Elizabeth II
queen of United Kingdom
Recent News
Sep. 23, 2024, 11:50 PM ET (The Guardian)
Necklace worn at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation could fetch £2m at auction
Sep. 18, 2024, 3:26 AM ET (CBC)
Queen's Platinum Jubilee expected to add $1.6 billion to British economy
Sep. 13, 2024, 8:37 AM ET (CNN)
Janet Jackson reveals she had another wardrobe malfunction… and it involved Queen Elizabeth
Sep. 12, 2024, 3:46 AM ET (NBC)
New Queen Elizabeth II statue mocked for looking like Mrs. Doubtfire
Sep. 8, 2024, 8:03 AM ET (AP)
King Charles attends church prayers on the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death
Elizabeth II (born April 21, 1926, London, England—died September 8, 2022, Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from February 6, 1952, to September 8, 2022. In 2015 she surpassed Victoria to become the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Elizabeth was the elder daughter of Prince Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little prospect of acceding to the throne until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor), abdicated in her ...(100 of 1654 words)