Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom


 
 
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, born 21 April 1926), styled Her Majesty The Queen, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of State. She is thirty-eighth in line of descent from Egbert, King of Wessex.

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She also holds the positions of Head of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and Lord of Mann since the death of her father, King George VI on 6 February 1952. She is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great of Thailand. Her reign of over five decades has seen ten different Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and numerous Prime Ministers in the other personal union nations of which she is or was Head of State.

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Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom related Images and Photos (experimental)

Reigning Queens: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom  c.1985 (Dark Outline)
Reigning Queens: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom c.1985 (Dark Outline)
Crest of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Crest of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
View of the Buckingham Palace  London  England  United Kingdom
View of the Buckingham Palace London England United Kingdom
John Tyler  from 'The History of the United States'  Vol. Ii  by Charles Mackay  Engraved C. Holl
John Tyler from 'The History of the United States' Vol. Ii by Charles Mackay Engraved C. Holl
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) from ''The History of the United States '' Vol. II  by Charles Mackay
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) from "The History of the United States " Vol. II by Charles Mackay
Bird's-Eye View of New Orleans  from ''The History of the United States '' Vol. II  by Charles Mackay
Bird's-Eye View of New Orleans from "The History of the United States " Vol. II by Charles Mackay
Map of The United States  c.1845
Map of The United States c.1845
Queen Elizabeth II Ocean Liner
Queen Elizabeth II Ocean Liner
Map of the United States Puzzle
Map of the United States Puzzle
Eagle Map of the United States  c.1833
Eagle Map of the United States c.1833
Elizabeth II in a Flowered Dress Circa 1928
Elizabeth II in a Flowered Dress Circa 1928
Geological Map of the United States  c.1856
Geological Map of the United States c.1856

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Introduction
Early life
Life as Queen
Constitutional role
Relations with world leaders
Religious role
Ancestry
Titles
Personality and image
Coat of arms
See also
External links
 
FR: Élisabeth II du Royaume-Uni


 

~ Related Subjects ~

Church of England (1) - Supreme Governor (1) - King George VI (1) - Lord of Mann (1) - Head of the Commonwealth (1) - Saint Kitts and Nevis (1) - Belize (1) - Egbert, King of Wessex (1) - Head of State (1) - Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (1) - IPA (1) - South East England (1) - Berkshire (1) - Personal union (1) - 1952 (1) -
 

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