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95 Queen Elizabeth II smiles arsenic she visits Cyfarthfa High School and Castle connected April 26, 2012
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Queen Elizabeth II was admired astatine location and astir the satellite during her reign — the longest successful British and satellite history.
Having ascended to the throne successful 1952 astatine property 25, Elizabeth became the U.K.'s longest reigning monarch successful September 2015 erstwhile she surpassed Queen Victoria's grounds of astir 64 years. Elizabeth became the world's longest-reigning monarch and caput of authorities erstwhile Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej died successful October 2016 aft helium spent 70 years connected the throne.
During her life, the queen was a patron to hundreds of charities and organizations and was 1 of the astir traveled satellite leaders.
CNBC looks backmost astatine immoderate of the British monarch's astir memorable moments.
A representation of Princess Elizabeth (L) | Princess Elizabeth with 2 corgi dogs astatine her location (R)
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Elizabeth was calved April 21, 1926, the archetypal kid of the then-Duke and Duchess of York. In 1930, Elizabeth's parents gave commencement to her sister, Princess Margaret Rose.
"Lilibet" ascended to the throne sooner than anyone had expected. Her uncle, childless King Edward VIII abdicated successful December 1936 implicit his romance with divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. Elizabeth's begetter became King George VI, putting her adjacent successful the succession.
Princess connected duty
Then-Princess Elizabeth learns however to alteration a car tyre arsenic an auxiliary serviceman of the English Army, 1945.
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During World War II, Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service astatine property 18 successful 1945, with the fertile of subaltern. By the clip the warfare ended, she had go a inferior commander.
Falling successful love
The royal household astatine the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
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Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, her 3rd relative and a subordinate of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg, met successful 1934 astatine the wedding of Philip's cousin, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. However, it wasn't until July 1947 until the brace were officially engaged. They joined connected Nov. 20, 1947, astatine Westminster Abbey.
Motherhood
The royal household astatine Buckingham Palace, London, 1972. Left to right: Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Edward and Prince Charles.
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A twelvemonth later, Nov. 14, 1948, Elizabeth gave commencement to the archetypal of her 4 children, Prince Charles. Before ascending to the throne, Elizabeth had 2 children, Charles and Princess Anne (1950), who were past followed by Prince Andrew successful 1960 and Prince Edward successful 1964.
Queen Elizabeth II begins her reign
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh question from the balcony astatine Buckingham Palace during the queen's coronation celebrations June 2, 1953.
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King George VI died connected Feb. 6, 1952, making the 25-year-old Elizabeth queen. More than a twelvemonth later, connected June 2, 1953, she was formally crowned astatine Westminster Abbey successful the archetypal British coronation to beryllium televised.
Charities
Queen Elizabeth with Audrey Callaghan (right), woman of then-Prime Minister James Callaghan, during a sojourn to Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, Nov. 10, 1977.
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Members of the royal household correspond galore organizations and charities worldwide. More than 3,000 groups database a royal arsenic a patron oregon president. In caller years, the queen was the patron of implicit 600 organizations, with the causes including the environment, acquisition and health.
Attending royal events
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip get for Day Two astatine the Royal Ascot Racecourse connected June 17, 2015
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Being a subordinate of the royal household means attending galore gatherings from athletics and foundation to gardening. However, arsenic an avid racegoer and proprietor of respective horses, Elizabeth particularly looked guardant to attending the Royal Ascot contention successful Berkshire, a region westbound of London, each June.
Tradition
Queen Elizabeth II records her Christmas connection to the Commonwealth, successful the White Drawing Room astatine Buckingham Palace
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Ceremony and pageantry are a halfway portion of the British royal family. Among the regular duties Elizabeth carried retired were making the yearly Christmas code and attending "Trooping the Colour."
An ever-expanding family
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are joined by members of the royal household connected the balcony of Buckingham Palace aft the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
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Elizabeth wasn't unsocial successful undertaking nationalist duties.
International relations
President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II and archetypal woman Michelle Obama get astatine Winfield House.
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Elizabeth's travels circled the satellite respective times. She met countless starring figures wrong and retired of Europe. She met with each U.S. president from Harry S. Truman to Joe Biden (in June 2021) but Lyndon Johnson.
Beloved by many
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Elizabeth's narration with the British nationalist was astir ever warm, though she was criticized for remaining astatine Balmoral Castle successful Scotland for respective days aft the 1997 decease of Diana alternatively than to instantly instrumentality to London. The household aboriginal said they stayed astatine Balmoral to support and hole the grieving Princes William and Harry, past 15 and 12, for their mother's funeral.
Celebrating 50 years arsenic queen
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip thrust successful the Golden State Carriage astatine the caput of a parade celebrating the queen's Golden Jubilee, June 4, 2002
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In June 2002, the U.K. celebrated 50 years of Elizabeth's reign. Celebrations were held crossed the state and the queen and the Duke of Edinburgh traveled to each portion of the U.K. and the Commonwealth to people the occasion.
Staying beardown successful times of trouble
The queen with a firefighter inspecting harm astatine Windsor Castle.
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On Nov. 20, 1992, the queen's 45th wedding anniversary, a occurrence astatine Windsor Castle caused extended harm that took years to repair. But that was conscionable 1 of a drawstring of events that prompted the queen state 1992 to beryllium "annus horribilis." Prince Andrew's separation with the erstwhile Sarah Ferguson was announced successful March. The adjacent month, Princess Anne divorced Capt. Mark Phillips. In June, Princess Diana's tell-all publication was published. Its revelations included hubby Charles' matter with Camilla Parker-Bowles.
The queen's speech
A connection from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is displayed connected a surface successful Piccadilly Circus, during the aboriginal days of the Covid pandemic, London, Britain, April 8, 2020.
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During the coronavirus outbreak, the queen delivered a uncommon video code connected April 5, 2020, to committedness her subjects that they volition prevail implicit the coronavirus. "We volition win — and that occurrence volition beryllium to each 1 of us. We should instrumentality comfortableness that portion we whitethorn person much inactive to endure, amended days volition return," she said from Windsor Castle.
A emotion for animals
Queen Elizabeth takes a photograph portion with her corgis astatine Windsor Park successful 1960 successful Windsor, England.
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Aside from horses, different carnal the queen loved was the Pembroke Welsh corgi. As her hubby was undergoing attraction for his last unwellness successful aboriginal 2021, the queen acquired 2 puppies, a corgi she named Muick and a dorgi, a transverse with a dachshund, she called Fergus. They were named, respectively, aft Loch Muick on the Balmoral property and her precocious uncle Fergus Bowes-Lyon, who was killed during World War I. Sadly, Fergus the pup died of a bosom occupation successful May astatine property 5 months.
A caller generation
The authoritative wedding household photograph of the royal household from the wedding of Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.
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Being a royal, keeping up with appearances and authoritative photographs was conscionable 1 of the galore duties the queen undertook.
A bittersweet farewell
Queen Elizabeth II (upper left) watches arsenic pallbearers transportation the coffin of Prince Philip during his ceremonial astatine St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, successful Windsor, Britain, April 17, 2021.
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The queen sat unsocial arsenic her husband's casket was held by a subject grant defender astatine his ceremonial astatine Windsor Castle's St. George's Chapel. Philip died April 9, 2021, astatine property 99. The ceremonial was 4 days earlier Elizabeth's 95th birthday.
Platinum Jubilee
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on with Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis look connected the balcony of Buckingham Palace arsenic portion of Trooping the Colour parade during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations successful London, Britain, June 2, 2022.
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The 96-year-old monarch made an quality successful June connected the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the archetypal time of her Platinum Jubilee, marking the 70th day of her accession to the throne. She waved to tens of thousands of radical gathered beneath and watched an aviation show successful her honor, but was not capable to be galore of the events that took spot implicit the 4 days of solemnisation owed to her declining health.
15 premier ministers
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an assemblage astatine Balmoral, Scotland, wherever she invited the recently elected person of the Conservative enactment to go Prime Minister and signifier a caller government, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.
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Elizabeth appointed Liz Truss arsenic premier curate connected Sept. 6 during a gathering astatine her Balmoral Castle successful Scotland. The gathering was portion of a regular successful which the queen fulfilled her law relation of appointing a caller premier curate — a series of events she oversaw 15 times. However, she broke with contented and appointed Truss from Scotland alternatively than traveling to Buckingham Palace, arsenic is typical.
