Queen Elizabeth has reigned for 70 years, longer than any other British monarch in history.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Queen Elizabeth II) was born on April 21, 1926 in Mayfair London. She is the first child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, died on Thursday at the age of 96. She is the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Queen Elizabeth married her distant cousin Prince Philip in 1947, who died last April. Prince Charles, who has now been appointed King, was born 11 months later in 1948.
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Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was crowned in 1953. She was the sixth woman to ascend to the British throne. Queen Elizabeth’s coronation on June 2, 1953 was the major event of the television age.
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Queen Elizabeth has reigned for 70 years, longer than any other British monarch in history. The previous record was held by her great-grandmother Queen Victoria.
Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son Charles married Princess Diana in 1981, their marriage ended in divorce in 1996. Princess Diana died in a car crash in 1997.
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Queen Elizabeth has traveled to more than 100 countries since 1952 – another record for a British monarch. She has visited India many times, but her first visit was in 1961.
Queen Elizabeth during her visit to India inaugurated the All India Institute of Health Sciences (AIIMS) building at a ceremony attended by then-President Dr Rajendra Prasad.
Upon her coronation in 1953, Elizabeth II was crowned queen of seven independent countries: Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon, later renamed Sri Lanka.
At her peak, she was queen of 18 countries between 1983-1987.
June marks Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee year to the throne. The four-day celebration saw the participation of tens of thousands of people.
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