The Queen laughed as Royal Academy of Arts president Christopher Le Brun said it was effectively her artworks on display when she visited the venue to see an exhibition of paintings collected by Charles I.
The Queen’s tour came when she opened a major redevelopment at the institution (Alastair Grant/PA)
The exhibition reunites 140 items acquired and commissioned during Charles I’s reign for the first time since the 17th century (Alastair Grant/PA)
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The Queen looks out over ongoing building works during her visit to The Royal Academy of Arts (Alastair Grant/PA)
Mr Le Brun said the Queen is ‘extremely well informed about her paintings’ (Alastair Grant/PA)
The monarch opened a major redevelopment at the institution, based at Burlington House in central London (Jeremy Selwyn/Evening Standard/PA)