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Elizabeth II. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death.
- 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
- Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Sep 8, 2022 · She ruled for seven decades, unshakably committed to the rituals of her role amid epic social and economic change and family scandal. 1285. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in ...
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- Alan Cowell
- British royal family line of succession
1 day ago · Elizabeth was the elder daughter of Prince Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little prospect of acceding to the throne until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor), abdicated in her father’s favour on December 11, 1936, at which time her father became King George VI and she became ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 8, 2022 · Elizabeth was the first and only British monarch to address a joint meeting of Congress in 1991. Miles away, outside the British embassy, tributes were left in words and flowers Thursday afternoon.
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- Yan Zhuang
Sep 8, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II pictured in 2012. Queen Elizabeth II, whose seven decades on the throne of the United Kingdom was a longer reign than any other British monarch, has died at the age of 96. The ...
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Sep 8, 2022 · Elizabeth became queen in 1952 and was crowned on June 2, 1953 in a televised ceremony in Westminster Abbey, becoming the first queen in her own right since Queen Victoria and the 40th monarch in ...
Sep 10, 2022 · From CNN's David Wilkinson and Lauren Said-Moorhouse. As a new era dawns in Britain, arrangements for a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II are underway. Her son, King Charles III, has asked for ...