She married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in 1947, then welcomed her first child, Prince Charles, in 1948, and Princess Anne, in 1950. During the Second World War, determined to do her bit, the 18-year-old princess joined the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service. Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for 70 years, Her Majesty’s tenure can be defined by a sense of duty that has made her one of the world’s most respected heads of state.īorn Princess Elizabeth Windsor on 21 April 1926, she was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. On the afternoon of 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, sadly passed away at Balmoral, her home in the Scottish Highlands. Picture Credit: phil wilkinson/Alamy Live News As the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II breaks, we pay tribute to her remarkable life and reign Credit: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images The the procession travels up the Royal Mile to St Giles Cathedral.
The procession of the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II leaves through the gates of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, at the foot of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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