Queen Elizabeth II presented awards to five titans of the visual arts and architecture world as she and the Duke of Edinburgh were guests of honour at a ceremony at the Royal Academy of Arts.
The monarch, patron of the Royal Academy, gave the awards in recognition of their decades-long work in their respective artistic fields.
During the reception in central London the Queen herself was presented with a large bronze replica sculpture of one of the oak trees in Windsor Great Park to commemorate her contribution to the arts inthe year of her 90th birthday.
Awards were given to architect David Adjaye, Whitechapel Gallery director Iwona Blazwick and photographer Martin Parr.
Others receiving prizes - a bronze acorn from the tree presented to the Queen - were artist Cornelia Parker and Chris Fisher, an artist and teacher at the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths.
Each was nominated by an eminent member of the Royal Academy of Arts - artist Chantal Joffe, architect Farshid Moussavi, ceramicist Grayson Perry - who was resplendent when he met the Queen in a silk shift dress with a comical face on, underneath a pink and red chiffon over-dress matched with enormous purple wedge shoes - artist Conrad Shawcross, the youngest living member of the academy, and fellow artist Yinka Shonibare.
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Read further coverage of the event on the Royal Academy website
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