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.
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Cavouk (Onnig J. Cavoukian)
chromogenic print, 4 August 1973
NPG P1518
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Cavouk (Onnig J. Cavoukian)
chromogenic print, 4 August 1973
NPG P1519
by Cavouk (Onnig J. Cavoukian)
chromogenic print, 4 August 1973
NPG P1520
The Wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Henry Abel Smith
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass transparency, 24 October 1931
NPG x31678
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x31679
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x31697
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate transparency, 24 October 1931
NPG x31698
The wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
by Bassano Ltd
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 29 November 1934
NPG x95789
by Bassano Ltd
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 29 November 1934
NPG x95794
Queen Elizabeth II as bridesmaid at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
by Hay Wrightson
bromide print, 6 November 1935
NPG x4194
Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Dorothy Wilding
whole-plate negative, May 1937
NPG x35898
King George VI Coronation group
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x126942
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 14 April 1943
NPG x45792
Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print on tissue mount, 27 May 1946
NPG x25288
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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