In 1992, Elizabeth’s 40th year on the throne and her family’s “Annus Horribilis” (according to a speech she gave that November) both Charles and Diana and Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah Ferguson, separated, while Princess Anne and her husband, Mark Phillips, divorced. Though the couple soon welcomed two sons, William and Harry, their marriage quickly imploded, causing considerable public embarrassment for the queen and the entire royal family. In 1981, all eyes were on the royal family once again as Prince Charles wed Lady Diana Spencer at St. Her formal coronation as Queen Elizabeth II took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey. 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. 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. With her father’s health declining in 1951, Elizabeth stepped in for him at various state functions. SEE MORE: Glorious Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Queen Elizabeth's 1947 Wedding Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Their first son, Charles (Prince of Wales) was born in 1948 a daughter, Anne (Princess Royal) arrived two years later.Įlizabeth and Phillip were married for an extraordinary 73 years, until the Prince died in April 2021 at the age of 99. She and Philip wed on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. Though many in the royal circle viewed Philip as an unwise match due to his lack of money and foreign (German) blood, Elizabeth was determined and very much in love. She had set her sights on him when she was only 13, and their relationship developed through visits and correspondence during the war. 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. In February 2022, Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee-marking seven decades of her service to the Commonwealth. In September 2015, Elizabeth surpassed the record of 63 years and 216 days on the throne set by Queen Victoria (her great-great-grandmother) to become the longest-reigning British monarch in history. Extremely popular for nearly all of her long reign, the queen was known for taking a serious interest in government and political affairs, apart from her ceremonial duties, and was credited with modernizing many aspects of the monarchy. Queen Elizabeth II served from 1952 to 2022 as reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and numerous other realms and territories, as well as head of the Commonwealth, the group of 53 sovereign nations that includes many former British territories.
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