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The Queen of the South, or the Earnest Enquirer. "The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.”—Matthew 12:42. OUR Saviour, in this chapter, administered a rebuke ...
Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II was the head of state of Canada, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth realms. She reigned from1952 to 2022, making her the longest reigning monarch in British and Commonwealth history. She was also the first monarch to be crowned Queen of Canada.
Catherine II[a] (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), [b] most commonly known as Catherine the Great, [c] was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III. Under her long reign, inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment, Russia experienced a ...
Jan 31, 2007 · The Queen's English. Over at the blog of the Norman Lear Center, Leo Braudy makes a nice observation about the dialogue in The Queen, where Queen Elizabeth uses fulsome to describe praise that is merely abundant, rather than being oleaginous or smarmy. True, that usage is common enough among educated speakers, but was it a deliberate choice to ...
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Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, the London home of her maternal grandparents, Claude and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore. Her parents were PrinceAlbert, Duke of York (the future George VI), second son of the reigning KingGeorge V and Queen Mary, and the Duchessof York, the for...
When Elizabeth was only eight months old her parents embarked on a six-month world tour, visiting Australia and New Zealand. Although the Duchessof York wrote in her diary that she was "very miserable at leaving the baby," the young Elizabeth remained in the United Kingdom in the care of her grandparents as was customary for royal tours at the time...
On 20 January 1936, George V died and Elizabeth’s uncle succeeded to throne as KingEdward VIII. He reigned for only 11 months before abdicating on 10 December to marry a twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson. The abdication changed 10-year-old Elizabeth’s life. With the accession of her father as KingGeorge VI, she became the heiress presumptive,...
Elizabeth and Margaret were educated at home by a governess, Marion Crawford, who taught history, geography, grammar, literature, and composition. They also had additional governesses who taught French, music and dancing. The Queen was fluently bilingual in French and English. Elizabeth’s grandmother, Queen Mary, took a strong interest in the educa...
Elizabeth and Margaret resided at Windsor Castle, outside London, throughout the SecondWorld War. During this time, Elizabeth continued her education and began to assume official duties. At the age of 14, she made her first radio broadcast, addressing the children of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth as part of the BBC Children’s Hour. Elizabeth ...
Elizabeth met PrincePhilip of Greece and Denmark in childhood and first became interested in him when he gave her a tour of the Dartmouth Naval College in 1939. They corresponded throughout the SecondWorld Warand Philip spent periods of leave from the Royal Navy at Windsor Castle. On 9 July 1947, Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Elizab...
The royal couple’s first child, PrinceCharles, was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948. A daughter, Princess Anne, was born on 15 August 1950, followed 10 years later by Prince Andrew (19 February 1960) and later Prince Edward (10 March 1964). Elizabeth expressed her intention to be a hands-on mother and nursed Charles until she caught th...
Elizabeth visited Canada for the first time in the autumn of 1951, accompanied by Philip. The royal couple were representing GeorgeVI, who had just undergone surgery for lung cancer. There was tremendous popular interest in the tour because Elizabeth and Philip, like William and Catherine in 2011, appeared to be a glamorous young royal couple who w...
GeorgeVI died on 6 February 1952 while Elizabeth and Philipwere representing him on a trip to Kenya. The 25-year-old Princess automatically succeeded to throne as Queen Elizabeth II. The new Queen and her husband immediately returned to the United Kingdom and ascended to the throne in a climate of tremendous public goodwill. Both her father and gra...
Elizabeth II was crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953 and made history by becoming the first monarch to be crowned Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of Canada. Her dress included symbols from the Commonwealth realms, with embroidered mapleleaves representing Canada (see also Emblemsof Canada). The Queen’s unprecedented decision to per...
Sep 8, 2022 · September 8, 2022 2:04 PM EDT. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has died at 96. The Queen provided comfort to the British people even before she sat on the throne ...
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May 23, 2018 · Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's third child and second son, Prince Andrew, was born in 1960 and the couple's youngest child, Prince Edward, was born in 1964. Elizabeth and Phillip were married ...
