Prince Andrew Embarrassment

I spent the day on order for The Sun, photographing Prince Andrew as he visited the Cambridge Business Park.

For those readers who may not be up to date with the regular embarrassments caused by almost every member of the Royal Family apart from the Queen, this was Prince Andrew's first public engagement since his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, told journalists acting as businessmen that she can arrange access to her ex-husband for a substantial fee.

For Prince Andrew it was business as usual, but the desire was for pictures portraying him as less than happy with this most recent scandal. The shot of Prince Andrew with his head in his hands was published in The Sun.

The above picture was published in The Times.

Yamit Mamo for Spotify

I had a lovely day today in Unity Studios, north London, taking stills and video of singer/songwriter Yamit Mamo, for a new video streaming project for online music application Spotify. Yamit performed two songs with her band, Down That Deep and Silent Way- the tracks were produced by Al Stone.

Yamit, who has performed at Glastonbury Festival and the 02 Centre, and whose debut album is due for release at the end of 2010, can be found at www.myspace.com/yamitmamomusic

The Queen- Looking Casual

It was the final day of the Royal Windsor Horse Show today, so having organised accreditation I drove up to Windsor, hopeful to come back with a new set of pictures of the Queen. Typically at the show, the Queen is a little more relaxed than when on formal engagements- often dressing casually and driving down to the show herself, as it's basically in her back garden.

I arrived just in time to see a small group of photographers excitedly watching a Range Rover that had just pulled up. As I walked towards it a man next to me, dressed casually in chords, turned round and said in a very serious tone "don't go in front of me, OK?" Her Majesty's security were on guard. The Queen spent around half an hour watching the events of the show, and from a safe distance I was able to snap away to my heart's content.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, involved in some time-keeping for the Carriages event.

David Miliband Campaign

Former Foreign Minister David Miliband visited the West Harrow Labour Club, to start his campaign to become the new leader of the Labour Party following a woeful General Election. Surprisingly, I was the only national newspaper photographer there- possibly as the rest of the media was watching events unfold in Westminster, as David Cameron and Nick Clegg's negotiating teams worked on forming a historic coalition government.

One of my pictures was used on the front page of The Daily Mirror the following day.

Satisfied with my pictures, I asked the press officer if I could have a minute with Mr. Miliband. She said it may be a possibility, a brief moment later I was one-on-one for about 30 seconds, and managed to shoot the portrait below.

More pictures available on my website... www.blakeezracole.com

Conservative Party HQ

With the future UK government up in the air, the country having voted for a Hung Parliament, I received a call on Friday night from the News of the World who, like every other Sunday paper, were planning on giving masses of space to the election and subsequent jostle for power.

The coming weekend was to be an unprecedented one, with secret negotiations between all parties happening behind the scenes. I arrived at the Conservative HQ on Millbank, central London at 20.00, and ended up there (and awake) for 25 hours. The main players of the Conservatives all came and went throughout the day, David Cameron choosing to try to avoid the press in order to distance himself from the coalition talks in case they should fail.

William Hague arrives in the morning.

Future Prime Minister David Cameron leaves through the back door.

Oliver Letwin, scared of me being run over as I step into the road.

A shady looking George Osborne leaves the HQ.