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Personal information: Early age
Queen Elizabeth II was born 21 April 1926 in London, during the reign of her grandfather, King George V. Currently she is 91 years old.
Her father is Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), was the second son of the King. Her mother, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth), was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon.
Elizabeth only have one sister, Princess Margaret. She was born in 1930. -
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Education
The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford, who was informally known like "Crawfie". She studied History, Constitutional Law, art and music at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle by private preceptors and actively participated in public life from the age of fourteen. -
Presumptive right to the throne.
Her father acceded to the throne on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of Windsor or Queen Elizabeth II) was the heir presumptive. -
Marriage and sons
On 20 November 1947 she married his cousin, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey to 2,000 guests. Her first son was Charles, Prince of Wales. He was born in 1948. Her daughter, Princess Anne, was born in 1950. Elizabeth was the mother of two more children, Prince Andrew and Edward. -
Real domains
Elizabeth II has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since 6 February 1952. She is Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of 12 countries that have become independent since her accession: Jamaica,Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. -
Proclamation and coronation
When King George VI died on February 6, 1952, she was proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Queen of her other Kingdoms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth British, Defender of the Faith. The coronation was the 2 of June of 1953 in the abbey of Westminster. She became the fortieth monarch who reigned in this country since William I of England (1027-1087), known as William the Conqueror -
Curiosities
She has 700 organizations of all kinds. Since 1952, she has been awarded over 400,000 honors and awards. In 2002, at age 76, he became the oldest monarch to celebrate a Golden Jubilee (fifthy years in the throne), and the first British monarch to celebrate a diamond Jubilee anniversary (sixty years in 2012). She has 8 grandchildren, 4 granddaugthers and 4 grandsons.
