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The birth of the future Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, in London, to Prince Albert, Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. At the time of her birth, most people did not realize Elizabeth would someday become the queen of Great Britain. Elizabeth, nicknamed Lilibet, got to enjoy the first decade of her life with all the privileges of being a royal without the pressures of being the heir apparent.
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A Princess At War: Queen Elizabeth II During World War II
When Princess Elizabeth turned 18 in 1944, she insisted upon joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the women’s branch of the British Army. King George made sure that his daughter was not given a special rank in the Army. She started as a second subaltern in the ATS and was later promoted to Junior Commander, the equivalent of Captain.
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Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip first met when they attended the wedding of Prince Philip's cousin, in 1934. Their engagement was announced on 9 July 1947 and the couple were married in Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947. The event was fairly simple, as Britain was still recovering from the war, and Princess Elizabeth had to collect clothing coupons for her dress, like any other young bride. They spent their honeymoon at Broadlands, Hampshire.
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Birth of Prince Charles - heir to the throne
A year after the wedding, on November 14, 1948, Elizabeth and Philip had their eldest son Prince Charles.
In 1969, Elizabeth officially made Charles her successor by granting him the title of Prince of Wales.
From his first marriage to Lady Diana Spencer were born Prince William of Wales in 1982 and Prince Henry "Harry" in 1984.
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Coronation
On 6 February 1952, King George VI died following a prolonged illness. Princess Elizabeth immediately acceded to the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II and taking on all of the responsibilities which came with her new title.The Coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953. It was a solemn ceremony conducted by Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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The Silver Jubilee
The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth throughout 1977, culminating in June with the official "Jubilee Days", held to coincide with the Queen's Official Birthday.
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Dangerous encounter
In June 1981, Elizabeth herself had a dangerous encounter. She was riding in the Trooping the Colour, a special military parade to celebrate her official birthday, when a man in the crowd pointed a gun at her. He fired, but, fortunately, the gun was loaded with blanks. Other than receiving a good scare, the queen was not hurt.
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Annus Horribilis
On 24 November 1992 The Queen gave a speech at Guildhall to mark the 40th anniversary of her Accession. In it The Queen referred to recent events as part of an 'annus horribilis'.
It was that year two of her children got divorced (Princess Anne) or separated (Prince Andrew and Prince Charles) from their wives. Also, the Windsor Castle recieved serious damage because of a fire.
https://www.royal.uk/annus-horribilis-speech
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Queen Elizabeth's visit to Russia
In 1994, Queen Elizabeth was joined by her husband Prince Philip to visit Russia on a state visit. The couple stayed at the Kremlin during their three-day visit on 17 October. Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin's chief spokesman, Vyacheslav V. Kostikov said at the time it showed a break with the country’s past. While there, the British royals attended a performance of Giselle by the Bolshoi Ballet.
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The Golden Jubilee
The Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II was the international celebration held in 2002 marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms on 6 February 1952. It was intended by the Queen to be both a commemoration of her 50 years as monarch and an opportunity for her to officially and personally thank her people for their loyalty.
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The Diamond Jubilee
The Diamond Jubilee was marked with a spectacular central weekend and a series of regional tours throughout the UK and Commonwealth.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh travelled as widely as possible across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, visiting every region during 2012 whilst other members of the Royal Family visited all of the Commonwealth realms between them.
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Longest Reigning Monarch
On 9th September 2015 The Queen became Britain's Longest Reigning Monarch.The day was treated as any other day as The Queen and Prince Philip travelled by steam train from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, where she formally opened the new Scottish Borders Railway.