Queen Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom from 6 February 1952 until her death on 8 September 2022.
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.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
Elizabeth was Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 different sovereign states in the course of her reign and served as monarch of 15 of them at the time of her death.
Full name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
Age: 96
Date of birth: 21 April 1926
Place of birth: Bruton Street, London, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Net worth: $600 Million
Husband: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (m. 1947–2021)
Children: King Charles III, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
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Grandchildren: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Zara Tindall, Lady Louise Windsor, Peter Phillips, James, Viscount Severn
Parents: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, George VI
Awards: Elizabeth held many titles and honorary military positions throughout the Commonwealth, was sovereign of many orders in her own countries and received honours and awards from around the world
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When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth—then 25 years old—became queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (known today as Sri Lanka), as well as Head of the Commonwealth.
Elizabeth reigned as a constitutional monarch through major political changes such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, devolution in the United Kingdom, the decolonisation of Africa, and the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities and withdrawal from the European Union.
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The number of her realms varied over time as territories gained independence and some realms became republics. Her many historic visits and meetings include state visits to China in 1986, Russia in 1994, the Republic of Ireland in 2011, and visits with five Popes.
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