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Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 in London. She is being held here by her mother, also named Elizabeth. His father will later become King George VI.
Princess Elizabeth poses for a photo at her home in London in 1928.
Princess Elizabeth is seen with her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, during a visit to Balmoral, Scotland, in September 1933. He will become King Edward VIII in 1936. But when he will abdicate later this year there, the father of Elizabeth will become king and she became presumptive heiress.
From the left, Princess Elizabeth, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret greet the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on June 22, 1939.
Elizabeth rides horseback in Windsor, England, in 1940. Her love of horses is well known.
Elizabeth, 14, right, sits next to her sister on a radio show on October 13, 1940. On the show, her first, she stated that English children were full of gaiety and courage.
Princess Elizabeth shakes hands with an officer of Grenadier Guards on May 29, 1942. King George VI made Elizabeth an honorary colonel of the Royal Army Regiment.
Elizabeth, on the right, and Princess Margaret wear summer dresses around 1942. Margaret is Elizabeth's only sister.
Princess Elizabeth sits in Natal National Park, South Africa, on April 21, 1947, with the Drakensberg Mountains behind her. It was his 21st birthday.
On November 20, 1947, Elizabeth married Prince Philip, a lieutenant of the British Navy, from the Greek and Danish royal families. After becoming a British citizen and renouncing his Greek title, Philip became His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His wife became the Duchess of Edinburgh.
Princess Elizabeth arrives at a state banquet in London in March 1950.
Elizabeth acceded to the throne in February 1952, when her father died of lung cancer at the age of 56. She then went to the altar during her coronation on June 2, 1953.
Queen Elizabeth II is photographed on the balcony of the Government House in Melbourne during her tour of Australia in March 1954.
From left to right, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother visit the Epsom Downs Racecourse in June 1958.
The Queen holds her son Prince Andrew under the watch of his sister, Princess Anne, during a family stay at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in September 1960. The queen has four children, including her sons Charles and Edward.
Queen Elizabeth II is seen at the official opening of Parliament in April 1966.
Queen Elizabeth II and her eldest son, Prince Charles, in 1969. Charles is next on the throne.
Prince Charles adjusts his crown at his inauguration ceremony as Prince of Wales in 1969.
The Queen and Prince Philip wave a ramp before taking off from Tokyo in May 1975.
The Queen makes a portrait at Windsor Castle for her 50th birthday on April 21, 1976.
The queen meets the crowds during her royal tour to New Zealand in 1977.
Elizabeth walks with some of her corgis at the Windsor Horse Trials Trials in May 1980.
The Queen stands beside Prince Charles while he kisses his new wife, Princess Diana, on July 29, 1981.
Elizabeth takes pictures of her husband during a horse show in Windsor in May 1982.
Elizabeth drove her Land Rover at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May 1992.
At Buckingham Palace, the Queen and Prince Philip attend floral tributes to Princess Diana after her tragic death in 1997.
The Queen addresses the nation the night before the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.
Prince Charles visited his mother after her marriage to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in April 2005.
The Queen, second from the right, greets a crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on April 29, 2011. Her grandson, Prince William, third from left, had just married Catherine Middleton.
The Queen's signature is visible in the visitors' book of Aras An Uachtarain, official residence of the Irish president in Dublin in May 2011.
Madame Tussauds London reveals a wax figure of the queen in May 2012.
Prince Charles kisses his mother's hand on the stage as singer Paul McCartney, on the far right, attends the Diamond Jubilee concert in June 2012. The Diamond Jubilee celebrations marked the 60th anniversary of the Queen of Elizabeth.
The Queen visits the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London in December 2012.
A boy from Belfast, Northern Ireland, takes a selfie in front of the Queen in June 2014.
The Queen enters the grand hall of Edinburgh Castle after attending a memorial service for the Scottish War Memorial in July 2014.
The Queen is waiting for her speech at the official opening of Parliament in May 2015.
Elizabeth listens to her great-grandson, Prince George, outside of a church where her sister, Charlotte, was baptized in July 2015. George and Charlotte are Prince William's children, left and Duchess Catherine.
The Queen and Prince Philip greet guests in London who attended the 90th Anniversary celebrations in 2016.
Elizabeth's address to Evie Mills, 14, in a Manchester, England, hospital in May 2017. Evie was injured in a bomb attack while people were leaving a concert at Ariana Grande.
The Queen sits at an office in Buckingham Palace after recording her Christmas Day broadcast in 2017.
The queen arrives for the wedding of her grandson, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, in May 2018.
The queen laughs with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Halton, England, in June 2018. It was the first time Meghan had Produced without her husband, Prince Harry, by his side.
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