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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 had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the ...
Elizabeth II held numerous titles and honours, both during and before her time as monarch of each of her Commonwealth realms.Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Princess Elizabeth of York being given as from her birth), and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation.
Other later accounts repeat the position that Cunard originally intended to name the ship Queen Elizabeth and the addition of a 2 by the Queen was a surprise to Cunard, in 1990 [55] and 2008, [43] although two books by William H. Miller state that Queen Elizabeth 2 was the name agreed on before the launch [44] between Cunard officials and the ...
Queen Elizabeth, titled Princess Elizabeth at the time, married her husband, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on November 20, 1947 in Westminster Abbey. A full 2,000 guests were invited to their ceremony .
1. The heir apparent: Prince Charles. On November 14, 1948, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip welcomed their first child, Prince Charles Philip Arthur George. Prince Charles is next in line to the ...
Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 Princess of Orange: Anne Hyde 1637–1671 Duchess of York: King James II [a] 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688: Mary of Modena 1658–1718 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650: Anne Stuart 1637–1640: Henry ...
Peers of the Realm. Mistress of the Robes. 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 ...
Mother. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. Signature. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon[b] (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was also the last Empress of India from 1936 until the British Raj ...