Queen Elizabeth 1950

Here we take a closer look at the woman at the center of it all queen elizabeth ii. In early 1952 while traveling to kenya elizabeth was informed that her father king george vi died immediately making her queen.

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Princess elizabeth born elizabeth alexandra mary on april 21 1926 became queen elizabeth ii in 1952 at the age of 25.

Queen elizabeth 1950. There was his romantic friendship with canadian debutante osla benning and three flings while posted in australia. She married a distant cousin philip mountbatten on november 20 1947 at londons westminster abbey. 6 1952 at age 56.

Upon his death princess elizabeth his oldest daughter became queen of england. On november 4 1952 queen elizabeth ii attended her first state opening of parliament as a monarch. After the trauma of the second world war it was a time of hope a period of progress and achievement heralding a new elizabethan age.

In the 1950s as a young woman at the start of her reign elizabeth was depicted as a glamorous fairytale queen. The first of elizabeths four children prince charles was born in 1948. Together with queen mary and in competition with the american liners ss united states and ss america queen elizabeth dominated the transatlantic passenger trade until their fortunes began to decline with the advent of the faster and more economical jet airliner in the late 1950s.

Philips reputation as a ladies man predates his 1947 marriage to the young princess elizabeth. Coronation of queen elizabeth ii on june 2 1953 queen elizabeth ii is formally crowned monarch of the united kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium. A dashing naval officer he already had a string of romantic liaisons under his belt by the time he wed.

Queen elizabeth born on april 21 1926 and known to her family as lilibet was groomed as a girl to succeed her father. The longest reigning living monarch she became queen in 1952 at the age of 25 following the death of her. Elizabeth ii queen of the united kingdom from february 6 1952 the longest reigning monarch in british history.

Her father king george vi suffered from lung cancer for much of his later life and died in his sleep on feb.

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