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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.
On 21 April 1926, Queen Elizabeth II was born at No. 17, the London home of her maternal grandfather, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. [2] The house was commonly thought to have been damaged in the Blitz and demolished in the aftermath, [ 2 ] but archival documents at the British Library prove that the house had been demolished by property ...
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch. She was immediately succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III.
In 2022, she became the second-longest-reigning monarch in world history, behind 17th century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4. 10 things to know about Queen Elizabeth II’s ...
At the age of 25, Queen Elizabeth II — then known as Princess Elizabeth — pledged to remain queen for the rest of her life at her coronation at Westminster Abbey in London on June 2, 1953 ...
Family, friends and fans are remembering the life of Queen Elizabeth II on the first anniversary of her death through sweet tributes. Queen Elizabeth died on Sept. 8, 2022, at age 96, after ...
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 remained overwhelmingly popular throughout her 70 years as the United Kingdom's monarch, overseeing many transformations of the country.