Among them is an interesting exhibition at Holyrood Palace where we’ll all have the chance to see a huge collection of the Queen’s clothes and accessories.
And before you dismiss it as “just frocks”, it’s so much more than that.
Some of these outfits were worn at important historical occasions and they reflect the changing fashions and attitudes over the past nine decades.
The severe outfit the Queen wore to meet the Pope at the Vatican in 1980 is especially intriguing and looks like something Mary, Queen of Scots might have been happy to waft around in.
Some of the gowns from the Queen’s youth show she had a fantastic hour-glass figure with a teeny, tiny waist.
She loved the designer Norman Hartnell and his work will be included in all three of the different exhibitions at Holyrood, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
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Coincidentally, I met with the “other” Queen this week – and we also talked about fashion.
Dame Helen Mirren won an Oscar for her portrayal of Her Majesty in 2007 and has lavished praise on the monarch for her style as well as her sense of duty.
Dame Helen – who, like the Queen, looks decades younger than her age – recently turned 70 but she could give all the young stars lessons on how to get it right on the red carpet.
Her recent appearance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards wearing a beautiful, long, silver gown by Jenny Packham was the height of elegance.
Dame Helen told me sadly that she had to hand the dress back as it was just borrowed for the occasion, but that she would have loved to have kept it and worn it all the time – even just sitting on the sofa watching TV!
She is currently starring in Trumbo about the Hollywood blacklists of the ’50s, playing gossip columnist Hedda Hopper who was renowned for her love of flamboyant hats as well as her right-wing politics.
However, it is her portrayal of the Queen that Dame Helen will always be remembered for best.
Maybe she will play her again in 10 years time, when Her Majesty reaches the grand old age of 100 – after all, Helen will be a mere stripling of 80 and probably look even better than she does now.
Fashioning A Reign, 90 Years of Style runs at Holyrood from April 21, at Buckingham Palace from July 23 and at Windsor Castle from September 17.
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