The Queen rejects an offer of cream cakes at a tea for Eton schoolboys at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor, June 2003.

A young racegoer tips his hat as Queen Elizabeth passes by as she arrives for the fourth day of Royal Ascot, 20 June 2003. Royal Ascot horse race meeting is one of the highlights in the English social calendar and attracts more than 50,000 people each day ranging from working class people to the rich and famous.

"Through the Keyhole"
Prince Charles at an engineering plant in Glasgow.

HM The Queen peers around the side of her carriage as she leaves Parliament on November 26, 2003 in London. The Queen's speech, which traditionally reveals new laws planned for the coming year, is expected to highlight plans to increase university top-up fees and a crackdown on asylum seekers.