Queen Elizabeth II, the world's longest-serving monarch who as a teen witnessed the horrors of World War II and saw the agonies of a deadly Pandemic, has died.
She was over the age of 100.
She died under a plan known as "Operation London Bridge". Charles became king when his mother died.
After the death of her father, George VI, Elizabeth became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. She was crowned on June 2,1953.
The first British monarch to rule 70 years was Elizabeth. The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth held a Platinum Jubilee.
During the first day of the Platinum Jubilee, the 96-year-old monarch waved to tens of thousands of people gathered below and watched an aviation display in her honor. She wasn't able to attend events later on due to her pain.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth meets staff of the Crossrail project and Elizabeth Line as they mark the completion of London’s Crossrail project at Paddington station in London, Britain May 17, 2022.Elizabeth had a period of huge social, economic, technological and political change. The British Empire was transformed into a Commonwealth of 52 independent nations headed by the queen. Liz Truss was sworn in by the frail queen only two days before she died, making her the 15th prime minister to serve under her.
She was in charge of a family that saw tragedy, scandal and turmoil, including the death of Princess Diana, the association of son Prince Andrew with a sex criminal, and the decision by grandson Prince Harry to seek a more private life with his wife.
Then-Princess Elizabeth learns how to change a car tire as an auxiliary officer of the English Army, 1945.In 1937, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were born following the abdication of Edward VIII. King Alfred the Great was England's first monarch and she was his 32nd great-granddaughter.
Margaret, who was born in 1930, was educated at home by a tutor.
The United Kingdom was plunged into World War II after Elizabeth's father was crowned. She made her first radio broadcast when she was 14 years old, addressing children who had been evacuated to the countryside to avoid the bombs of British cities.
She said that everyone would be well in the end. God will provide us with victory and peace. The world of tomorrow will be a better place when peace comes.
The teenage princess was a driver for the auxiliary territorial service.
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) is greeted by crowds as she tours the East End of London on the day after VE Day, 9th May 1945.She and Margaret sneaked out of Buckingham Palace to see the crowds in London celebrating the Allied victory in Europe. She told a biographer that she remembers a line of unknown people linking arms and walking down the street.
Elizabeth and Prince Philip were married for 70 years. King George III and Queen Charlotte had married for 57 years, but their marriage lasted 7312 years.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Broadlands in 2017.At the wedding of his first cousin, Princess Marina, to Prince George, Duke of Kent, Prince Philip met Princess Elizabeth, his second cousin.
Two years after the end of World War II, Elizabeth and Philip got married at the abbey. There were hundreds of thousands of people in the street.
For a brief moment the pace of the terrible twentieth century was slowed to the trot of cavalry horses and the rumbling of coaches evoked bitter sweet memories of the island's past.
Philip was a member of the Royal Navy during the war. During World War I, his family's name was changed from Battenberg to Mountbatten.
There was a lot of controversy surrounding the union. Philip and his wife received 2,500 wedding gifts from all over the world. Anne, Andrew, and Edward were the children of Charles.
Kenya, Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh are formally greeted by an Asian man who is shaking the Princess’s hand. Beside him stands an Asian woman wearing traditional dress.The Duke of Edinburgh and his wife Elizabeth began a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1952. The news of King George's death came to them while they were in East Africa. The first live television coronation to be broadcast around the world happened when Elizabeth ascended to the throne at 25 years old.
Buckingham Palace announced in May of last year that the duke would be retiring from his royal duties in September.
The 16th anniversary of the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla and the duke's funeral were four days before Elizabeth's 95th birthday. On June 20 of this year, the queen planted a rose named the Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor Castle's East Terrace Garden.
Elizabeth was on the global stage when she was on the throne.
Elizabeth and Philip traveled more than 40,000 miles over the course of seven months after she was crowned.
She had never met with Lyndon Johnson. Five presidents entertained her at the White House. She met five popes before she was queen.
The royal family looks on during the annual Trooping The Colour ceremony on June 13, 2015, in London. (L-R) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Prince George of Cambridge; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Harry; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Andrew, Duke of York.Elizabeth became the oldest and longest-reigning British monarch in 2015. She became the world's longest-reigning monarch after the death of Thailand's King Adulyadej.
She celebrated six jubilees, her 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 65th and 70th years on the throne, as well as the marriages of her four children and the births of eight grandchildren.
The wedding of Charles to Lady Diana Spencer was watched by a billion people around the world.
There were two assassinations attempts in Australia and New Zealand in the 70s and 80s. Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip's uncle, was killed by an Irish Republican Army bomb in 1979.
In 1969 the queen opened the doors of the palace to cameras to take a look at the family. Millions of Britons watched the documentary "Royal Family" on the PBS. It led to the frenzied celebrity coverage of members of the Windsors, as the family is known, according to critics. Since 1972, it hasn't been aired.
The Royal Family standing outside Clarence House on the 89th Birthday of the Queen Mother including Prince Andrew the Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York, Prince Edward and Zara Phillips. 4th August 1989.Three of her children's marriages fell apart in 1992. Andrew, Anne, and Mark were all divorced. Four years later, Charles and Diana divorced.
The queen was attacked with eggs during her visit to eastern Germany in 1992. On the 45th anniversary of her marriage to Philip, Windsor Castle was heavily damaged in a fire.
The queen with a firefighter inspecting damage at Windsor Castle.Forty years after she ascended to the throne and four days after the Windsor fire, she said in a speech that she would look back with pleasure. One of my more sympathetic correspondents said that it had turned out to be an 'annus horribilis'. I think I'm not alone in that.
It wasn't so good in 2002. Her mother, Queen Elizabeth, the 101-year-old Queen Mother, passed away seven weeks later.
Despite republican sentiment at home and in the Commonwealth, Elizabeth rose above the gossip and opprobrium, with her personal popularity generally remaining high.
She was vilified for staying at the castle for five days after Diana's death. Buckingham Palace issued a brief statement saying that the queen and Charles were deeply shocked and distressed by the news. The royal family decided not to immediately return to London and instead stayed at Balmoral.
Many of her subjects were angry that Buckingham Palace didn't have a flag. The flag was not flown on the palace until she came back there. Princes William and Harry were prepared for their mother's funeral by staying at Balmoral.
Royal Family, Balmoral Estate, Scotland, 5th September 1997. After attending a private service at Crathie Church, Royal family stop to look at floral tributes left for Princess Diana, at the gates of Balmoral Castle. They are: Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry, Peter Phillips.Elizabeth didn't say a word. People are suffering. The headline on The Mirror tabloid was " Speak to US MA'AM"
On the eve of the funeral, the queen gave a live televised speech, mourning the death of the Princess of Wales and remembering her as a devoted mother.
The queen said that no one who knew Diana would forget her. She will be remembered by millions of others who never met her. There are lessons to be learned from her life and death. You are determined to preserve her memory.
In a sign of how far the monarchy has come, the niece of the king who abdicated his throne so that he could marry an American divorcee welcomed the November 2017.
Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they leave from the West Door of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on May 19, 2018 after their wedding ceremony.The queen was happy to see the birth of Archie on May 6, 2019.
The House of Windsor was thrown into turmoil by the charges of racism and insensitivity to an outsider.
In early 2020, Elizabeth convened an emergency meeting with Charles, William and Harry to discuss the latter's attempt to step back from royal duties. The queen made a post-meeting statement.
My family and I are all in agreement with Harry andMeghan's desire to start a new life as a young family. Although we would have liked them to remain full-time working Members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their desire to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family.
Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex watch a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018 in London, England.The couple confirmed their decision a year later. The duke and duchess are still very much part of the family according to the queen.
The charges of racism were aired during an interview with Oprah Winfrey in March of 2021. While pregnant with Archie, a member of "The Firm" raised concerns about how dark his skin might be. The couple didn't say who raised the issue, but they did say it wasn't Elizabeth or Philip. The family had withdrawn security protection for them, as well as the woman who said she had thought about taking her own life.
In a statement after the interview aired, the queen responded with concern and sensitivity. The issues raised, particularly that of race, are troubling and will be addressed by the family privately.
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born three months later in June 2021.
Elizabeth was criticized after it was reported that she allowed Andrew to be interviewed in Buckingham Palace by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Andrew said that the queen gave him permission to step back from public duties for the foreseeable future.
It was on the 72nd anniversary of the queen and Philip tying the knot.
Ireland, a country that spent the first half of the 20th century fighting for independence from the U.K., was an example of how the queen's years of diplomacy and experience won over people. Her visit to Ireland was the first by a British monarch in a century.
Queen Elizabeth II, then age 89, smiles as she arrives at Tweedbank Station in Scotland, Sept. 9, 2015.Addressing a dinner in her honor at Dublin Castle, Elizabeth began her speech by saying, "A Uachtarain, agus a chairde."
Through the history of our islands, they have experienced more than their fair share of pain and loss. She extended her sympathies to the people who have suffered as a result of the troubled past.
Historical hindsight allows us to see things we would have liked to have done differently or not at all. The strength of the bonds between the governments and the people of our two nations is something that no one could have imagined in the past. I would like you to join me in a toast to the president and the people of Ireland.
The world was shut down as a result of the coronaviruses epidemic.
The queen made a rare video speech from Windsor Castle in 2020 to assure her subjects that they will prevail over the coronaviruses. Hours before Boris Johnson was hospitalized, the speech was aired.
She said that the challenge is different than before. We are joining with all nations across the globe in a common endeavor using the great advances of science and our innate compassion to heal.
Elizabeth and Philip received their first vaccinations in January of 2021.
There were Covid restrictions during Philip's funeral. The queen wore black instead of her usual bright colors as she sat alone in mourning.
Queen Elizabeth II takes her seat during the funeral of Prince Philip at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2021 in Windsor, England.The queen has been amazing, according to the daughter-in-law of the queen. On her 95th birthday, Elizabeth issued a statement saying she had been "deeply touched" by her subjects' support and kindness.
The queen said victory over Covid in her speech.
We will succeed, and that success will belong to each of us.
Phillip Tutt was once of CNBC.com.
The queen made a visit to eastern Germany in 1992. The region was mis identified in a previous version.
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