Queen Elizabeth II (1926-), Queen regnant
Sitter associated with 744 portraits
The second longest serving British monarch became heir to the throne in 1936 on the accession of her father George VI. Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten in 1947, and their first children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne were born in 1948 and 1950 respectively. She became Queen Elizabeth in 1952 whilst on an official trip to Kenya after the death of her father, and her coronation followed in 1953. Prince Andrew was born in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964. As Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Head of the Commonwealth, she celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1977 and her Golden Jubilee in 2002. Her Diamond Jubilee celebrations are taking place in 2012.
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1926
NPG P140(8)
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, feigned oval, July 1929
NPG P140(9)
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, circa 1929
NPG P140(10)
Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1931
NPG P140(11)
Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1932
NPG P140(14)
Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1936
NPG P140(15)
Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1938
NPG P140(13)
Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1941
NPG P140(16)
Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1941
NPG P140(17)
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Charles
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1949
NPG P140(23)
Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor
by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1950
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3778
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P343
Princess Anne; Queen Elizabeth II
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1951
NPG P140(24)
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P490(26)
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print on tissue mount, 1952
NPG P870(6)
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1952
NPG P870(5)
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1454
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1457
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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by Cecil Beaton
C-type colour print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1458
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, November 1955
NPG P1469
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, November 1955
NPG P1472
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, November 1955
NPG P1476
Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Anne
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by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 10 October 1957
NPG P1639
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by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 10th October 1957
NPG P1641
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
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by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 10th October 1957
NPG P1642
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by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 1958
NPG P1645
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1960
NPG P1481
Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Queen Elizabeth II
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1960
NPG P1482
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1966
NPG P344
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1966
NPG P490(27)
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, October 1968
NPG P1489
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by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, October 1968
NPG P1491
by Pietro Annigoni
chalk and coloured washes, 1969
NPG 4830
by Pietro Annigoni
tempera grassa on paper on panel, 1969
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4706
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret, 1980
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P198
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P200
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1984
NPG P345
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Yousuf Karsh
cibachrome print, 1984
NPG P346
by Michael Leonard
acrylic on cotton duck, 1985-1986
NPG 5861
by Prince Andrew, Duke of York
colour print, 1987
NPG P325
'Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their grandchildren'
by Yousuf Karsh
colour dye transfer print, 1987
NPG P543
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Terry O'Neill
bromide print, 1992
NPG P551
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (son)
Princess Anne (daughter)
Sir David Bowes-Lyon (uncle)
Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon (uncle)
Prince Charles (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 of Wales (grandson)
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (nephew)
Princess Margaret (sister)
Queen Mary (grandmother)
Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (aunt)
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandfather)
Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandmother)
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (uncle)
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (grandson)
Links
Balmoral Castle, Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Kensington Palace, London
Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London
Sandringham, Norfolk
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Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire
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