This superb image was captured in the White Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace by Royal Mail photographer Ranald Mackechnie a few months ago.

这张经典照片拍摄于白金汉宫会客厅，几个月前由英国皇家邮政摄影师拉纳尔德·迈克肯尼所摄。

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She's looking at the stark white, characterless fireplace in the drawing room.

她正看着客厅里朴实的、毫无特色的白色壁炉。

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The message was recorded in Buckingham Palace's white drawing room with the Queen wearing a fine silk tulle gown by Angela Kelly.

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Perhaps the most famous garments made by Miss Connolly were a linen skirt and cotton blouse worn by Jacqueline Kennedy when she and her children were painted for the White House drawing room.

ECONOMIST: Sybil Connolly