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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.

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P549

Queen Elizabeth II

by Terry O'Neill
bromide print, 1993
NPG P549

6479

'The Royal Family: A Centenary Portrait'

by John Wonnacott
oil on canvas on foamboard, 2000
NPG 6479

6601

Opening of the Ondaatje Wing, National Portrait Gallery, in the Presence of Queen Elizabeth II, 4 May 2000

by John Stanton Ward
oil on canvas, 2000-2001
NPG 6601

P1665

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth II

by Thomas Struth
C-type colour print, 7 April 2011
NPG P1665

P1702

Queen Elizabeth II

by John Swannell
ink jet colour print, November 2011
NPG P1702

P1703

Queen Elizabeth II; Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by John Swannell
ink jet colour print, November 2011
NPG P1703

x134351

Queen Elizabeth II

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1926
NPG x134351

x31672

The Wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Henry Abel Smith

by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x31672

x32582

Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) as bridesmaid at the wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Henry Abel Smith

by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x32582

x32583

Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) as bridesmaid at the wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Henry Abel Smith

by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x32583

x32584

Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) as bridesmaid at the wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Henry Abel Smith

by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x32584

x32997

Lady May Helen Emma Abel Smith (née Cambridge) and Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) as her bridesmaid

by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x32997

x33562

The Wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Henry Abel Smith

by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x33562

x130813

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Mary

by Vandyk
whole-plate glass negative, 24 October 1931
NPG x130813

x87177

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret

by Frederick Thurston
chlorobromide print, August 1932
NPG x87177

x87178

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret

by Frederick Thurston
chlorobromide print, August 1932
NPG x87178

x87179

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret

by Frederick Thurston
bromide print, August 1932
NPG x87179

x87180

Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II

by Frederick Thurston
resin print, August 1932
NPG x87180

x95788

The wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 29 November 1934
NPG x95788

x95790

The wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 29 November 1934
NPG x95790

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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