Queen Elizabeth II
(1926-2022), Reigned 1952-2022Sitter associated with 972 portraits
Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving British monarch in history. Her devotion to the duty and public service was renowned and she ruled through a period of enormous social change and technological transformation. Her coronation in 1953 was the first to be televised and was broadcast internationally and she is the most portrayed person in the world.
Born in London, Princess Elizabeth became heir to the throne in 1936 on the accession of her father George VI. She married Philip Mountbatten in 1947 and their first children, the then Prince Charles and Princess Anne, were born in 1948 and 1950. Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, whilst on an official trip to Kenya, after the death of her father. Her coronation in 1953 was the first to be televised and was broadcast internationally. Her sons, Princes Andrew and Edward, were born in 1960 and 1964. As Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, her Silver, Golden, Diamond and Platinum Jubilees were celebrated in 1977, 2002, 2012 and 2022.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Richard Nixon; Princess Anne; Queen Elizabeth II
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1969
NPG x200341
Harold Wilson; Queen Elizabeth II
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1969
NPG x200342
Queen Elizabeth II; Walter Annenberg
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1969
NPG x200343
Queen Elizabeth II; Lee Kuan Yew
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1969
NPG x200344
Sir Keith Holyoake; Queen Elizabeth II
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1969
NPG x200345
Pierre Trudeau; Queen Elizabeth II
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1969
NPG x200346
by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1969
NPG x76308
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1969
NPG x76309
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on card mount, 1970s
NPG x29563
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on card mount, 1970s
NPG x29564
Mama Ngina (Ngina Kenyatta); Queen Elizabeth II; Jomo Kenyatta
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on card mount, 1970s
NPG x29566
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on card mount, 1970s
NPG x29571
Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Prince Edward; Queen Elizabeth II
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1971
NPG x200322
Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Prince Edward; Queen Elizabeth II
by Joan Williams
resin print, 1971
NPG x200323
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on white card mount, 1971
NPG x29562
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on card mount, 1971
NPG x29567
Queen Elizabeth II; Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print, 1971
NPG x29568
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on card mount, 1971
NPG x29569
by Patrick Lichfield
bromide fibre print, 26 December 1971
NPG x25290
by Patrick Lichfield
colour print, 26 December 1971
NPG x26200
Queen Elizabeth II and her family
by Desmond Groves
bromide print, 1972
NPG x133278
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print on card mount, August 1972
NPG x29565
The Wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 14 November 1973
NPG x126928
by Peter Grugeon, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide print, 1975
NPG x134731
by Colin Davey, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide print, 1975
NPG x134732
Queen Elizabeth II visits the Silverwood Colliery in Yorkshire
by Andrew Davidson, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide print, 1975
NPG x134733
Queen Elizabeth II visits the Silverwood Colliery in Yorkshire
by Andrew Davidson, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide print, 1975
NPG x134734
Queen Elizabeth II visits the Silverwood Colliery in Yorkshire
by Andrew Davidson, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide print, 1975
NPG x134735
Queen Elizabeth II; Peter Phillips
by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 1978
NPG x29572
by Patrick Lichfield
cibachrome print, 29 July 1981
NPG x29570
'Luck and Flaw' (Peter Nigel Fluck; Roger Law with Spitting Image puppets)
by Gil Galvin
digital chromogenic print, 1984
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x134391
by Prince Andrew, Duke of York
chromogenic print, 1986
NPG x29727
Sir David Attenborough; Queen Elizabeth II
by Joan Williams
chromogenic print, 1986
NPG x200326
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Terry O'Neill
digital R-type colour print from original transparency, 30 January 1992
NPG x126160
Queen Elizabeth II; William, Prince of Wales; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King Charles III
by John Swannell
Inkjet print, 2000
NPG x88877
Lucian Freud; Queen Elizabeth II
by David Dawson
chromogenic print, 2001
NPG x128062
Related People
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York (son)
- Princess Anne (daughter)
- Sir David Bowes-Lyon (uncle)
- Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon (uncle)
- King Charles III (son)
- Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones) (niece)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) (uncle)
- Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, Earl of Wessex (son)
- Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (mother)
- Lady Mary Frances Elphinstone (née Bowes-Lyon) (aunt)
- King George V (grandfather)
- King George VI (father)
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (uncle)
- Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex (grandson)
- Princess Margaret (sister)
- Queen Mary (grandmother)
- Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (aunt)
- David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (nephew)
- (Cecilia) Nina Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandmother)
- Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandfather)
- Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (uncle)
- William, Prince of Wales (grandson)
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