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Upon independence in 1948, King George VI became the monarch of Ceylon and reigned until his death in 1952; he was succeeded by his elder daughter Queen Elizabeth II. In 1953, Elizabeth II was granted the official title of Queen of Ceylon by the country's parliament and, in this capacity, she visited the island nation in April 1954. The Crown ...
The two portraits were united for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition; The Queen: Art and Image, held to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. [1] In 1972, Annigoni completed a circular drawing of the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to mark their silver wedding anniversary.
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death.
Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022 r. 1952–2022: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon 1930–2002: Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon 1930–2017: Prince William of Gloucester 1941–1972: Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester b. 1944: Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester b. 1946: Katharine, Duchess of Kent b. 1933: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent ...
Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade that Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy, newly declassified documents reveal.
Queen Elizabeth II meets her uncle, Edward, Duke of Windsor for the last time, at his home in Paris. Four troopers of the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service are parachuted onto the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 1,000 miles (1,600 km) across the Atlantic after a bomb threat and a ransom demand which turn out to be bogus. 22 May
SEE MORE: Buckingham Palace Says Queen Elizabeth II Has Died At 96. And again In 2017, after a fire destroyed a high rise in north west London, killing 77 people, the queen arrived at the remains ...
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were the longest-married couple in the history of the British royal family before his April 2021 death, with many children, grandchildren and great ...