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Queen Elizabeth II (1926-), Queen regnant

Sitter associated with 742 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.

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P140(24)

Princess Anne; Queen Elizabeth II

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1951
NPG P140(24)

P347

The Royal Family

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P347

P490(25)

Queen Elizabeth II

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P490(25)

P490(26)

Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P490(26)

P870(6)

Queen Elizabeth II

by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print on tissue mount, 1952
NPG P870(6)

P870(5)

Queen Elizabeth II

by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1952
NPG P870(5)

P1454

Queen Elizabeth II

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1454

P1457

Queen Elizabeth II

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1457

P1458

Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by Cecil Beaton
C-type colour print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1458

P1469

Queen Elizabeth II

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, November 1955
NPG P1469

P1472

Queen Elizabeth II

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, November 1955
NPG P1472

P1476

Queen Elizabeth II

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, November 1955
NPG P1476

P1639

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Anne

by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 10 October 1957
NPG P1639

P1641

Queen Elizabeth II

by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 10th October 1957
NPG P1641

P1642

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II

by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 10th October 1957
NPG P1642

P1645

Queen Elizabeth II

by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 1958
NPG P1645

P1481

Prince Charles; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Anne

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1960
NPG P1481

P1482

Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Queen Elizabeth II

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1960
NPG P1482

P338

Queen Elizabeth II

by Yousuf Karsh
cibachrome print, 1966
NPG P338

P339

Queen Elizabeth II

by Yousuf Karsh
cibachrome print, 1966
NPG P339

Related People
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)
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Balmoral Castle, Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buckingham Palace, London
Kensington Palace, London
Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London
Sandringham, Norfolk
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire
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