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Queen Consort Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, King George VI, Princess Margaret, and Princess Elizabeth sit together in an open carriage, all wearing formal hats, in 1939. Young Princess Elizabeth smiles while riding a tricycle in Hyde Park, London, with her nurse walking behind her and a pram visible to the side. wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, duke of Edinburgh Black-and-white portrait of the British royal family in 1951, with Prince Charles standing by a fountain, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Duke of Edinburgh, King George VI, Princess Elizabeth, and Princess Anne in a baby carriage. Formal black-and-white portrait of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, wearing a decorated military uniform with medals and sashes, seated and facing forward. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, kneels before Queen Elizabeth II during her coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey, surrounded by clergy and officials in ceremonial robes. Sir Gerald Wollaston, dressed in elaborate ceremonial attire, reads from a large official document during the proclamation of Queen Elizabeth at Chancery Lane in 1952. Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara, formal gown, sash, and fur stole, smiles and waves as she attends an evening event in Edinburgh.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles to the crowd from Buckingham Palace (London, England) balcony at the end of the Platinum Pageant in London on June 5, 2022 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebrations. The curtain comes down on four days of momentous nationwide celebrations to honor Queen Elizabeth II's historic Platinum Jubilee with a day-long pageant lauding the 96 year old monarch's record seven decades on the throne. (British royalty)
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Elizabeth II

queen of United Kingdom
Also known as: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, 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(Show More)
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Elizabeth II (born April 21, 1926, London, England—died September 8, 2022, Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from February 6, 1952, to September 8, 2022. In 2015 she surpassed Victoria to become the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Elizabeth was the elder daughter of Prince Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. As the child of a younger son of King...

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