By Marisa Laudadio
7:08am PDT, Apr 22, 2024
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To honor Queen Elizabeth II, what would have been her 98th birthday on April 21, and her 70 years of service on Britain’s throne following her dying at Balmoral Citadel in Scotland on Sept. 8, 2022, be part of us as we glance again at among the milestone moments and memorable private highs and lows in her life…
In June 1953, Britain’s new Queen Elizabeth II posed for a portrait in St. Edward’s Crown, which was crafted in 1661 for the coronation of King Charles II and is reputed to comprise gold from the crown of Edward the Confessor. It’s set with 444 treasured stones.
Preserve studying to see extra milestone moments from the monarch’s lengthy life…
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On Sept. 18, 2022 — the eve of her funeral, 10 days after her passing — Buckingham Palace launched this ultimate portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that was taken at Windsor Citadel in Windsor, England, in Might 2022. She’s seen carrying the aquamarine and diamond clip brooches that have been a present from her dad and mom, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, later generally known as the Queen Mom, on her 18th birthday.
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Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) and spouse Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth, then Elizabeth the Queen Mom) posed for a portrait with child daughter Princess Elizabeth — the long run Queen Elizabeth II — at her christening in 1926.
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King George VI and spouse Queen Elizabeth appeared on the balcony at Buckingham Palace together with his mom, Queen Mary, and daughters Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret in addition to different members of the prolonged royal household after the king’s coronation ceremony on Might 12, 1937.
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Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth) is seen right here throughout her days as a Junior Commander within the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the ladies’s department of the British military throughout World Warfare II. She’s pictured inspecting the Motor Transport Coaching Centre at Camberley in Surrey, England, in 1945 shortly earlier than the warfare ended. She was the primary feminine member of the royal household to affix the armed providers as a full-time energetic member.
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Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Lt. Philip Mountbatten (later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) posed for an engagement portrait — displaying off her three-stone diamond ring — at Buckingham Palace upon saying their betrothal on July 10, 1947.
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Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) posed along with her new husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on their wedding ceremony day — Nov. 20, 1947.
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Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) held her first youngster, Prince Charles, at his christening in 1948.
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Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) cradled her second youngster, daughter Princess Anne, as grandmother Queen Mary and mom Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom regarded on at Anne’s christening in October 1950.
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President Harry S. Truman and Britain’s Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) have been photographed as their motorcade acquired underway following a reception ceremony at Washington Nationwide Airport in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31, 1951. It marked the long run monarch’s first journey to America.
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Three queens in mourning — the brand new Queen Elizabeth II, her widowed mom, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom, and her paternal grandmother, Queen Mary — waited at London King’s Cross railway station for the arrival of the particular practice bringing the coffin of King George VI from Sandringham on Feb. 11, 1952, forward of his royal funeral.
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Queen Elizabeth II rode within the State Coach to Westminster in London on her technique to the Home of Lords to open Parliament within the first 12 months of her reign on Nov. 5, 1952.
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Queen Elizabeth II was photographed throughout her official coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London on June 2, 1953 — slightly greater than a 12 months after she ascended the throne and have become queen upon her father’s dying.
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Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip waved from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the day of her coronation ceremony — June 2, 1953.
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Queen Elizabeth II, carrying a gold lamé gown, was photographed within the Lengthy Library at her Sandringham property on Christmas Day in 1957 shortly after making the standard Christmas Day broadcast to the nation, which was televised that 12 months for the primary time ever. It was additionally the twenty fifth anniversary of the primary radio message to the Commonwealth made by her grandfather, King George V. On her desk have been portraits of Prince Charles and Princess Anne. The queen held a duplicate of “Pilgrim’s Progress,” from which she learn just a few strains throughout her message.
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Queen Elizabeth II topped her eldest youngster Charles, Prince of Wales throughout his Prince of Wales investiture ceremony at Caernarvon Citadel in Wales on July 1, 1969.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip posed with their youngsters — Prince Charles, Princes Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward — within the Belgian suite at Buckingham Palace for a silver wedding ceremony anniversary portrait marking 25 years of marriage on Nov. 20, 1972.
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Princess Anne and new husband Captain Mark Phillips have been joined on the balcony at Buckingham Palace in London by members of the family together with the bride’s mom, Queen Elizabeth II, father Prince Philip, brothers Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward and cousin Girl Sarah Armstrong-Jones following Anne’s wedding ceremony on Nov. 14, 1973.
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Queen Elizabeth II attended a Royal Gala efficiency in Covent Backyard throughout her Silver Jubilee celebrations on Might 30, 1977 — marking 25 years since her accession to the throne.
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Queen Elizabeth II wore a veil and a diamond tiara as she and husband Prince Philip met and exchanged items with Pope John Paul II within the Vatican on Oct. 17, 1980. She made historical past that day as she turned the primary British monarch to make a state go to to the Vatican — the house of the Catholic Church.
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Following their wedding ceremony on July 29, 1981, Prince Charles and Princess Diana posed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London with their bridesmaids and pageboys in addition to members of the family together with Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew.
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Queen Elizabeth II posed for a household picture alongside daughter-in-law Princess Diana — seen holding son Prince William after his christening — mom Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom, son Prince Charles and husband Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace in London on Aug. 4, 1982.
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Queen Elizabeth II was among the many members of the British royal household who joined her second son, Prince Andrew, and his new bride, Sarah, Duchess of York, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace in London after the couple’s wedding ceremony on July 23, 1986.
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Queen Elizabeth II was the visitor of honor at granddaughter Princess Eugenie’s christening at St. Mary Magdalene Church on the monarch’s Sandringham property in England’s Norfolk area on Dec. 23, 1990. Princess Margaret, Sarah, Duchess of York, Prince Andrew and Zara Phillips (now Zara Tindall) are additionally pictured.
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A somber Queen Elizabeth II was joined by husband Prince Philip and mom Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom as she arrived at Westminster Abbey in London for the funeral of Princess Diana on Sept. 6, 1997.
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Queen Elizabeth II was photographed with niece Sarah Chatto and nephew Viscount Linley (now David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon) on the funeral of their mom — the monarch’s little sister, Princess Margaret — exterior St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel in Windsor, England, on Feb. 15, 2002.
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Queen Elizabeth II waved to the crowds with husband Prince Philip by her aspect as they rode within the Gold State Coach throughout a procession from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to attend a thanksgiving service to mark her Golden Jubilee — 50 years on the throne — on June 4, 2002.
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Three generations of the British royal household — Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip and her heirs, Prince Charles and Prince William — posed for {a photograph} at Clarence Home in London earlier than a dinner to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the queen’s coronation on June 2, 2003.
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Prince Charles and second spouse Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall posed for his or her official wedding ceremony {photograph} with their youngsters and fogeys — Prince Harry, Prince William, Laura Parker-Bowles and Tom Parker-Bowles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Bruce Shand — within the White Drawing Room at Windsor Citadel following their wedding ceremony on April 9, 2005.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip posed with their youngsters — Prince Charles, Princes Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward — at Clarence Home in London earlier than a Nov. 18, 2007, dinner to rejoice their diamond wedding ceremony anniversary marking 60 years of marriage.
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Prince William and new bride Duchess Kate kissed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London following their wedding ceremony on April 29, 2011, alongside members of the family together with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
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Queen Elizabeth saved an eye fixed on rascally great-grandson and inheritor Prince George at his little sister Princess Charlotte’s christening on the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on the queen’s Sandringham Property in King’s Lynn, England, on July 5, 2015.
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Duchess Kate sat alongside Queen Elizabeth II throughout a go to to town of Leicester in central England on March 8, 2012, because the monarch started her Diamond Jubilee tour of Britain to rejoice 60 years on the throne.
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Queen Elizabeth II and different members of the royal household regarded on as grandson Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel in Windsor, England, on Might 19, 2018.
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Queen Elizabeth II mourned in entrance of the coffin of husband Prince Philip — who died at 99 days earlier — throughout his funeral service at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel in Windsor, England, on April 17, 2021.
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Buckingham Palace launched this picture of Queen Elizabeth II on Feb. 6, 2022 — her Accession Day marking 70 years on the throne and the beginning of her Platinum Jubilee 12 months — displaying her smiling as she labored on papers from her iconic crimson field inside Sandringham Home in Norfolk, England, on Feb. 2, 2022. Accession Day, she wrote in a letter launched on the eve of the anniversary, “is a day that, even after 70 years, I nonetheless keep in mind as a lot for the dying of my father, King George VI, as for the beginning of my reign.”
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This portrait of Queen Elizabeth II holding her Fell ponies, Bybeck Katie (left) and Bybeck Nightingale, was launched by The Royal Windsor Horse Present to mark the event of the monarch’s 96th birthday on April 21, 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II sat for an official Platinum Jubilee portrait at her Windsor Citadel house in Windsor, England, on June 1, 2022, marking 70 years on the throne. The subsequent day, the U.Ok. kicked off 4 days of Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
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In a royal first, Queen Elizabeth II welcomed Liz Truss to her house within the Scottish Highlands, Balmoral, the place she invited the newly elected chief of the Conservative celebration to change into prime minister, changing Boris Johnson, and kind a brand new authorities on Sept. 6, 2022. The assembly marked the primary time within the monarch’s 70-year reign that she didn’t appoint a brand new prime minister whereas in London however from her house in Scotland. The change was made as a result of Her Majesty, who’s lengthy spent her summers in Scotland, was going through ongoing well being points so the choice was made to deliver the politician — the fifteenth prime minister she’s had throughout her lengthy reign — to her. Simply two days later, she was lifeless at 96.