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10/09/22 05:35 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II

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  • Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, died on September 8 at the age of 96.
Queen Elizabeth II 
  • Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor on April 21, 1926, in Mayfair, central London.
  • She is the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who will become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
  •  In 1947 Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey.
  • Their first child, Prince Charles, was born in 1948. A daughter, Anne, arrived in 1950, followed by Andrew in 1960 and Edward in 1964.
  • She was crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, in front of 8,500 assembled guests.
  • On February 6, she became the first monarch in British history to rule for 70 years.
Source- The Hindu 

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