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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.Loading...
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The Queen's Life and Reign ● Eldest son becomes King Charles III ● the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II ● The National Anthem becomes God save the King
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Lilibet, as her family called her, was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor on 21 April 1926, in London. She and her little sister Margaret were educated at home and had a happy childhood.
She was not expected to become queen until her uncle, King Edward VII, abdicated to marry a divorced American woman called Wallis Simpson.
Elizabeth was just ten when her father became King George VI and her life changed forever.
At eighteen Princess Elizabeth volunteered as a truck driver with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and learned driving and mechanical skills. When thousands of people celebrated the end of the war in Europe in 1945, the princesses joined them outside Buckingham Palace, despite the fact that somebody might recognise them.
During this period she fell in love with Prince Philip of Greece. He was her third cousin and in the Royal Navy.
They married at Westminster Abbey in 1947 and had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. The couple were happily married for 74 years until he died in 2021, aged 99
She was not expected to become queen until her uncle, King Edward VII, abdicated to marry a divorced American woman called Wallis Simpson.
Elizabeth was just ten when her father became King George VI and her life changed forever.
At eighteen Princess Elizabeth volunteered as a truck driver with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and learned driving and mechanical skills. When thousands of people celebrated the end of the war in Europe in 1945, the princesses joined them outside Buckingham Palace, despite the fact that somebody might recognise them.
During this period she fell in love with Prince Philip of Greece. He was her third cousin and in the Royal Navy.
They married at Westminster Abbey in 1947 and had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. The couple were happily married for 74 years until he died in 2021, aged 99
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In January 1952, Elizabeth, aged 25, was on an official tour abroad with Philip, when her father died.
She later said “My father died much too young, so it was all a very sudden kind of taking on and making the best job you can.” More than 20 million people watched her coronation on TV in June 1953.
Queen Elizabeth II had to work hard. She travelled all over the Commonwealth, meeting people in newly independent countries.
The Monarchy became known as ‘Royal Family’ for the first time. There was even a BBC documentary in 1969 showing the Windsors doing normal family things like having a barbecue, decorating the Christmas tree, and going out for a drive.
She later said “My father died much too young, so it was all a very sudden kind of taking on and making the best job you can.” More than 20 million people watched her coronation on TV in June 1953.
Queen Elizabeth II had to work hard. She travelled all over the Commonwealth, meeting people in newly independent countries.
The Monarchy became known as ‘Royal Family’ for the first time. There was even a BBC documentary in 1969 showing the Windsors doing normal family things like having a barbecue, decorating the Christmas tree, and going out for a drive.
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The 1980s and 1990s were difficult years as three of the Queen’s children got divorced; Prince Charles and Princess Diana talked about their private lives on TV; and there was a huge fire at Windsor Castle.
Buckingham Palace opened its doors to visitors to pay for the repairs at Windsor, and the Queen and the Prince of Wales started to pay taxes.
However, it was the sudden death of Diana in a car accident in Paris in 1997, which caused the biggest change.
Buckingham Palace opened its doors to visitors to pay for the repairs at Windsor, and the Queen and the Prince of Wales started to pay taxes.
However, it was the sudden death of Diana in a car accident in Paris in 1997, which caused the biggest change.
Through many personal difficulties and huge world events she continued
to work for peace and cooperation. She became the first British monarch
to make an official visit to the Irish Republic in 2011.
She was still working just two days before her death on September 8th 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
She leaves behind her four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren
to work for peace and cooperation. She became the first British monarch
to make an official visit to the Irish Republic in 2011.
She was still working just two days before her death on September 8th 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
She leaves behind her four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren
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Through many personal difficulties and huge world events she continued
to work for peace and cooperation. She became the first British monarch
to make an official visit to the Irish Republic in 2011.
She was still working just two days before her death on September 8th 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
She leaves behind her four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren
to work for peace and cooperation. She became the first British monarch
to make an official visit to the Irish Republic in 2011.
She was still working just two days before her death on September 8th 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
She leaves behind her four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren
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After days of lying-in-state, the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II has made its final journey as part of a grand state funeral. It travelled first to Westminster Abbey, for a religious service in front of a congregation of thousands, and then to Windsor Castle for a more intimate committal service and, in the evening, a private burial.
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The Queen was lowered into the royal vault and the Sovereign's piper played before a blessing and the singing of God Save the King.
The performance by the piper at Windsor was something the Queen had personally requested, Buckingham Palace said.
In the evening, at a private family service, the Queen was buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI Memorial Chapel, located inside St George's Chapel.
Her marble slab is engraved ELIZABETH II 1926-2022.
The performance by the piper at Windsor was something the Queen had personally requested, Buckingham Palace said.
In the evening, at a private family service, the Queen was buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI Memorial Chapel, located inside St George's Chapel.
Her marble slab is engraved ELIZABETH II 1926-2022.
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