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Edward VIII. Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year. [a] Edward was born during the ...
On 2 June 2022, the Duke appeared alongside the Queen on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the 2022 Trooping the Colour as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Kent became the oldest living descendent of King George V, and the last surviving descendent born in George V's lifetime.
The Coronation (2018) Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen is a 2022 television documentary film of home movies shot by the British royal family. [1] The film aired on BBC One on 29 May 2022, in commemoration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee . The film was compiled from 400 reels of previously unseen footage, [2] that depict the Queen prior to her ...
Elizabeth I (1533–1603; r. 1558–1603 ), Queen of England and Ireland. Elizabeth II (1926–2022; r. 1952–2022 ), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Queen Betty (reign began c. 1686; died either c. 1708 or c. 1723 as Queen Ann (Pamunkey chief) ), Weroansqua (chief) of the Pamunkey tribe.
Báthory. Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed ( Hungarian: Báthori Erzsébet, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈɛrʒeːbɛt]; Slovak: Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) [2] was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the Báthory family, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and four of ...
Elizabeth of Luxembourg (Hungarian: Luxemburgi Erzsébet; 7 October 1409 – 19 December 1442) was queen consort of Hungary, queen consort of Germany and Bohemia. The only child of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund , King of Hungary and Bohemia, Elizabeth was expected to ascend his thrones along with her husband, Albert of Austria .
Between 2007 and 2022, 41 horses that raced in the royal colours were gifted to Elizabeth. After the Queen's death, her horses were inherited by her heir and successor, Charles III; the new King had his first winner, Just Fine, at Leicester in October 2022. It was announced later that month that the King was to sell fourteen of the late Queen's ...
The British five pound ( £5) coin is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage. As of October 2022, the obverse of new coins feature the profile of King Charles III. The obverse previously depicted Queen Elizabeth II between the coin's introduction in 1990 and the Queen's death in 2022. Two different portraits of the Queen graced the ...