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The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II was the international celebration in 2022 marking the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was the first time that any monarch in British history celebrated a platinum jubilee, as is the case in the histories of the other Commonwealth realms .
Sep 8, 2023 · Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, 1901-2004. The wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Lady Alice was a direct descendant of Charles II through his illegitimate son, the nobleman James ...
Reigning Queens is a 1985 series of silkscreen portraits by American artist Andy Warhol. The screen prints were presented as a portfolio of sixteen; four prints each of the four queens regnant. The subjects were Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Ntfombi Twala of ...
Sep 8, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II Windsor is a member of the House of Windsor. Princess Lilibet. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London W1, the London home of her maternal grandparents the Earl and Countess of Strathmore. [2] [3] She was the daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI ...
Elizabeth II ( Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926– 8 September 2022) was Head of the Commonwealth and the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death in 2022. [1] Elizabeth became queen when her father, King George VI, died on 6 February 1952. At the time of her death, she had ruled longer than ...
Abolition. 12 December 1964. Elizabeth II was Queen of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, when Kenya was an independent sovereign state with a constitutional monarchy. She was also the sovereign of the other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. Her roles as the Kenyan head of state were delegated to the governor-general of Kenya .
Edward II 1284–1327 King of England r. 1307–1327: Margaret Maid of Norway 1283–1290 Queen of Scots r. 1286–1290: Marjorie Bruce 1296–1316: Walter Stewart c. 1296 –1327 High Steward: House of Stewart: Edward III 1312–1377 King of England r. 1327–1377: Joan of the Tower 1321–1362: David II 1324–1371 King of Scots r. 1329 ...
