021

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