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George V dies and Edward VIII becomes king.
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Philip Mountbatten and Elizabeth were great friends when she ended up falling in love with him.
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The day King George VI died
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Queen Elizabeth II was crowned.
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Lord Mountbatten Elizabeths husbands uncle past in a terrorist bombing.
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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.