Kremlin's artists paint Queen
"Two Russian artists spent almost two hours with the Queen yesterday, painting the first portrait of a British monarch to be commissioned by the Kremlin.Leonid Efros and Alexei Maximov, miniaturists from St Petersburg, are painting an enamel portrait that will be added to the portraits, historic regalia and jewellery of the Russian tsars now housed in the Kremlin Armoury. An exhibition of the treasures will be held next year at the Tower of London, and Buckingham Palace agreed to a Russian embassy request in December that the Queen's portrait be included.