London: As she reaches 70 years on the throne, the Queen has amassed every gift imaginable from dignitaries around the world.

Little has meant as much to her as the hand-drawn cards and letters from her people, it appears, as she views a treasure trove of memorabilia from the milestones of her reign, in new film footage released to coincide with Accession Day, Sunday (Monday AEDT).

The Queen, who wore jewellery honouring her late father, has viewed a collection of home-made cards from previous jubilees, which include advice from a little boy on how to train her dogs and a fingerprint portrait done by toddlers. One card from the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002, which was made from old bottle tops to signify how she was “the tops”, was proclaimed to be “simple but ingenious”, while a Recipe For A Perfect Queen, written by a nine-year-old, was praised as “very creative”.

The items have been stored in the royal archives at Windsor Castle, and were shown to the Queen by Dr Stella Panayotova, librarian and assistant keeper, ahead of her Platinum Jubilee.

Among the objects brought to Her Majesty, who was seated in a chair in the Oak Room of the castle, was a fan given to Queen Victoria to mark her Golden Jubilee in 1887 by the then Prince and Princess of Wales, later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. It was signed by Victoria’s family, including all her children, and friends such as the Marquess of Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain.

The Queen appeared particularly fascinated by the fan, opening and closing it to read the names. “It’s very well preserved, isn’t it,” she said. “How extraordinary. And it still shuts.”

The monarch was joined in the viewing by her dorgi, Candy, who ambled into the room unexpectedly to be with her mistress, a small number of staff and a camera operator.

“And where did you come from? I know what you want,” the Queen says, leaning down to stroke the dog.