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Her Majesty         The Queen

 

The Queen is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth kingdoms. The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and has four children and eight grandchildren.

The Princess's early years were spent at 145 Piccadilly, the London house taken by her parents shortly after her birth, and at White Lodge in Richmond Park.

 

 

Princess Elizabeth aged two, in 1928.

In 1930, Princess Elizabeth gained a sister, with the birth of Princess Margaret Rose. The family of four was very close. When she was six years old, her parents took over Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park as their own country home. In the grounds of Royal Lodge Princess Elizabeth had her own small house, (the Little Cottage), which was given to her by the people of Wales in 1932.

 

ELIZABETH AND MARGARET AT WINDSOR

Princess Elizabeth's quiet family life came to an end in 1936, when her grandfather, King George V, died. His eldest son came to the throne as King Edward VIII, but, before the end of the year, King Edward VIII had decided to give up the throne in order to marry the woman he loved, Mrs Wallis Simpson.

Upon his abdication, Princess Elizabeth's father acceded to the throne as King George VI, and in 1937 the two Princesses attended their parents' coronation in Westminster Abbey.

Princess Elizabeth was now first in line to the throne.

 

 

Education

 

Princess Elizabeth was educated at home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister. After her father succeeded to the throne in 1936, she started to study constitutional history and law as preparation for her future role. Princess Elizabeth also learned French from a number of French governesses. She often used it when speaking to ambassadors and heads of state from French-speaking countries, and when visiting French-speaking areas of Canada. Princess Elizabeth also studied art and music, learned to ride, and became a strong swimmer.

In 1940 the young Princesses were moved for their safety to Windsor Castle, where they spent most of the war years. It was a time of anxiety for the whole country, including the Royal Family. But at Christmas time there was a period of light relief when the young Princesses put on pantomimes with the children of members of staff for the enjoyment of her family and employees of the Royal Household.

Marriage and family

Shortly after the Royal Family returned from South Africa in 1947, the Princess's engagement to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten was announced.

The couple, who had known each other for many years, were married in Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947. The event was simple, as Britain was still recovering from the war. They spent their honeymoon at the home of Lord Mountbatten. Lieutenant Mountbatten, now The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. They have four children, and eight grandchildren. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary on 20 November 2010.

 

The Queen views her wedding gown designed by Royal couturier Norman Hartnell, with the naval uniform worn by The Duke of Edinburgh for their marriage at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947

 

 The clothing was on display as part of a special exhbition at Buckingham Palace in 2007 to celebrate Her Majesty and His Royal Highness's Diamond wedding anniversary.

The Queen wearing the Imperial State Crown and The Duke of Edinburgh in the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet wave to crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Coronation on 2 June 1953.

 

 

CHILDREN

 

The Queen in 1954 with Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

Prince Charles, now The Prince of Wales, was born in 1948, and his sister, Princess Anne, , two years later. After Princess Elizabeth became Queen, their third child, Prince Andrew, arrived in 1960 and the fourth, Prince Edward, in 1964. Their grandchildren are Peter and Zara Phillips (b. 1977 and 1981); Prince William of Wales and Prince Henry of Wales (b. 1982 and 1984); Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York (b. 1988 and 1990); and The Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn (b.2003 and 2007), children of The Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Family life has been an essential support to The Queen throughout her reign. The family usually spends Christmas together at Sandringham in Norfolk, attending church on Christmas Day. in the summer of 2006, The Queen celebrated her 80th birthday by taking a cruise with all her family through the Western Isles of Scotland.

 

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh with their children (left to right, Prince Edward, later The Earl of Wessex, The Prince of Wales, Princess Anne, later The Princess Royal, and Prince Andrew, later The Duke of York) in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, September 1979.

The Queen's working day

The Queen has many different duties to perform every day.

Some are public duties, such as ceremonies, receptions and visits within the United Kingdom or abroad.

Other duties are carried out away from the cameras, but they are no less important. These include reading letters from the public, official papers and briefing notes; audiences with political ministers or ambassadors; and meetings with her Private Secretaries to discuss daily business and her future diary plans.

Even when she is away from London, in residence at Balmoral or Sandringham, she receives official papers nearly every day of every year and remains fully briefed on matters affecting her realms.

In front of the camera or away from it, The Queen's duties go on, and no two days in her life are ever the same.

If the engagement is outside London, her journeys are often by air using a helicopter or an RAF aircraft.

The Queen carries out around 430 engagements (including audiences) a year, to meet people, open events and buildings, unveil plaques and make speeches.

Such engagements can include visits to schools, hospitals, factories, military units, art galleries, sheltered accommodation for elderly people, hostels for the homeless, local community schemes in inner city areas, and other British and Commonwealth organisations.

The Queen regularly goes out for the whole day to a particular region or city. If the visit is a busy one, or if it lasts more than a day, then The Queen will travel overnight on the Royal Train.

Her Majesty also attends the Derby and the Summer Race Meeting at Ascot, a Royal occasion. As a keen owner and breeder of racehorses, she often sees her horses run at other meetings.