With the announcement of the British Queen’s death on Thursday, the country marks 70 decades of the reign of Elizabeth II, who made her final appearance two days ago when she formally approved Liz Terrace’s appointment as Prime Minister.
Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96, surrounded by her family at Balmoral Palace in Scotland, is the most popular British queen and has ascended the throne for the longest period in UK history, breaking the record for having assumed the throne for seventy years.
Milestones in the life of Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926, became the heir to the throne at the age of 10 and never attended school outside, according to the Guardian newspaper.
Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, and the official name is “Elizabeth II”, and she was the eldest daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and his wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, according to the website “”biography“.
At the time of her birth, most people did not realize that Elizabeth would one day become Queen of Great Britain and enjoyed the first decade of her life with all the benefits of being a royal without the stress of being a ‘. heir.
Elizabeth and her younger sister Marguerite were home-schooled, and courses included academic French, mathematics, and history, as well as dance, singing, and arts lessons.
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A coincidence changed the course of his life
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When Elizabeth’s grandfather George V died in 1936, her eldest son (Elizabeth’s uncle) King Edward VIII became heir to the throne, however, Edward loved American Wallis Simpson and had to choose between the crown and his heart. Simpson and abdicated the crown According to the biography.
As the daughter of King George V’s youngest son, young Elizabeth had little chance of ascending the throne until her uncle Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) abdicated in favor of her father on December 11, 1936, according to the website. .British“.
The event changed the course of her life and made her the presumed heir to the British crown, as her father, King George VI, ascended the throne in 1937 and she became the presumed heir to the British throne.
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Elizabeth and her sister remained largely out of London, having been moved to Windsor Castle.
From there he made his first popular radio show in 1940, with this special speech to reassure British children who had been evacuated from their homes and families.
Elizabeth soon began taking on other public positions, her first public appearance to inspect troops in 1942, and also began accompanying her parents on official visits to Britain.
In 1945, Elizabeth joined the British Territorial Service to assist in the war effort and trained alongside other British women to become a driver and mechanic.
She had another vivid experience outside of the monarchy when she and her sister were allowed to anonymously socialize among citizens on D-Day in Europe, according to the site.
On November 20, 1947, Elizabeth married her cousin, Prince Philip, and on the eve of the wedding, her father, the king, granted the bridegroom the titles (Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merion and Baron of Greenwich).
Their first child, Prince Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George) was born on November 14, 1948 in Buckingham Palace.
In the summer of 1951, King George VI’s health deteriorated severely and on February 6, 1952, Elizabeth II, 25, ascended the throne.
From that date, he took over the king’s routine duties and served his first term in Parliament on 4 November 1952 and his coronation ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.
After Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne, her son, Prince Charles, became heir to the throne and on 26 July 1958 he was made Prince of Wales.
The Queen gave birth to Princess Anne on August 15, 1950, Prince Andrew on February 19, 1960 and Prince Edward on March 10, 1964, and is also the grandmother of Princes William and Harry.
record holder
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Elizabeth, in her ninety-six years, is the oldest queen to sit on the throne in the world, and she was Britain’s longest-serving queen and ascended the throne for more than seventy years.
In 2015, Elizabeth II broke the previous record held by her grandmother, Queen Victoria, whose reign lasted 63 years, 7 months and 2 days (from June 20, 1837 until her death on January 22, 1901).
Since Queen Elizabeth II has visited more than one hundred countries, another record for a British monarch.
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She has made more than 150 visits to Commonwealth countries, visiting Canada 22 times, which is the most visited member country of the Commonwealth, while 13 times to France, which speaks the language and represents the most visited European country.
According to the Daily Telegraph’s calculations, Elizabeth traveled the world an average of 42 times before she stopped traveling abroad in November 2015, when she was 89.
The Queen lived with 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill (1952-1955) to Liz Terrace in 2022.
Queen Elizabeth met 13 of the 14 presidents of the United States, from Harry Truman (1945-1953) to the current Joe Biden.
The Queen met four popes during her official visits: John XXIII (1961), John Paul II (1980, 1982, 2000), Benedict XVI (2010) and Pope Francis (2014).
Her marriage to Prince Philip lasted 73 years before her death in April 2021, which also represents a record for a British monarch.
Queen Elizabeth II was the first British monarch to visit China in 1996.
She was the first British monarch to speak in the United States House of Representatives on May 16, 1991.
He sent his first email on March 26, 1976, during a visit to a Department of Defense research facility, and in 1997 launched the first official Buckingham Palace website.
She wrote her first Twitter tweet in 2014, while she posted her first Instagram post in 2019.
No British monarch has held the throne for that long. It is unlikely that any other king will achieve this, as Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, is 73 years old and his son William will soon be celebrating his 40th birthday.
The British monarchy has witnessed a series of scandals in recent months, with allegations of sexual assault in the United States against the queen’s son, Prince Andrew, ending in the payment of millions of dollars, as well as allegations of racism against the royal family. by Prince Charles’ son, Harry and his wife Megan Markle, who currently reside in California and their relationship has turned cold with the rest of the royal family, according to AFP.
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