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Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary , and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th ...
Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022 r. 1952–2022 Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon 1930–2002: Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon 1930–2017: Prince William of Gloucester 1941–1972: Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester b. 1944: Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester b. 1946
Shortly after George VI's death, Elizabeth began to be styled as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother because the normal style for the widow of a king, "Queen Elizabeth", would have been too similar to the style of her elder daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. [91] Popularly, she became the "Queen Mother" or the "Queen Mum". [92]
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree is Prince Charles, her son ...
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were the longest-married couple in the history of the British royal family before his April 2021 death, with many children, grandchildren and great ...
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, upon discovering that her nieces were alive in 1982, sent money for toys and sweets on their birthdays and at Christmas. [9] [10] The three grandchildren of Fenella and John (Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, the 5th Earl of Lichfield, and Katherine Somervell) organised the headstone for Nerissa Bowes-Lyon. [citation ...
On June 2nd, 1953, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary started her tenure as the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Queen Elizabeth II almost didn't become queen. She was third in line to the ...
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon: 4 August 1900: 30 March 2002: 101 years: In 1923, she married the future King George VI, and had issue, including Queen Elizabeth II. She became queen consort and empress consort of India in 1936, and in later life, after the death of her husband, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.