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- Robert Menzies was the incumbent prime minister when Elizabeth became queen.
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Queen Elizabeth II with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former prime ministers John Major, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, and Edward Heath during her Golden Jubilee in 2002. Winston Churchill was the incumbent prime minister when Elizabeth became queen.
- Winston Churchill. Oct-1951-Apr 1955. The queen had a special fondness for her first prime minister, Churchill, the giant of a statesman whom many felt saved the country thanks to his determined leadership during the darkest days of World War II.
- Anthony Eden. Apr 1955-Jan 1957. When Churchill’s foreign secretary took over for the ailing cold warrior in 1955, Anthony Eden was still handsome and dashing, but his health was damaged by a surgeon’s error during a gallstone operation in 1953.
- Harold Macmillan. Jan 1957-Oct 1963. Despite a naturally dour manner, the next prime minister, Harold Macmillan, energetically pushed past the Suez affair and sought to reconfirm Britain’s stature as a great nation.
- Harold Wilson. Oct 1964-Jun 1970. Mar 1974-Apr 1976. Labour leader Harold Wilson attained the office after having defeated Macmillan’s Conservative successor, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who held the office of PM for only one year.
Sep 8, 2022 · In seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II saw 15 British prime ministers come and go, from Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher to Boris Johnson to Liz Truss. (AP Photo, File) Read More. 5 of 18 |.
Jan 20, 2022 · Harold Wilson (1964-1970, 1974-1976): Wilson, who came from a lower-middle-class background, became the Queen's first Labour Party prime minister. Wilson, seen here at right next to...
- Winston Churchill. Elizabeth became queen in 1952, at just 25 years old. When she stepped off the plane from Kenya following the death of her father, Winston Churchill was waiting on the tarmac to greet her.
- Anthony Eden. The queen’s early meetings with Anthony Eden were dominated by the possible marriage of the queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, to Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorcée, meaning it was complicated and could involve the state.
- Harold Macmillan. The queen and her third prime minister did not initially hit it off. “He was unsure whether the Prime Minister’s annual visit to Balmoral was a social occasion, with ‘talking shop’ relegated to the margins, or a Highlands version of his weekly audiences at Buckingham Palace,” according to a government blog post.
- Alec Douglas-Home. Alec Douglas-Home’s predecessor famously described him to the queen as “steel painted as wood.” Not that he needed an introduction. He was a fellow Scottish landowner — and a childhood friend of the queen’s mother.
Modern History. For over 70 years Queen Elizabeth II was served by 15 British Prime ministers from all political parties. Some she had taken to more than others. Liz Truss of the Conservative party was the last PM, becoming No 15 in a venerable lineup that included Winston Churchill, Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and the last ...
Sep 13, 2022 · The Queen’s 15: Every prime minister who served Elizabeth II 1990-97: John Major, the first prime minister younger than the Queen, came to the rescue of the Royal Family in 1992, its ‘annus ...
