Elizabeth II was born at 21 april 1926. Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.21 she 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 during her lifetime and 15 at the time of her death.
Education
Elizabeth and her younger sister were schooled in the nuances of royal etiquette by their grandmother.
The princess received a private education with a focus on British history and law. She frequently went to races and breeding competitions. Elizabeth had a well-known bond with Pembroke Welsh corgis as a young kid .
Prince Philip and queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth and Margaret spent much of World War II living apart from their parents in the Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle. In 1942, the king made Elizabeth an honorary colonel in the 500 Grenadier Guards, a Royal Army regiment.
Two years later, he named her as a member of the Privy Council . The Council of State, enabling her to act on his behalf when he was out of the country.
In 1947, soon after the royal family returned from an official visit to South Africa and Rhodesia, they announced Elizabeth’s engagement to Prince Philip of Greece, her third cousin (both were great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. She had set her sights on him when she was only 13, and their relationship developed through visits and correspondence during the war.
Elizabeth and Margaret lived separated from their parents for a significant portion of World War II in the Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle, a fortified castle outside of London. The king elevated Elizabeth to the rank of honorary colonel in the Royal Army’s 500 Grenadier Guards in 1942.
Two years later, he appointed her to the Privy Council and the Council of State, giving her the authority to represent him when he was away from the country.
Elizabeth’s engagement
The announcement of Elizabeth’s engagement to Prince Philip of Greece, her third cousin and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, came in 1947, not long after the royal family had returned from an official visit to South Africa and Rhodesia. She’d made her.
Due to his lack of wealth and foreign (German) ancestry, many in the royal circle thought Philip and Elizabeth were an inappropriate match, but Elizabeth remained steadfast and deeply in love. On November 20, 1947, she and Philip were married in Westminster Abbey.
A daughter, Anne (Princess Royal), was born two years after their first child, Charles (Prince of Wales, afterwards King Charles III).
Elizabeth and Phillip had a remarkable 73 years of marriage when the Prince passed away in April 2021 at the age of 99.
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
In 1951, as her father’s health deteriorated, Elizabeth filled in for him at several state events. Elizabeth and Philip left for a tour of Australia and New Zealand after spending that Christmas with the royal family. They stopped in Kenya on the way.
On February 6, 1952, when King George VI passed away from lung cancer at the age of 56. At that time they were in Kenya. His 25-year-old daughter then became the sixth woman to hold the British throne in history. The Westminster Abbey witnessed her official coronation as Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953.
Elizabeth became accustomed to her job as queen during the first ten years of her reign.
Which is Growing close to Prime Minister Winston Churchill (the first of 15 prime leaders she would deal with during her reign), surviving the Suez Crisis of 1956, and taking numerous official trips overseas.
Crown scandals
The royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981 brought back the spotlight to the family. Although they soon welcomed two boys, who,s name are William and Harry. Their marriage quickly crumbled, greatly embarrassing the queen and the entire royal family in front of the public.
Princess Anne and her husband, Mark Phillips, divorced in 1992. The family’s “Annus Horribilis” which saw the separation of Charles and Diana. Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah Ferguson, and the separation of Prince Andrew and Princess Anne.
King or Queen Elizabeth’s wealth
In response to criticism over the use of public funds to repair the royal palace Queen Elizabeth decided to pay taxes on her own income. British law did not necessitate this, despite the fact that some prior kings had also done it.
Her personal wealth was valued at $11.7 billion at the time. She also consented to charge a fee for access when she was not in residence at Buckingham Palace.
Diana maintained her enormous popularity with the British (and global) public even after Charles and Diana’s divorce in 1996. Following her untimely death, there was a huge outpouring of sorrow and grief.
Despite initially keeping the family including Princes William and Harry away from the media at Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth was eventually persuaded to fly back to London, pay tribute to Diana in a televised speech, greet mourners, and permit the Union Jack to fly at half-mast above Buckingham Palace due to the outpouring of support for her.
An era of monarchy
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the queen’s and the royal family’s popularity recovered. Despite the fact that 2002 was Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee 50 years as monarch the early deaths of her sister and mother (the adored Queen Mum) put a damper on the celebrations.
When the queen approved of Prince Charles’ formerly unthinkable marriage to his longtime girlfriend Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005, she received widespread backing from the public.
Prince William marriage
In April 2011, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey under the auspices of Queen Elizabeth, who was then in her seventh decade as monarch. The line of succession was continued by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children, Prince George (born in 2013), Princess Charlotte (born in 2015), and Prince Louis. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are the next monarchs of Britain (born 2018).
Prince Philip retired from his royal duties in 2017, at the age of 96. Throughout much of his wife’s reign, he was a steadfast supporter by her side and one of Britain’s busiest royals. The royal pair celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary that year, making it the longest marriage in British history.
Meghan Markle
The biracial divorcee Meghan Markle, whose welcome by the royal family demonstrated how contemporary it had become over Elizabeth’s lengthy reign, was married to Prince Harry in May 2018. Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, a son, was born to the couple in 2019, and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, a daughter, in 2021.
At various points, there were rumours circulating that Queen Elizabeth would abdicate so that Prince Charles might ascend to the throne. Queen Elizabeth transferred several of her royal duties to him in 2017. the formal Remembrance Day ceremony, which fueled rumours that she was getting ready to pass the crown to her eldest son are included.
She continued to do many of her formal tasks, made several public appearances. She spent a lot of time outdoors with her adored horses and dogs in the later years of her reign. Queen Elizabeth formally appointed Liz Truss as the new prime minister two days before to her passing.
