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Apr 21, 2020 · 1935: Even at the young age of 9, the future queen had perfected her royal wave. This photo was taken after the family had attended the Jubilee service at St. Paul's Cathedral. AP Photo
Sep 8, 2022 · Sept. 8, 2022. Leer en español. LONDON — Born in 1926, eight years after the end of World War I, Elizabeth took her first steps in a world we recognize only from sepia photographs, in a country...
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When Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the elder daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was born on April 21, 1926, she apparently had little chance of assuming the throne, as her father was a younger son of King George V. But in late 1936, her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated to marry an American divorcée, Wall...
Elizabeth and Margaret spent much of World War IIliving apart from their parents in the Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle, a medieval fortress outside London. In 1942, the king made Elizabeth an honorary colonel in the 500 Grenadier Guards, a Royal Army regiment. Two years later, he named her as a member of the Privy Council and the Council of State, e...
With her father’s health declining in 1951, Elizabeth stepped in for him at various state functions. After spending that Christmaswith the royal family, Elizabeth and Philip left on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, making a stopover in Kenya en route. They were in Kenya on February 6, 1952, when King George VI succumbedto lung cancer at the age...
In 1981, all eyes were on the royal family once again as Prince Charles wed Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Though the couple soon welcomed two sons, William and Harry, their marriage quickly imploded, causing considerable public embarrassment for the queen and the entire royal family. In 1992, Elizabeth’s 40th year on the thr...
After Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, Diana remained incredibly popular with the British (and international) public. Her tragic death the following year triggered a tremendous outpouring of shock and grief, as well as outrage at the royal family for what the public saw as its ill treatment of the “People’s Princess.” Though Queen Elizabeth init...
The queen’s popularity, and that of the entire royal family, rebounded during the first decade of the 21st century. Though 2002 marked Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee—50 years on the throne—the death of her mother (the beloved Queen Mum) and sister early that year cast a pall on the celebrations. In 2005, the queen enjoyed public support when she ...
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2 days ago · Just days later, on September 8, Elizabeth’s death, at age 96, shocked Britain and the world. Prince Charles succeeded her on the throne as King Charles III. Ten days of national commemoration of her life and legacy—long planned as “Operation London Bridge”—followed.
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Sep 8, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died at the age of 96, leaving behind a legacy that blended the ancient and the modern with the help of mass media.
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Sep 8, 2022 · Elizabeth and her grandmother Queen Mary take care of the newly christened Princess Anne, who is wearing a gown made in 1841 for Queen Victoria's eldest child. AP Feb. 11, 1952 | London
Elizabeth died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle, and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III. Early life Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother).
