Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 96th birthday on April 21, 2022. The U.Okay. formally celebrates her Platinum Jubilee in June, with stamps, souvenirs and 4 days of festivities.
She turned the longest-reigning British monarch in historical past on September 9, 2015, when she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.
On this photograph, the queen views a portray of herself by British artist Henry Ward at Windsor Citadel in 2016. The portray was commissioned to commemorate the queen’s six a long time of patronage to the British Purple Cross.
Platinum Jubilee
This photograph of Queen Elizabeth II, taken at Sandringham Home in February 2022, was launched by Buckingham Palace to mark the seventieth anniversary of her ascension to the throne.
Jubilee celebration
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles throughout a reception at Sandringham Home on February 5, 2022, as she celebrates the beginning of the Platinum Jubilee. The next day she marked 70 years since ascending to the throne upon the demise of her father, King George VI.
Royal couple
On this June 1, 2020 photograph, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, pose for a photograph within the quadrangle of Windsor Citadel forward of his 99th birthday.
Mourning Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth sits alone on the funeral for her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel on April 17, 2021. They had been married for 73 years, till his demise at age 99.
Commonwealth Day 2020
Queen Elizabeth II departs the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 at Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2020 in London.
93rd birthday celebrations
Queen Elizabeth II and different members of the royal household on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to look at a fly-past of plane by the Royal Air Pressure, in London on June 8, 2019, in the course of the official celebration of the queen’s 93rd birthday.
The road of succession
4 generations of the royal household, from left, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George and Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge.Â
The picture, launched April 20, 2016, is from a photograph shoot for the Royal Mail in the summertime of 2015, taken within the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London for a stamp sheet to mark the ninetieth birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
seventieth marriage ceremony anniversary
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, seen within the White Drawing Room at Windsor Citadel, in a photograph launched in celebration of their platinum marriage ceremony anniversary on Nov. 20, 2017.
They had been 21 and 26 years outdated once they married in 1947.
Queen Elizabeth II in royal regalia
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her ninetieth birthday in an enormous extravaganza on Might 15, 2016. She turn into the longest serving British monarch on September 9, 2015, surpassing the document set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria with greater than 63 years on the throne. Elizabeth can be the nation’s oldest ever monarch.
The Queen delivers the Queen’s Speech in the course of the State Opening of Parliament in central London, on Might 18, 2016.
Queen Elizabeth visits MI5
Queen Elizabeth II throughout a go to to the headquarters of MI5 at Thames Home on February 25, 2020 in London, England. MI5 is the UK’s home counter-intelligence and safety company.
Birthday lunch
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh wave to the gang attending one of many official celebrations for the queen’s ninetieth birthday in London on June 12, 2016.
About 10,000 company gathered on The Mall that day for a lunch to have a good time the queen’s patronage of greater than 600 charities and organizations, a part of a weekend of celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth II’s ninetieth birthday and 63 12 months reign.Â
Self-importance Honest cowl for Queen Elizabeth II
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II turned 90 on April 21, 2016. To mark the milestone, she posed for a sequence of portraits at Windsor Citadel by photographer Annie Leibovitz for Self-importance Honest, together with this cowl {photograph}. The queen is seen right here together with her beloved corgis Holly (being held) and (from L-R) Willow, Vulcan and Sweet. It should be stated that Vulcan and Sweet are literally dorgis, a breed the queen created. The problem of the journal, which incorporates photographs of the royal household is out there Thursday, June 2, 2016.
Royal household in 2016
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, together with Queen Elizabeth II, in the course of the last night time of the Queen’s ninetieth birthday celebrations at Windsor on Might 15, 2016.
1927
Princess Elizabeth is taken for a trip within the grounds of Windsor Citadel, together with her cousin, the honorable Gerald Lascelles, proper, son of Princess Royal in 1927.
Extra photographs: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Might 1933
Princess Elizabeth, is launched by her mom Elizabeth, the Duchess of York, to disabled troopers at an exhibition of their work in London, Might 16, 1933.
Might 1935
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, heart, waves as she stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London together with her grandparents King George V and Queen Mary, Might 6, 1935. Her sister, Princess Margaret, is simply seen over the balcony edge.
June 1938
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, and her companion Shaun Plunket take the penguins for a stroll at London Zoo, June 30, 1938.
August 1943
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, proper, and her sister, Princess Margaret, of their Lady Information uniforms, apply their bandaging abilities, August 1943. Princess Elizabeth is sporting the badge of the swallow patrol and two white stripes, which signifies that she is patrol chief.
August 1946
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, proper, enjoys a joke together with her father, King George VI, within the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor, England, August 20, 1946.
April 1947
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, sits in Natal Nationwide Park, South Africa on her twenty first birthday, April 21, 1947. Within the background are the Drakenberg Mountains.
November 1947
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, and her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, wave to the gang from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, after their marriage ceremony on November 20, 1947.Â
From left to proper, King George VI, Princess Margaret, Woman Mary Cambridge, the bride and bridegroom, Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mom) and Queen Mary.
August 1949
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, wears a silver robe with a diamond tiara and pearl necklace on August 30, 1949.
August 1951
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, entrance left, helps her daughter Princess Anne stand on a wall, watched by King George VI, behind left, Queen Elizabeth, proper, and Princess Margaret at Balmoral Citadel, Scotland, in August 1951.
August 1951
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, stands together with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their kids, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, at Clarence Home, the royal couple’s London residence, in August 1951.
February 1952
Queen Elizabeth II, left, stands together with her grandmother, Queen Mary, heart, and her mom, Queen Elizabeth, on the entrance to London’s Westminster Corridor as her father’s coffin arrives to lie in state on February 11, 1952.
Upon the demise of her father, Elizabeth ascended the throne on the age of 25 on February 6, 1952.
April 1953
Queen Elizabeth II, heart, laughs with the Duke of Gloucester, left, whereas Princess Margaret smokes a cigarette in an extended holder, behind, as they watch the Olympic horse trials at Badminton, Gloucestershire on April 23, 1953.
June 1953
Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, kneeling, locations his fingers between these of his spouse, Queen Elizabeth II, as he swears homage, throughout her coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
The coronation was postponed greater than a 12 months for an applicable interval of mourning for King George VI.
June 1953
Queen Elizabeth II, sporting the Imperial Crown, carries the symbols of authority, the orb and the sceptre, as she leaves Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, on the finish of her coronation ceremony.
Coronation Day
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wave to the gang after her coronation at Westminster Abbey in London on June 2, 1953.
January 1961
Queen Elizabeth II addresses an enormous gathering of greater than 250,000 individuals on the Ramlila Grounds, an enormous public assembly place, outdoors the partitions of Outdated Delhi, India on January 28, 1961.
April 1966
Queen Elizabeth II is seen in the course of the State Opening of Parliament in London in April 1966.
June 1977
Queen Elizabeth II receives congratulations from well-wishers throughout a quick walkabout in London on June 7, 1977.
June 1982
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, on Centennial, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, on Burmese, go horseback driving on the grounds of Windsor Citadel, England on June 8, 1982.
Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mom – 1993
The Queen Mom, at left, is joined by her eldest daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, outdoors Clarence Home in London on August 4,1993. The Queen Mom, the widow of Britain’s wartime monarch, King George VI, was celebrating her 93rd birthday.
August 1997
The Queen Mom together with her daughters, Queen Elizabeth II (in blue) and Princess Margaret (left), grandson Prince Harry (at proper) and different members of the royal household watch an honor guard in London, August 4, 1997.
September 1997
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, take a look at the mass of floral tributes laid outdoors Buckingham Palace in reminiscence of Diana, Princess of Wales, on September 5, 1997.
Diana died after a automobile crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.
Queen Elizabeth in Mozambique – 1999
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she walks previous conventional dancers after she opened a Commerce and Funding Exhibition in Maputo, Mozambique, on November 15, 1999, on the final day of her three-nation African tour.Â
April 2002
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles stroll behind the Queen Mom’s coffin following her funeral at Westminster Abbey in central London, April 9, 2002.
Royal dignitaries and politicians from around the globe gathered at Westminster Abbey to pay their respects to the Queen Mom who died on March 30, 2002, on the age of 101.
June 2002
Queen Elizabeth II waves from the Gold State Coach throughout Golden Jubilee procession, London, June 4, 2002.
April 2003
Queen Elizabeth II watches as a swarm of bees encircle chairs on the garden of Windsor Citadel in Berkshire April 15, 2003.
The Queen was amused when a swarm of bees delayed proceedings throughout her assessment of the Grenedier Guards at Windsor.
Princess Diana Memorial – 2004
Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal household and the Spencer household attend the opening of the Diana Memorial Fountain, in reminiscence of the late Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, on the south aspect of the Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park on July 6, 2004.
Diana died after a automobile crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.
April 2005
Queen Elizabeth II follows Prince Charles and his spouse, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall as they depart St George’s Chapel in Windsor after the blessing of their civil marriage, April 9, 2005.Â
Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles, the real love of his life, in a non-public civil ceremony that inevitably paled within the public creativeness towards his storybook marriage ceremony to Princess Diana greater than 20 years earlier.
April 2006
Queen Elizabeth II sits within the Regency Room at Buckingham Palace in London on April 19, 2006, as she appears to be like at a few of the playing cards which have been despatched to her for her eightieth birthday, which she celebrated two days later.
April 2006
Queen Elizabeth II smiles with Prince Harry in the course of the Sovereign’s Parade on the Royal Navy Academy in Sandhurst, England, April 12, 2006.
2007
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, stroll at Broadlands in Romsey, southern England in 2007.
March 2009
Britain’s Prince Charles kisses the hand of his mom, Queen Elizabeth, throughout a go to to the Chelsea Flower Present in London on this Might 18, 2009 photograph.
April 2007
Queen Elizabeth ll receives a bouquet of flowers throughout a walkabout outdoors Manchester Cathedral following the normal Royal Maundy Service on April 5, 2007, in Manchester, England.
April 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Woman Michelle Obama pose with Queen Elizabeth II throughout a go to at Buckingham Palace in London, April 1, 2009.
October 2009
Queen Elizabeth leaves after attending a service of commemoration to mark the top of fight operations in Iraq at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, October 9, 2009.
November 2009
Queen Elizabeth II walks together with her husband Prince Philip by way of the Royal Gallery after delivering her speech in the course of the State Opening of Parliament on the Homes of Parliament in London, November 18, 2009.
Might 2010
Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace in a horse drawn carriage to attend the State Opening of Parliament in London, Might 25, 2010.
April 2011
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, attend the royal marriage ceremony of Prince William to Kate Middleton (now Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge) in London, April 29, 2011.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip – 2011
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh go to St John’s Faculty on the College of Cambridge on April 27, 2011 in Cambridge, England.Â
October 2011
Queen Elizabeth II accepts flowers from individuals crowding the banks for the Brisbane River after a river cruise in Brisbane, Australia, Octoer 24, 2011.
June 2011
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Edward watch the winners enclosure after the Queen’s horse misplaced within the Epsom Derby at Epsom Racecourse in southern England, June 4, 2011.
February 2012
Queen Elizabeth in London, February 29, 2012.
Diamond Jubilee – Might 2012
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by a crowd in Bromley, south London, on Might 15, 2012. The next month Britain celebrated the queen’s Diamond Jubilee — 60 years on the throne — with a four-day public vacation.
June 2012
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge laughs as Queen Elizabeth gestures throughout a go to to Vernon Park in Nottingham, England, June 13, 2012.
Might 2013
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth leaves after the State Opening of Parliament on the Palace of Westminster in London, Might 8, 2013.
June 2013
Members of the British royal household (L-R) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Prince Harry and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, watch the fly-past on the balcony at Buckingham Palace following the Queen’s birthday parade, often called the Trooping the Color, in central London on June 15, 2013.
December 2014
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is pictured after recording her Christmas Day broadcast within the State Eating Room at Buckingham Palace in London on December 10, 2014. She spent Christmas Day at her Sandringham property in Norfolk, England.
March 2015
Queen Elizabeth II appears to be like at a corgi canine as tv presenter Paul O’Grady smiles in the course of the Queen’s go to to Battersea Canines & Cats Dwelling in London, March 17, 2015.
June 2015
Senior members of Britain’s royal household stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace within the annual Trooping of the Color ceremony to have a good time the Queen’s official birthday in central London, June 13, 2015.
July 2015
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, with their kids, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, discuss to Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on the Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham Property for the christening of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge on July 5, 2015 in King’s Lynn, England.
September 2015
Queen Elizabeth II sits in her non-public viewers room in Buckingham Palace subsequent to one in every of her official crimson bins through which she receives paperwork and papers from authorities officers in the UK and the Commonwealth in London on September 8, 2015 in a photograph taken to mark the second she turned Britain’s longest reigning monarch.
September 2015
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth boards her carriage as she travels on the brand new Scottish Borders railway line, in Scotland, September 9, 2015.
Queen Elizabeth formally opened the brand new Scottish Borders Railway on the day she turned Britain’s longest reigning monarch.
March 2016
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth leaves after attending a Maundy Thursday service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on March 24, 2016.
ninetieth birthday
Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by Prince Charles and his spouse Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, as she arrives for the ultimate night time of her week-long ninetieth birthday celebrations at Windsor on Might 15, 2016.
ninetieth birthday occasion
Scenes from the lifetime of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II are proven in the course of the last night time of the Queen’s ninetieth birthday celebrations on the Royal Windsor Horseshow within the grounds of Windsor Citadel, west of London on Might 15, 2016.
The occasion tells the exceptional story of the Queen’s life encompassing a reign spanning greater than 60 years. The sovereign overtook her great-great-grandmother queen Victoria to turn into Britain’s longest-serving monarch
ninetieth birthday parade
Members of the royal household watch a fly-past in the course of the Trooping the Color marking the queen’s ninetieth birthday in London on June 11, 2016. Â
Left to proper: Anne, Princess Royal; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Charles, Prince of Wales; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Princess Charlotte of Cambridge; Prince George of Cambridge; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Prince Harry; Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
The ceremony is Queen Elizabeth II’s official annual birthday parade and dates again to the time of Charles II within the seventeenth century when the Colors of a regiment had been used as a rallying level in battle.
Queen Elizabeth II -2018
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II attends The Queen’s Birthday Get together Live performance on the event of Her Majesty’s 92nd birthday on the Royal Albert Corridor in London on April 21, 2018.
Commonwealth Day Service 2020
Queen Elizabeth II departs the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 at Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2020 in London, England. The Commonwealth represents 2.4 billion individuals and 54 international locations, working in collaboration in direction of shared financial, environmental, social and democratic targets.
Queen Elizabeth II – 2020
Queen Elizabeth addressed the nation and the Commonwealth concerning the coronavirus epidemic in a message recorded at Windsor Citadel on April 5, 2020.
