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The painting was commissioned by Co-operation Ireland, a
charity set up to promote relations between Northern Ireland and
the Republic of Ireland, to mark the queen's 90th birthday,
which she celebrated in April.
The British monarch, who was crowned in 1952, reacted to the new
artwork with a beaming smile as she chatted with the artist.
Davidson has painted portraits of German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, Hollywood actors and Northern Ireland leaders.
He also was behind a series of paintings featuring individuals
caught up in the three decades of fighting between Catholic
nationalists seeking a united Ireland and Protestant unionists
who wanted to keep Northern Ireland British, which ended in the
1998 Good Friday Agreement.
(Reporting by Reuters TV in London; Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy;
Editing by Leslie Adler)
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