Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on 2 June, 1953 in Westminster Abbey. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten took place on Thursday 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London, United KingdomThe Queen is presented with a new roundel marking Crossrail 1’s naming as the Elizabeth Line. Her Majesty visited the Crossrail construction site at Bond Street on 2016, where she met engineers, construction workers, apprentices and transport for London staff. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Queen (left) and her sister, Princess Margaret (centre), visiting the penguins at London Zoo in 1938. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Royal Mail celebrates Queen’s 90th birthday with a specially commissioned Stamp Sheet, featuring four generations of the Royal Family in 2016. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, and The Duke of Edinburgh are invested as Lady and Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter on Garter Day in 1948. Today, The Queen and members of the Royal Family will attend the attend the Garter Service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Queen arrives by train at Lisahally docks at Londonderry in July 1953, as part of her Coronation Visit to Northern Ireland, her first to the country as Queen. Image: @theroyalfamilyIn 1900, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was born. This photograph, taken in 1937, shows Queen Elizabeth with her husband King George VI and their daughters Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and Princess Margaret. Image: @theroyalfamilyMore than 1,600 soldiers and 300 horses took part in the parade to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday on June 11, 2016.The 64th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, on June 2, 1953. Image: @theroyalfamilyIn 1945, as Princess Elizabeth, The Queen joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in 1945, making her the first female member of The Royal Family to become a full-time active member of the Armed Forces. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Queen was welcomed to Balmoral Castle by Balaklava Company, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland and the regiment’s mascot Cruachan, in 2017. Image: @theroyalfamilyIn 1945, aged 18, The Queen joined the ATS & became the first female member of The Royal Family to join the Armed Services full-time. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Queen reopened the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia at the British Museum in 2000. Image: @theroyalfamilyThis photograph shows The Queen holding The Duke of York in March 1960. Image: @theroyalfamilyDuring the documentary ‘The Queen’s Green Planet’, which features The Queen and Sir David Attenborough in 2018. Image: @theroyalfamilyThis photograph was taken in July 1946 when The Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, was 20 years old. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Queen, as President of Team Great Britain, joined the reception at the London Olympics in 2012. Image: @theroyalfamilyThe Queen received Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in 2022. Image: @theroyalfamily
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