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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.
The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. [1] She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards.
Website. See list. 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.
Some of the Queen's outfits on display at Hillsborough Castle in 2013. Statue at Newmarket, Suffolk. On the cover of Time, 1953. The image of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms and Head of the Commonwealth from 1952 to 2022, was generally favourable throughout her years as a reigning monarch.
In English: Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. In Latin: Elizabeth II, Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regnorumque Suorum Ceterorum Regina, Consortionis Populorum Princeps, Fidei Defensor
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch. She was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III .
Necklaces. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) wearing the Queen Anne and Queen Caroline pearls, 1939. Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain Tiara and the Festoon Necklace. Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) wearing the Greville Ruby Floral Bandeau Necklace, 1950.
Queen Elizabeth II with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former prime ministers John Major, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, and Edward Heath during her Golden Jubilee in 2002. Winston Churchill was the incumbent prime minister when Elizabeth became queen.
It was the 67th (and final) state opening carried out by Queen Elizabeth II. A State Opening of Parliament took place on 11 May 2021. Queen Elizabeth II opened the second session of the 58th Parliament with the traditional Queen's Speech.
Bowes-Lyon family. Descendants of the late Queen's aunt, Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone: Rosemary and James Leschallas, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband. Susan and Peregrine Bertie, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband.
