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Born
Queen Elizabeth II was born in wayfair, London. She was the first child to the duke and dutchess who later were known as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. -
Younger years
While the Queen was young, her father (King George VI) acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was privately homeschooled and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War like serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. -
Married
In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark. Philip was granted permission to marry Elizabeth by the king in 1946. -
Transition of Power
When the Queen was 25 years old, her father died. Shortly after, Elizabeth became queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries which included the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon, as well as Head of the Commonwealth. -
The Queens Reign
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was in 1953, she preferred ruling as more of a constitutional monarch through major political changes such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the 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. The number of her realms has varied over time as territories have gained independence, and as some realms have become republics. -
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After coronation
The Queen held the celebrations of her Silver, Golden, Diamond and Platinum jubilees in 1977, 2002, 2012, and 2022 respectively. Elizabeth is the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, the longest-serving female head of state, the oldest living and longest-reigning current monarch, and the oldest and longest-serving incumbent head of state. The Queens marriage lasted 73 years when it ended with philips death in 2021. -
Modern day
Elizabeth has occasionally faced republican sentiment and press criticism of the royal family, particularly after the breakdown of her children's marriages, her annus horribilis in 1992, and the death in 1997 of her former daughter-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales. However, support for the monarchy in the United Kingdom has been and remains consistently high, as does her personal popularity. To this day she lives in retirement with her four kids.