Queen Elizabeth II watches a University of Maryland vs. University of North Carolina football game at Maryland's Byrd Stadium during her 1957 official visit to the United States.
Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth with Prince Charles and Elizabeth II at Princess Margaret's wedding, 1960.
Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia in 1965.
Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II in Ethiopia, 1965.
Here, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II’s reign, LIFE.com offers a series of informal portraits of the Queen, including several that never ran in the magazine.
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