EXTRAORDINARY NEWS! Queen Elizabeth II. DIED – Topky.sk

Buckingham Palace confirmed the sad news in a statement: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral Castle this afternoon.” As further stated in the statement, the royal couple will stay at the castle tonight. He moves to London tomorrow. Photo gallery (8) Source: royal.uk Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the future British Queen Elizabeth II, was born on April 21, 1926 in London as the first-born daughter of Albert, Duke of York, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York. She had a younger sister, Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002). Photo gallery (8) Queen Elizabeth’s cousins ​​were declared dead, but were actually in an institution for the disabled
Source: Profimedia The peaceful family life of the princess ended in 1936, when her grandfather, King George V, died. His successor was first her uncle Edward III, who, however, decided to give priority to love and married the divorced American Wallis Simpson. leaving the government to his brother Juraj VI. The eleven-year-old Princess Elizabeth thus became the first in the line of succession to the British throne. During the Second World War, both princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, stayed at Windsor Castle for security reasons, where they tried to drive away gloomy thoughts in a difficult situation – among other things, with traditional Christmas performances with the children of servants. That was the first time Elizabeth appeared in public, live on the BBC radio station. She wanted to encourage children in Britain, many of whom had to be evacuated in those days. After turning 18, she became a state adviser in the absence of the king. Photo gallery (8) She wanted to lead an ordinary life. But that has changed
Source: Profimedia Philip, then a 13-year-old boy and her future husband, met Philip at the wedding of his cousin as an eight-year-old in 1934, when she had no idea that they would spend 73 years as husband and wife. It wasn’t until 12 years later that Philip proposed to Princess Elizabeth, but the couple had to wait until the bride turned 21. This happened on April 21, 1947. Philip and Elizabeth became engaged on July 6, 1947, and the wedding took place on November 20, 1947. Philip renounced all his titles that connected him with his German roots and adopted his mother’s name Battenberg in the anglicized form of Mountbatten. He also switched from the Orthodox to the Anglican Church – as a child coming from the Greek and Danish royal families, he was baptized in the Orthodox ceremony. Photo gallery (8) Royal wedding in 1947
Source: profimedia.sk The young couple lived for some time on the island of Malta. Philip served in the navy and the princess traveled between Malta and London, where their one-year-old son Charles was looked after by his grandparents. On February 6, 1952, during a trip to African Kenya, Elizabeth received the news that her father, the British monarch George VI, had died. The princess was immediately officially declared queen, but she was crowned as Elizabeth II. until June 2, 1953. Photo gallery (8) Queen Elizabeth does not lead a boring life, as it may seem at first glance
Source: Profimedia The young, 26-year-old monarch stood at the head of the British Commonwealth of Nations, the British Army, Air Force and Navy, as well as more than 700 organizations. At the same time, she became the highest representative of the Church of England and the Duchess of Lancaster. Prince Philip became the Duke of Edinburgh and assumed the titles of His Royal Highness and British Prince. Elizabeth II. and Prince Philip had three other children in addition to Crown Prince Charles, who was born in 1948: Princess Anne (1950), Prince Andrew (1960) and Prince Edward (1964). With the birth of Prince Andrew, Elizabeth II. she became the first British monarch since Queen Victoria to give birth to a child during her reign. Her marriage to Philip lasted 73 years – until the death of the prince, who died on April 9, 2021, aged 99. Photo gallery (8) Queen Elizabeth II. and Prince Philip
Source: SITA/AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file In 2002 Elizabeth II. celebrated the 50th anniversary of her reign – as one of the few British monarchs to achieve this milestone. However, the celebrations were also overshadowed by sadness. In February, at the age of 71, her sister Princess Margaret died as a result of the defeat, and just a few weeks later, the Queen Mother also died at the age of 101. When Elizabeth II. became queen, the British prime minister was Winston Churchill and the head of the USSR was Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. On the throne, she survived the Cold War and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. She also experienced the attack on the New York twin towers, a terrorist attack in London, Scotland’s referendum on secession from Britain or Brexit. Photo gallery (8) British Queen Elizabeth II. during an extraordinary television address to the citizens of Great Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations
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