'Queengate' row photographer back for 90th birthday shots

Queen Elizabeth II's official 90th birthday portraits released on Thursday were taken by the celebrity photographer at the center of one of the fiercest recent controversies to hit Britain's monarchy.

Annie Leibovitz has shot three relaxed images featuring the queen, her family and her dogs, which were released by Buckingham Palace to mark the big day.

The US photographer was invited back nine years after a row over foot age shot for a documentary on the BBC, which showed Leibovitz asking the queen to remove her tiara, drawing a frosty response.