Queen Elizabeth II
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Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
Queen Elizabeth II was "Queen of the United Kingdom and other commonwealth realms since February 6, 1952 until her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country."
History
Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926 in London, United Kingdom. Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor. Also, her parents were Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and George VI. She had a younger sister, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. "Elizabeth's life changed when her father was crowned King George VI. The family moved to the royal residence in London at Buckingham Palace." Since she was the eldest of the King's daughters, she knew that one day she'd become queen.
Marriage
Queen Elizabeth II met Prince Phillip in 1934. On November 20, 1947 they got married at Westminster Abbey when she was 21 and he was 26.
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Becoming Queen
"With her father’s health declining in 1951, Elizabeth stepped in for him at various state functions. After spending that?Christmas?with the royal family, Elizabeth and Philip left on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, making a stopover in Kenya en route. They were in Kenya on February 6, 1952, when King George VI succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 56, and his 25-year-old daughter became the sixth woman in history to ascend to the British throne. Her formal coronation as Queen Elizabeth II took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey." https://www.history.com
Her Death
Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022 in Balmoral Castle, United Kingdom. She died peacefully that afternoon at her "Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer."
What Now?
Now her son King Charles III acceded to the throne on September 8, 2022 upon the death of his mother.