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The royal wedding was a highlight of Pat Collins' career.Patricia Mary (Holden) Collins

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The young photographer climbed onto a building ledge high above Trafalgar Square to capture the throngs people out to greet The Queen and Prince Philip on their wedding day.

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Dwight Eisenhower asked to meet the photographer and autographed the picture.

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Collins' picture of George Bernard Shaw.

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Collins was featured in a British newsreel on young people "going places."

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Patricia Holden Collins died on Nov. 26 at the age of 87.

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