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- "Papa is to be King," Elizabeth informed her six-year-old sister Margaret Rose that December day, explaining the sudden cheering from the crowds that were gathering outside their town house in Piccadilly. "Does that mean you're going to be Queen?" asked Margaret. "Yes," replied Elizabeth coolly, "I suppose it does." "Poor you!"
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Sep 9, 2022 · Upon the death of her father in 1952, Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II. She was crowned a year later in Westminster Abbey and broadcast a speech to the Commonwealth.
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"Papa is to be King," Elizabeth informed her six-year-old...
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- The early years of Lilibet. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on 21 April 1926. To her family and closest friends, she was known as Lilibet. She was home-schooled and had a happy childhood growing up within a close-knit family with her younger sister Margaret.
- Marrying Prince Philip. Throughout the war, Princess Elizabeth kept in touch with Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark by writing letters. Not everyone was impressed by how close they were becoming and some within the royal court had other ideas about the kind of man the princess should marry.
- Becoming Queen. In 1952, while they were in Kenya as part of a royal tour, King George VI died. Elizabeth, then 25, became Queen, and Prince Philip had to tell her that her father was dead.
- More on the Queen: A life of service in pictures. Six moments that defined the Queen's reign. The Queen's most memorable quotes. Historian Kate Williams said: "Winston Churchill initially was very unsure about her.
"Papa is to be King," Elizabeth informed her six-year-old sister Margaret Rose that December day, explaining the sudden cheering from the crowds that were gathering outside their town house in...
Jun 3, 2022 · In the early morning hours of February 6, 1952, the Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of Windsor, 25, heiress presumptive to the British Throne, became Queen Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God,...
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Feb 6, 2020 · As Lady Pamela put it to PEOPLE a few years ago of the moment that history, unbeknownst to Elizabeth, changed for her, "She went up that ladder a princess and came down a queen." Can't get enough...
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Nov 12, 2020 · Queen Elizabeth II, who ruled the United Kingdom for seven decades, was such a longstanding institution that it’s easy to forget she wasn’t supposed to have become queen at all. Born in 1926 ...
Feb 6, 2022 · "Papa is to be King," Elizabeth informed her six-year-old sister Margaret Rose that December day, explaining the sudden cheering from the crowds that were gathering outside their town house in...
