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Wednesday 15 February 2012

If past statements from HM Queen Elizabeth are anything to go by, she likes the Machin design and wishes for it to stay for the rest of her reign. So there we have it (again) in black and white. The Machin is here to stay.


And it looks as though we still have a few more years of collecting Arnold Machin’s iconic image

In a new statement to mark the start of her diamond jubilee year, the Queen – only the second monarch after her great great grandmother Queen Victoria to celebrate 60 years on the British throne – vows once again to serve her people for the rest of her life.


Her message is interesting because, unlike addresses issued to mark her silver and golden jubilees, the Queen takes the opportunity to rededicate herself to her people, scotching rumours that she might abdicate in favour of her son and heir, Prince Charles

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