Popsugar Celebrity The Royals Queen Elizabeth II Smiling Pictures Just Try Not to Crack a Smile Yourself When You See the Queen Grinning Ear to Ear 5 October 2018 by Lauren Turner Image Source: Getty For more than 65 years, Queen Elizabeth II has been a pretty serious monarch. She is known for keeping her emotions to herself and mostly maintains a neutral expression — sometimes even a frown — at royal engagements. But what you might not realise when you think of her majesty is that she's actually pretty funny and does, in fact, smile frequently. With her pleased smirks and ear-to-ear beams, it's hard not to crack a smile yourself when you see the Queen of England looking thrilled. And after a lifetime in front of the cameras, she knows just how to flash a happy grin and even makes sure others get the memo, too. Read ahead for a whole lot of royal happiness. When She Gets to Wear All. The. Diamonds. Image Source: Getty / Anwar Hussein 1 / 27 When She Told You So Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 2 / 27 When She Knows That Colour Looks Good on Her Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 3 / 27 When Thousands of People Come Out to See Her Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 4 / 27 When She Nails the Royal Wave Image Source: Getty / JOHN STILLWELL 5 / 27 When Prince Charles Finally Says Something Funny Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 6 / 27 When She Thinks Her Hat Is Just As Ridiculous As You Do Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 7 / 27 When She Has a Bat and She Knows How to Use It Image Source: Getty / Samir Hussein 8 / 27 When She's Feeling Bad For Running Late Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 9 / 27 When She's Pleased With Her Daughter-in-Law Image Source: Getty / Oli Scarff 10 / 27 When She's in on the Joke Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 11 / 27 When She Visits Her Favourite Horses Image Source: Getty / Samir Hussein 12 / 27 When She Meets Justin Trudeau, Obviously Image Source: Getty / WPA Pool 13 / 27 When She Wants Everyone to Notice Her Lipstick Colour Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 14 / 27 When It's Her Favourite Time of Year Image Source: Getty / WPA Pool 15 / 27 When She Plays Hooky on Reading the Red Box Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 16 / 27 When Even Anna Wintour Is Smiling Image Source: Getty / YUI MOK 17 / 27 When She's Got a Trick Up Her Sleeve Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 18 / 27 When She's Having a Good Day Image Source: Getty / Samir Hussein 19 / 27 When She Doesn't Have to Wear a Hat Image Source: Getty / WPA Pool 20 / 27 When Someone Gives Her a Gorgeous Bouquet Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 21 / 27 When She Gets to Pop Out of the Sunroof Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 22 / 27 When She Knows She's Dressed Like a Rose Garden and Doesn't Care Image Source: Getty / Samir Hussein 23 / 27 When She Colour Coordinates With Kate Middleton Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 24 / 27 When They Wear Top Hats Like She Told Them To Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 25 / 27 When She's Delighted By Duchess Meghan Image Source: Getty / Max Mumby/Indigo 26 / 27 When Someone Calls Her "Your Majesty" Image Source: Getty / Jeff J Mitchell 27 / 27 The RoyalsThe British RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II