With a strange synchronicity, 2016 happens to be the 40th anniversary of the start of the punk movement in London, during which Westwood was the clothing accomplice of the Sex Pistols, whose anti-Elizabeth protest anthem, “God Save the Queen” (“She ain’t no human being!”), at the time seemed an outrage. “I really like the queen now-we used to think the royals represented British hypocrisy, but I’ve decided the royals are above it all, really.” These are the words of Dame Vivienne Westwood, possibly the world’s unlikeliest convert to the fan club of Elizabeth II, yet someone who happens to voice the sentiments of all who are in awe that the monarch of the United Kingdom is celebrating her 90th birthday today. Queen Elizabeth II, photo by Cecil Beaton.
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