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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.
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Born 21 April 1926 · Died 8 September 2022 · Q9682
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The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Queen Elizabeth II: ‘The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to
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The News International: Queen Elizabeth II was ‘madly in love’ with Prince Philip, author reveals reason
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The Irish News: Queen Elizabeth II’s self-government remarks challenged: On This Day in 1976
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South West Londoner: Queen Elizabeth II’s maid of honour coronation dress to be displayed at Blenheim Palace
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Elizabeth II | Biography, Family, Reign, & Facts
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In February 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022, should pardon former Prince Andrew.” Labeled Satire.
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AP News rated the claim “Britain’s King Charles III ceded the throne to his elder son, Prince William, immediately after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.” False.
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AP News rated the claim “A photo shows former Ugandan President Idi Amin with England’s Queen Elizabeth II.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Queen Elizabeth II throwing food to poor children” False.
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Reported claimRated The video was filmed more than 25 years before the Queen’s birth, and actually shows two French women throwing coins at a group of Vietnamese children. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A video shows Queen Elizabeth II throwing food at "African" children.” The video was filmed more than 25 years before the Queen’s birth, and actually shows two French women throwing coins at a group of Vietnamese children..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Clip shows Irish dancers at Buckingham Palace after Queen Elizabeth II died” False.
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AP News rated the claim “A photo shows Queen Elizabeth II laughing at her husband, Prince Philip, who pranked her by dressing up as a palace guard.” False.
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India Today rated the claim “Burj Khalifa in Dubai was lit up in the colours of the UK flag to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.” Mostly false.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Video shows Queen Elizabeth II “feeding Africans like chickens.”” False.
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Died 2022-09-08.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “A BBC radio station resumed playing dance music after announcing Queen Elizabeth II had died.” False.
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Published video “Entrance into the Church - The Archbishop receives the Regalia (Live)”.
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Published video “Communion Service - Creed, Mass in G Minor (Excerpt) [Live]”.
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Published video “Recess - Fanfare (Live)”.
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Published video “Communion: Prayers - Invitation - Absolution - Sursum corda (Excerpt) [Live]”.
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Published video “Communion - Sanctus (Mass in G Minor) (Live)”.
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Published video “Entrance into the Church - Fanfare (Live)”.
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Published video “Communion: Prayers - Invitation - Absolution - Sursum corda (Live)”.
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Published video “Communion - Offertory Hymn: "All people that on earth do dwell" (Old Hundreth) (Live)”.
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Published video “Communion - Sanctus (Mass in G Minor) [Live]”.
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Published video “Investiture 'per Annulum, et per Sceptrum et Baculum' (Live)”.
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“Opis: komentując zachowanie królowej Elżbiety II, po tragicznej śmierci księżnej Diany.”
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“We are a moderate, pragmatic people, more comfortable with practice than theory.”
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“The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts...everything we do, we do for the young.”
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“Our peace and prosperity can never be taken for granted and must constantly be tended, so that never again do we have cause to build monuments to our fallen youth.”
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VERA Files rated the claim “Queen Elizabeth II expressed admiration for President Rodrigo Duterte's good governance” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Prince Philip, royal consort to Queen Elizabeth II, was friends with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.” Unproven.
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Received her first and second COVID-19 vaccinations in January and April respectively
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"and I think frankly, in Australia, there are more Elizabethans than there are monarchists
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Career landmark: oration.
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Career landmark: Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
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20102 items
Prime Minister Julia Gillard noted that there was a "deep affection" for Elizabeth in Australia and that another referendum on the monarchy should wait until after her reign
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Again in her capacity as Queen of all Commonwealth realms and Head of the Commonwealth
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Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2008).
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And Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2009 saw voters reject proposals to become republics
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Awarded Order of the Star of Ghana (2007).
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Awarded Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2006).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2006).
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And 2007 revealed strong support for the monarchy, and in 2012, Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee year, her approval ratings hit 90 per cent
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Awarded Order of the Tribute to the Republic (2005).
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Elizabeth sued the Daily Mirror for breach of confidence and obtained an injunction which prevented the outlet from publishing information gathered by a reporter who posed as a footman at Buckingham Palace
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That she would never abdicate, saying, "It is not our tradition
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Elizabeth marked her Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of her accession
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20012 items
Awarded Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia (2001).
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Awarded Grand Order of King Tomislav (2001).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (2000).
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19992 items
As part of the process of devolution in the United Kingdom, Elizabeth formally opened newly established legislatures for Wales and Scotland: the National Assembly for Wales at Cardiff in May, and the Scottish Parliament
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Similarly believed that Australians would not vote to become a republic in her lifetime
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Awarded Order of the White Eagle (1996).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion (1996).
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Awarded Order of Kuwait (1995).
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Awarded Order of Valour (1993).
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And the death of her former daughter-in-law Diana in 1997 – support for the monarchy and her popularity in the United Kingdom remained consistently high
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1991).
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Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1989).
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Awarded Grand Order of Mugunghwa (1986).
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To Russia in 1994, and to the Republic of Ireland in 2011; she met five popes and fourteen US presidents
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Elizabeth paid a six-day state visit to the People's Republic of China, becoming the first British monarch to visit the country
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Elizabeth recalled in a rare interview, "
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And visiting his California ranch in 1983, Elizabeth was angered when his administration ordered the invasion of Grenada, one of her Caribbean realms, without informing her
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Career landmark: 1981 England riots.
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Canadian politicians sent to London to discuss the patriation of the Canadian constitution found Elizabeth "better informed
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Elizabeth endured a state visit to the United Kingdom by Romania's communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and his wife, Elena, though privately she thought they had "blood on their hands"
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Career landmark: Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
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And the removal of various Canadian royal symbols during his term of office
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Elizabeth marked the Silver Jubilee of her accession
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The crowds and celebrations were genuinely enthusiastic; but, in the 1980s, public criticism of the royal family increased, as the personal and working lives of Elizabeth's children came under media scrutiny
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There were street parties and commemorative events, and monuments were named to honour the occasion
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Also opened the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London, making her the first head of state to open two Olympic Games in two countries
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Awarded Order of the Nile (1975).
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Career landmark: 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.
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Awarded Order of the Republic of The Gambia (1974).
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Career landmark: monarch of Grenada (1974–2022).
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Leopard (1973).
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Career landmark: monarch of the Bahamas (1973–2022).
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Awarded Order of the Crown of Brunei (1972).
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Won Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (1972).
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Awarded Darjah Utama Temasek (1972).
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Awarded Order of the Crown of the Realm (1972).
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Awarded Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star (1972).
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Awarded Order of the Supreme Sun (1971).
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Career landmark: monarch of the Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987).
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Awarded Order of the Nigeria (1969).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (1968).
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Career landmark: monarch of the commonwealth realm of Mauritius (1968–1992).
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19663 items
Career landmark: monarch of the commonwealth realm of Guyana (1966–1970).
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Career landmark: monarch of Barbados (1966–2021).
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Elizabeth was criticised for waiting eight days before visiting the village of Aberfan, where a mining disaster killed 116 children and 28 adults
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Career landmark: monarch of the commonwealth realm of the Gambia (1965–1970).
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The Conservatives adopted a formal mechanism for electing a leader, thus relieving Elizabeth of her involvement
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However, the Rhodesian prime minister, Ian Smith, in opposition to moves towards majority rule, unilaterally declared independence with Elizabeth as "Queen of Rhodesia"
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The press reported that extremists within the Quebec separatist movement were plotting Elizabeth's assassination
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Career landmark: monarch of the State of Malta (1964–1974).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon (1963).
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1963).
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Macmillan resigned and advised Elizabeth to appoint Alec Douglas-Home as the prime minister, advice she followed
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Career landmark: monarch of the commonwealth realm of Kenya (1963–1964).
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Career landmark: monarch of the commonwealth realm of Uganda (1962–1963).
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Career landmark: monarch of Trinidad and Tobago (1962–1976).
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Career landmark: monarch of Jamaica (1962–2022).
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Toured Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Iran
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Career landmark: monarch of the commonwealth realm of Sierra Leone (1961–1971).
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19603 items
The surname Mountbatten-Windsor was adopted for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles
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Married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created Earl of Snowdon the following year
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Career landmark: monarch of the Federation of Nigeria (1960–1963).
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19591 item
And 1963 as she was pregnant with Andrew and Edward, respectively
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1958).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1958).
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19574 items
That her speeches sounded like those of a "priggish schoolgirl" was an extremely rare criticism
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Career landmark: monarch of the commonwealth realm of Ghana (1957–1960).
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To the first major personal criticism of Elizabeth
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Elizabeth made a state visit to the United States, where she addressed the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the Commonwealth
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19561 item
The British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, secretly discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth
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19551 item
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav (1955).
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19532 items
Elizabeth and Philip embarked on a seven-month round-the-world tour, visiting 13 countries and covering more than 40,000 miles (64,000 km) by land, sea and air
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And the celebrations of her Silver, Golden, Diamond, and Platinum jubilees
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19522 items
Awarded Time Person of the Year (1952).
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The monarch's role as head of multiple independent states was already established
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1950).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1948).
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Awarded Knight of the Garter (1947).
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Accompanying her parents through southern Africa
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She was 21 when their engagement was officially announced on 9 July 1947.
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Was inducted into the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales
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Won Defence Medal (1945).
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Won War Medal 1939–1945 (1945).
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Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards, of which she had been appointed colonel the previous year
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The 14-year-old Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast during the BBC's Children's Hour, addressing other children who had been evacuated from the cities
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Elizabeth's parents toured Canada and the United States
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Won King George VI Coronation Medal (1937).
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Awarded Royal Family Order of George VI (1937).
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Upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive
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And her uncle succeeded as Edward VIII, she became second in line to the throne, after her father
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With Dookie, the first of many royal corgis
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Were credited in the popular press and by later biographers with raising his spirits and aiding his recovery
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When they had toured Australia and New Zealand, Elizabeth remained in Britain since her father thought she was too young to undertake public tours
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Born 1926-04-21.
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Awarded Order of the Crown of India.
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