Lord Lichfield

It is with some sadness we report the death of Patrick, Lord Lichfield, society photographer and cousin of Her Majesty the Queen.
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He died yesterday, at the John Radcliffe hospital, in Oxford, after suffering a stroke on thursday.
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Lord Lichfield was 66 years old and made his career as a photographer by successfully straddling the contrasting worlds of stuffy British aristocracy and the glamourous celebrity circuit.
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The Queen said she was "deeply saddened" by the news that the Earl, her first cousin once removed, had died yesterday morning.
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Lord Lichfield, the son of Viscount Anson and Princess Anne of Denmark, developed a love of photography after an education at Sandhurst and a seven-year spell in his father's old regiment, the Grenadier Guards.
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He made his name in the 1960s, when, along with his contemporaries David Bailey and Terence Donovan, he chronicled that decade's stylish self-confidence.
His famous portraits included the image of Marsha Hunt naked with a giant afro for the classic musical Hair. He also took portraits of Mick and Bianca Jagger at their wedding in St Tropez in 1971.
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He was the official photographer at the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 and famously explained that when photographing large groups of the Royal family, he kept order with the use of a whistle!
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The Earl of Lichfield once remarked that he had travelled the world, in the company of some very beautiful women and all at someone else's expense - nice work if you can get it.

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A gentleman of the old school with a touch of modern style.

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His last portrait was on the occasion of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, who commented "not only was he one of the most talented and professional of photographers, he was also an absolute delight to sit for. Always courteous and considerate, he had a rare skill which is now sadly gone."

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Lichfield's lasting legacy is to have provided the world with very human images of the Commonwealth's Royal family.
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We here at veryBritish subjects would like to offer condolonces to the Earl's family and friends.