Photo: The November issue of British Vogue is available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday 18th October

cover for Vogue February 5th 1936, blank plain royal purple, tribute to the death of King George V

BritishVoguemagazineis honoring the death ofQueen Elizabethwith a blank royal purple cover.

The fashion magazine’s November issue cover has no photos and the words “Her Majesty the Queen,” along with “1926-2022.”

Releasing blank covers is a tradition for the magazine when a monarch dies. In BritishVogue’s 106-year history, they also commemorated the deaths of King George V in 1936 and King George VI in 1952 a similar fashion.

The magazineexplainedtheir choice of using the color purple for the tribute: “The hue has famously been associated with royalty since ancient times, with natural purple dye historically among the most expensive. In the 16th century, Elizabeth I refused to allow anyone except her innermost circle to wear purple, while Elizabeth II made her way through Westminster Abbey during her Coronation in a Robe of Estate composed of more than 22 meters of purple velvet. See, too, the Imperial State Crown that rested on Her Majesty’s coffin during her funeral, which features a purple cap lined with ermine.”

PHOTO: The November issue of British Vogue is available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday 18th OctoberPHOTO: The November issue of British Vogue is available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday 18th October

cover for Vogue February 5th 1936, blank plain royal purple, tribute to the death of King George V

cover for Vogue February 5th 1936, blank plain royal purple, tribute to the death of King George V

In the February 1936 issue, the first with a cover dedicated to the death of a monarch, the magazine said, “This opening page ofVogue, which is accustomed to reflect the events of our special sphere, must now enlarge its scope to reflect the event which has blotted out all others in any sphere – the death of His Majesty King George.“Voguededicated its front of book to the late monarch, describing him as “a member of the Services, a devoted farmer, a skillful yachtsman, a lover of horses [and] an expert gun.”

However, the issue also reported the latest fashion trends in “quiet good taste.”

Queen Elizabeth II.Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth’s daughter, Princess Anne, is listed as the informant of her death. Anne previously said in astatement, “I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life.”

Buckingham Palace announcedthe deathofQueen Elizabethat age 96 in anofficial statement. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” the statement read.

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (L) and Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh pass a giant photograph taken to be used as part of a series of 10 Royal Mail postage stamps, to mark the monarch’s 90th birthday, during her tour of the Royal Mail Windsor postal delivery office in Windsor, west of London, on April 20, 2016, to mark the 500th anniversary of the Postal Service. Queen Elizabeth II is set to celebrate her 90th birthday on April 21, with a family gathering and a cake baked by a reality television star, as a new poll finds Britain’s longest serving monarch is as popular as ever. The queen has reigned for more than 63 years and shows no sign of retiring, even if she has in recent years passed on some of her duties to the younger royals.

Prince Philip,Queen Elizabeth’s husband of 73 years who died at age 99 in April 2021, alsodied of old age, according to his death certificate.

source: people.com