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Queen Elizabeth II

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  • Elizabeth Alexandra May Windsor is Born

    The Queen was born at 2:40am at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London.

  • Born Third In Line For Thrown

    First In line for thrown was Edward, Prince of Wales, followed by her father, Duke of York, then finally, Elizabeth Alexandra May Windsor.
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    Important Events of Queen Elizabeth II

  • Father Takes Thrown

    This left Elizabeth next in line for the thrown.

  • Elizabeth Marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh

  • Birth of Charles, Prince of Wales, first child of ELizabeth

  • Birth of Royal Princess Anne, Elizabeth's second child

  • King Geroge VI passes away, Elizabeth accends throne

  • Elizabeth ALexandra May Windsor is Coronated

    Only 25 years old at this time, the coronation took place in Westminister Abbey

  • First Coronation to be Broadcast on Television

  • Birth of Elizabeth's third son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York

    First reigning soverign to have a child since Queen Victoria in 1857.

  • Birth of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

  • Queen Visits Communist Yugoslavia

  • Visits Japan as Guest of Emperor Hirohito

  • Queen Travels to Hong Kong

  • The Queen's Silver Jubilee: 25 Years as a Sovereign

  • First British Sovereign to Visit Middle East

  • Pope John Paul II Visits Britain, first Pope to do so in 450 years

  • Queen Turns 60 Years Old

  • Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle

    Queen enables tourist visits to see the State Room's of Buckingham Palace during summer to help pay for damages; this becomes a tradition for each summer ever since.

  • Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

  • Queen Leads Nations Mourning due to the 9/11 Terrorist attacks in United States

  • Queen's Younger Sister Margaret, Princess of Wales dies at the age of 71

  • Mother of the Queen, Queen Elizabeth I dies at the age of 101

  • Queen's Golden Jubilee: 50 Years as Sovereign

  • Queen Leads Mourning After Terrorist attack in Bali where Britons and Australians were Among the thousands of deaths

  • Visits Ireland, first British Monarch to do so since Irelend's Independance