Buckingham Palace released a previously unseen photo of Queen Elizabeth II ahead of her funeral
- Buckingham Palace released a new photo of Queen Elizabeth on Sunday.
- The photo, taken to mark her Platinum Jubilee in June, has never been released to the public.
A previously unseen photo of Queen Elizabeth II was released on the eve of her funeral, set to take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
The photo, taken by Ranald Mackechnie to mark Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, was shared on the royal family's official Twitter account on Sunday.
"Ahead of Her Majesty The Queen's State Funeral, a new photograph has been released," the caption reads.
"The photo was taken to mark Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee - the first British Monarch to reach this milestone," it read, adding: "Tomorrow, millions will come together to commemorate her remarkable life."
In the photograph, the late Queen wore a blue dress, a pearl necklace, a pair of pearl earrings, and her aquamarine and diamond clip brooches which were an 18th birthday gift from her father, King George VI, in 1944, according to The Telegraph.
"It's a special picture and I'm very happy that it has been released as it shows the Queen looking so bright and joyful. It was an honor to have been chosen to take these portraits," Mackechnie said in a statement shared with Insider.
The palace previously released a photo of the Queen taken by Mackechnie at Windsor Castle for her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.
The royal family is set to bid farewell to the monarch at her state funeral service on Monday.
As Insider previously reported, the ceremony will be broadcast on various channels around the world including BBC One, BBC News, and Sky News in the UK, and NBC News, NBC News Now, CNN, ABC, and Fox News in the US.
Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.