As the United Kingdom, and its Commonwealth nations and the world mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II after her record 70 years on the throne, here are seven things you may not have known about the British monarch.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in British history on September 9, 2015, surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.Queen Elizabeth met 13 of the 14 Presidents of the United States who have served during her reign. She did not meet President Lyndon Johnson.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth walks with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle, June 13, 2021.Elizabeth was given a corgi pup named Susan on her 18th birthday in 1944. She owned more than 30 corgis and dorgis during her reign — most of them descendants of Susan.
Princess Elizabeth, then the heir apparent to the throne of England, is shown checking the motor of an army vehicle during her training at an Auxiliary Territorial Service depot in southern England, April 18, 1945Then-Princess Elizabeth sent her first electronic message on March 26, 1976. The message — which would later become known as an email — was sent to the U.S. Secretary of Defense to formally open collaboration between the two countries on a military computer programming language.
Queen Elizabeth II, surrounded by the bishop of Durham Lord Michael Ramsay and the bishop of Bath and Wells Lord Harold Bradfield, walks to the altar during her coronation ceremony on June 2, 1953 in Westminster Abbey, London, as her maids of honor carry her train.
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