30 March 2004.
The Queen peers around a corner during her official tour of the newly redeveloped Royal Albert Hall.

Queen Elizabeth II leans forward to watch the fly past along the Royal Mile with First Minister Jack McConnell as the Queen arrives to make the formal opening for the Scottish Parliament on October 9, 2004 in Edinburgh.

The picture was taken at a fairly 'routine' royal rota assignment near Swansea. The Queen and the Duke were opening a new power station and were themselves struggling to muster any enthusiasm for the job in hand. After the ceremony the Duke was introduced to a group of school kids in a band who cheered him up and got probably the only smile of the day out of him which resulted in the picture. I like it because he looks like he's wearing the bruise on his eye with a raffish pride and revelling in it.

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles watch the Mey Highland Games in Scotland August 7, 2004. Prince Charles is staying at the Castle of Mey, the summer home of his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.