Queen to feature as cover girl for Vanity Fair

The Queen will appear as the cover girl for the latest edition of Vanity Fair magazine - alongside her pet dogs.

The image was taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz as an additional picture taken when the monarch posed for her official 90th birthday photographs at Easter.

In the image, the Queen is sat on a rug in the grounds of Windsor Castle with her four pets - two corgis, Willow and Holly, and two dorgis, Candy and Vulcan.

She is holding one of her dogs while the other three are at her feet.

The Duke of Edinburgh also posed with the Queen for the photographer, and that picture will appear in the magazine alongside the three official images.

Photographer Annie Leibovitz, who once photographed actress Demi Moore naked and heavily pregnant for the cover of the same magazine, said: "The most moving, important thing about this shoot is that these were all her ideas."

"She wanted to be photographed with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh; her daughter, Anne, the Princess Royal; and her corgis".

"I was told how relaxed she was at Windsor, and it was really true. You get the sense of how at peace she was with herself, and very much enthralled with her family," she added.

The magazine is out on Friday.