The Queen in Pictures
Today, on the 8th September 2022, her majesty Queen Elizabeth II sadly passed away aged 96.
She was born on the 21st of April 1926, in Mayfair, London. In 1947, she married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with whom she had four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
On the 5th June 2022 she became the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee after 70 years on the throne. In 2017, she became the first British monarch to reach a Sapphire Jubilee. In 2021, after 73 years of marriage, Prince Philip sadly died at the age of 99, after which she became the first British monarch to reign as a widow or widower since Queen Victoria.
She is the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch. She is the longest-serving female head of state in world history, the world's oldest living monarch, the longest-reigning current monarch, and oldest and longest-serving current head of state.
We have put together a selection of photos of the Queen to celebrate her life.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Elizabeth laying a wreath on the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Day Service in Whitehall, London, November 9th, 1947.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Coronation portrait, June 1953, London, England in 1953.
Sir Walter Jackson Cooper and Queen Elizabeth II in 1954.
Queen Elizabeth at a garden party held in her honour at Home Island in the Cocos Islands, April 1954.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second and his Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, standing on front steps of Parliament House, Canberra 1954. During this visit to Australia, she unveiled the newly completed Australian American Memorial in a ceremony in Canberra on 16 February 1954.
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Charles, Prince of Wales and Anne, Princess Royal in October 1957.
Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II presenting Althea Gibson with the Venus Rosewater Trophy at the 1957 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championships. Althea Gibson of New York won the women's singles tennis title Saturday at Wimbledon, England.
Official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II before the start of her 1959 tour of the U.S. and Canada as Queen of Canada. She wears a pink dress with the Vladimir Tiara, the Queen Victoria Jubilee Necklace, the blue Garter Riband, Badge and Garter Star and the Royal Family Orders of King George V and King George VI.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip at the opening of the New Zealand Parliament in 1963.
First Lady Betty Ford and Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain Standing in the Queen's Bedroom during a Tour of the White House in 1976.
Photograph of President Gerald Ford dancing with Queen Elizabeth II during a state dinner held in her honour in 1976.
During a speech given by Queen Elizabeth on March 3, 1983 in San Francisco, US President Ronald Reagan was enjoying himself.
Queen Elizabeth II stands with President Ronald Reagan during a ceremony to honour her visit to the West Coast in 1983.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip are pictured relaxing on the grass at a beauty spot in Aberdeenshire in the photo taken by the Countess of Wessex in 2003.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush Welcome Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to the White House in 2007 .
Queen Elizabeth II lays a wreath at the Irish War Memorial in Island bridge in May 2011.
The Queen waits on the throne for MPs to arrive in the Lords chamber in 2012.
Elizabeth II at her Birthday Party in 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pose for a photo with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Monday, June 3, 2019, prior to attending a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London.
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