Britain's influence lives on in the country's Westminster-style parliament, while some bank notes and coins still sport Queen Elizabeth's image.

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In the 1960s, as traditional family values were being questioned, the Queen presented a reassuring image of herself as a wife and mother.

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The front of each note will feature an image of Queen Elizabeth II, a hand engraved intaglio portrait based on a photograph by Mark Lawrence.

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It will have the crest of the States of Jersey beneath the image of the Queen and there will be central vignettes on the front and back featuring important Jersey landmarks.

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He says the Queen of the Blues didn't fit the traditional image of a blues singer.

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It is exactly this willingness to set aside her royal image and interact with the public that her fans say has shown Queen Rania's dedication to bringing about change.

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Shortly after taking the throne in 1953, the queen ordered a Canadian bank note redrawn because she thought her hair made her look like an image of Satan.

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The real villains, according to Antonia Fraser in this well-researched and emotively narrated life, were the journalists and cartoonists who pilloried the queen, creating a monster from one whose chief crime was to be careless about her public image.

ECONOMIST: 18th-century French history