Queen Elizabeth II was born as Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and his wife,
formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, on 21 April 1926 in London, England. The Queen was the queen of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 15 countries in the Commonwealth, in addition to the head of the Commonwealth.
In December 1936, her grandfather King George V died, and her uncle became Edward VIII, who abdicated in a short reign of 327 days.
Her father then became King George VII. On 20 November 1947, she married a distant cousin, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten,
who was born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark on 10 June 1921. He assumed the anglicized surname Mountbatten,
the German family name of Battenberg of his mother. Before the marriage, Philip had renounced his claim
to the Greek throne and his Greek citizenship, and King George VI bestowed Philip the styles of Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness.
On 6 February 1952, King George VI suddenly died of lung cancer, while Elizabeth and Philip were visiting
Kenya. She returned home immediately and she ascended to the throne as Queen Elizabeth II.
Subsequently she was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953. Philip received the British title of Prince from the Queen in 1957.
He was officially known as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
After 73 years of marriage, Prince Philip died on 9 April 2011.
On 6 September 2022, The Queen met Liz Truss and appointed her the 15th British prime minister at the Balmoral Castle in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Suddenly, she died at peace at the Balmoral Castle on 8 Septmeber 2022.
Edward VII was the son of Queen Victoria and reigned from 1901 to 1910. His wife was Princess Alexandra of Denmark. He was the great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II. Edward VII was the King of England and also the Emperor of India. The British Empire extended to the greatest boundaries in his reign.
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The Young Queen (1952-1962) | A Centennial to Celebrate (1963-1972) |
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A Multitude of Milestones (1973-1982) | Breaking Barriers & Pushing Boundaries (1983-1992) |
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A Monarch for a New Millennium (1993-2002) | A Shining Legacy (2003-2012) |