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We take a quick look at the life of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its other Realms and Territories, and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Personal information:
Date of birth:
April 21, 1926.
Place of birth:
London, England.
Birth name:
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.
Father:
King George VI.
Mother:
Queen Elizabeth.
Marriage:
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (November 20, 1947 - 2021, date of Prince Philip's death).
Children:
Edward, Earl of Wessex (March 10, 1964);
Andrew, Duke of York (February 19, 1960);
Anne, Princess Royal (August 15, 1950);
Charles, Prince of Wales (November 14, 1948).
Grandchildren:
Prince Charles and Princess Diana: Prince William (called William in English) and Prince Harry (called Harry in English); Princess Anne and Mark Phillips: Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips; Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson: Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie; from Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones: Lady Louise Windsor and James Windsor, Viscount Severn.
Great- grandchildren:
From Zara Phillips Tindall: Mia Grace, Lena Elizabeth and Lucas Philip;
from Prince William: George Alexander Louis, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana and Louis Arthur Charles;
by Peter Phillips: Savannah and Island;
Prince Harry: Archie Harrison and Lilibet 'Lili' Diana Mountbatten-Windsor;
of Princess Eugenie: August Philip Hawke Brooksbank;
of Princess Beatrice: Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.
Other data:
He was named after his mother, Queen Elizabeth;
her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra, and her paternal grandmother, Queen Mary.
She was not named heir apparent to the throne when her uncle, King Edward VII, abdicated, because there was the possibility of a male heir.
When World War II began, she was a Girl Guide in Scouting and received the same training that all other Girl Guides received at her age.
Her official title since March 26, 1953 is: Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Queen of Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth of Nations and Defender of Faith.
She is the sixth woman to ascend the British throne and the longest-reigning monarch.
In September 2015, she broke the record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, after 63 years and 216 days on the throne.
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) reigned for 63 years and seven months.
See also: The life of Elizabeth II in pictures
Chronology:
May 29, 1926:
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Maria, third in line to the throne, is baptized.
She was the first of the royal children to be christened in the Buckingham Palace chapel, arriving in a lace gown that had been worn by Queen Elizabeth I.
December 11, 1936:
Elizabeth becomes heir presumptive when her father becomes King George VI, following the abdication of her brother, King Edward VIII.
May 12, 1937:
Elizabeth attends the coronation of her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
She is the first woman who, being her heiress presumptive, sees her parents crowned.
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1939:
World War II begins.
Elizabeth moves, along with her sister, to the Royal Castle of Windsor.
It is believed that this was the period in which Elizabeth met Prince Philip of Greece.
1942:
King George VI appoints Elizabeth honorary colonel of the 500th Grenadier Guards Regiment, Royal Army.
April 21, 1942:
Elizabeth makes her official public debut with a revue of the 500th Grenadier Guards Regiment at Windsor Palace.
1944:
Isabel is appointed member of the Privy Council and the Council of State, with which she is enabled to take on the functions of the king during his absence from the country.
July 10, 1947:
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth announce Elizabeth's engagement to Prince Philip of Greece, a lieutenant in the British Navy.
November 20, 1947:
Princess Elizabeth marries Philip.
After receiving British citizenship and relinquishing his Greek title, Philip becomes Royal Highness to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Elizabeth acquires the title of Duchess of Edinburgh.
February 6, 1952:
King George VI dies of lung cancer and Elizabeth ascends the throne.
April 11, 1952:
The Queen decrees that she and her descendants will continue to use the Windsor surname, first adopted by the British royal family during World War I.
June 2, 1953:
The coronation takes place in Westminster Abbey.
October 16-22, 1957:
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make their first state visit to the United States, and she delivers her first speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
May 14, 1965:
Queen Elizabeth II dedicates one hectare of Runnymede land to build a memorial to US President John F. Kennedy.
June 13, 1981:
A teenager, Marcus Simon Sarjeant, shoots the queen six times as she participates in a parade in London.
He is arrested and charged with treason.
July 9, 1982:
A man manages to penetrate the security of Buckingham Palace and reaches the queen's room, where she is.
May 16, 1991:
The Queen addresses a joint session of the US Congress.
She is the first British monarch to do so.
November 24, 1992:
At a meal commemorating her 40th anniversary on the throne, the queen declares 1992 as "Annus Horribilis."
That year the Duke and Duchess of York separated, Princess Anne and Mark Phillips divorced, the estrangement between the Prince and Princess of Wales increased, and there was a fire at Windsor Castle.
November 26, 1992:
Prime Minister John Major announces that the Queen will begin paying taxes on her personal income.
Her personal fortune is estimated at $11.7 billion.
April 1993:
A provision for the Queen and Prince Charles to pay taxes comes into effect, with the clarification that they can be "opted out" of that arrangement at any time, beginning in April 1994.
August 1993:
For the first time, Buckingham Palace is open to the public.
The money raised from the tours goes to help pay for the restoration of Windsor Castle.
December 1995:
After intense media coverage of the Prince and Princess of Wales's estrangement and extramarital affairs, the Queen urges them to divorce.
1997:
The Queen addresses the nation live and on television to express her grief over the death of Princess Diana.
1998:
Supports a plan to end gender discrimination in the line of succession to the throne.
2002:
The queen celebrates her Golden Jubilee, or 50th anniversary on the throne.
December 2006:
For the first time since 1960, the Queen makes her annual live Christmas broadcast.
May 3-8, 2007:
The Queen and Prince Philip visit the United States for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first British company in the country, in Jamestown, in 1607. On May 5, they attend the Kentucky Derby and on May 7 at a State Dinner at the White House.
April 2, 2009:
Meets with US First Lady Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace;
both are photographed with their arms around each other.
The fact powerfully draws the attention of the press, since touching the queen is not something that happens often.
July 6, 2010:
Addresses the United Nations General Assembly for the second time.
April 21, 2011:
On the queen's 85th birthday, the palace issues the queen's official consent, called the Instrument of Consent, for the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
By law, the Royal Marriages Act of 1772, the monarch must give his consent for most royal marital unions.
May 17, 2011:
Makes his first state visit to the Republic of Ireland as British monarch.
February 6 to June 5, 2012:
Celebrations are held across the UK and the Commonwealth to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, or her 60th anniversary on the throne.
The festivities include a fleet of 1,000 boats sailing the River Thames and a concert at Buckingham Palace.
November 20, 2012:
The Queen and Prince Philip celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
December 18, 2012:
Queen Elizabeth II attends a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, marking the end of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
It is the first time a British monarch has participated in a cabinet meeting in more than 100 years.
March 3 and 4, 2013:
Admitted to Rey Eduardo VII Hospital with symptoms of gastroenteritis.
The next day she is discharged.
June 2, 2013:
Special services at Westminster Abbey bring to a close the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation.
June 20, 2013:
The Royal Ascot race is won by Estimate, the queen's horse.
By winning the Gold Cup, the queen becomes the first British monarch to win the biggest race at Ascot.
April 8, 2014:
The Queen hosts a State Dinner in honor of Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina.
The dinner is attended by actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Judi Dench and former IRA commander and Northern Ireland First Deputy Minister Martin McGuinness.
November 26, 2014:
The Queen is honored with the International Equestrian Federation's inaugural Life and Work Award.
March 2, 2015:
A new image of the queen is revealed to be used on UK coins.
June 24-26, 2015:
The Queen travels to Germany, where she meets with Chancellor Angela Merkel and stresses the importance of maintaining Europe's unity during a speech.
“We know that the division of Europe is dangerous and that we must be very careful that it happens both in the west and in the east.
That must remain a common goal,” says the queen.
On the last day of her visit, the Queen herself goes to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and meets with some Holocaust survivors, as well as World War II veterans who helped liberate the camp.
July 18, 2015:
The Sun
newspaper
sparks controversy by publishing an image of the queen in 1933, when she was still a child, in which she apparently raises her hand in a Nazi-style salute.
The image is a screenshot of a private home video in which the queen plays with her brothers.
A source close to the royal family told CNN that "most people will see those images in their context and at the right time.
It is a family that plays in which a gesture can be seen in the light of more contemporary news”.
September 9, 2015:
He becomes the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
March 9, 2016:
Following Buckingham Palace's complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation, over a front page article in
The Sun
bearing the headline "The Queen Supports Brexit", the The palace issues a statement insisting the queen is neutral on whether the UK should vote to leave the European Union.
February 6, 2017:
She becomes the first British monarch to celebrate the Sapphire Jubilee, 65 years on the throne.
March 2, 2018 -
Documents confirming and describing an attempted assassination of the Queen by a New Zealand teenager in 1981 are released.
April 15, 2018 - He
loses the last offspring of his original corgi when 14-year-old Willow is euthanized after a battle with cancer, according to UK media reports.
While the queen reportedly still owns several other dogs, Willow was the only remaining descendant of Susan, the original corgi given to then-Princess Elizabeth on her 18th birthday in 1944.
24 January 2019 -
In a speech to the Sandringham Institute for Women, the queen asks to respect other points of view and seek common ground.
She says, "As we search for new answers in the modern age, I prefer tried and tested recipes, like talking nice to each other and respecting different points of view; coming together to seek common ground; and never losing sight of the big picture."
Her comments are seen as a message to lawmakers amid divisions over Brexit.
January 18, 2020 –
Buckingham Palace announces that Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are no longer working members of the royal family.
As part of the deal, the couple will have to step down from their royal duties, including military appointments, and stop representing the queen.
The couple will also repay the Sovereign Grant funds they recently spent to renovate their official residence at Frogmore Cottage: £2.4 million (approximately $3 million) of British taxpayer money.
April 5, 2020 -
Makes a rare national address to the nation in a pre-recorded video calling for unity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"This time we join all the nations of the world in a common effort, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal."
April 9, 2021 –
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, her husband of over 7 decades, dies at age 99.
October 21, 2021:
According to a Buckingham Palace spokesperson, the queen spent the night in hospital and underwent "preliminary examinations".
She is "in good spirits and resting at Windsor Castle".
The night before she "reluctantly" accepted medical advice to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland in the coming days and was ordered to rest for the next few days.
She returned the next day to Windsor.
October 26, 2021:
Queen Elizabeth is reported to not be attending the COP26 evening reception on November 1, according to a statement issued by Royal Communications.
February 6, 2022 –
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to reign for 70 years, extending her record as the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
Platinum Jubilee celebrations will take place throughout the year.
February 20, 2022:
Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms.
UK media reported that the queen is fully vaccinated.
March 29, 2022:
The queen makes her first public appearance in five months as she joins the royal family and other dignitaries in a memorial service in honor of her husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
September 6, 2022:
makes his last public appearance when he receives Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, at Balmoral, Scotland.
Current line of succession:
1. Prince of Wales: Prince Charles (1948)
2. Duke of Cambridge: Prince William, eldest son of Prince Charles (1982)
3. Prince George of Cambridge, son of Prince William (2013)
4. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, daughter of Prince William (2015)
5. Prince Henry of Wales, youngest son of Prince Charles (1984)
6. Duke of York: Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II (1960)
7. Princess Beatrice of York, eldest daughter of Prince Andrew (1988)
8. Princess Eugenie of York, youngest daughter of Prince Andrew (1990)
9. Earl of Wessex: Prince Edward, youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II (1964)
10. Viscount Severn: James Windsor, son of Edward, Earl of Wessex (2002)
Editor's Note:
That note was originally published in December 2016 and has been updated with recent events.
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