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    Coronation speech recorded 2 June 1953. 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 ...

  2. Sep 8, 2023 · Queen Elizabeth II became queen of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952, at age 25 and was crowned on June 2, 1953. She was the mother of Prince Charles, who ascended to the throne after her ...

  3. 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 ...

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  4. 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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  5. Sep 8, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II, already Britain’s longest-serving monarch, passed another milestone in 2017 when she and Prince Philip became the longest-married couple of the country’s royal family.

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  7. Sep 8, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, drawing to a close the country’s second Elizabethan era, and heralding the reign of her son, King Charles III.

  8. Sep 8, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II remained overwhelmingly popular throughout her 70 years as the United Kingdom's monarch, overseeing many transformations of the country.

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