It’s a royal rendezvous for Vanity Fair’s Summer issue! Ahead of the Queen’s 90th birthday, read three intimate reminiscences of her inner majesty, a chronicle of Prince Charlotte’s first year, and about her royal highnesses’ most loyal subjects—her corgis.

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