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.
by R. Palmer, for International News Photos
vintage print, 12 September 1953
NPG x136394
Queen Elizabeth II; Cecil Beaton and two assistants (John Drysdale; Ray Harwood)
by Patrick Matthews
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG x126167
by Les Appleton, for International News Photos
vintage print, 31 May 1956
NPG x136393
On the balcony of Buckingham Palace
by Stuart Heydinger, for Bippa
vintage print, 31 May 1956
NPG x136397
Queen Elizabeth II; Marilyn Monroe; Victor John Mature; Sir (John) Anthony Quayle
by Unknown photographer, for Daily Mirror
modern bromide print, 29 October 1956
NPG x136606
Keith Michell; Michael Pickersgill Benthall; Queen Elizabeth II
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 18 March 1958
NPG x726
by Unknown photographer, for Central Press
bromide print, 9 June 1961
NPG x136395
Queen Elizabeth II; Heneage Legge-Bourke
copied by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 17 July 1964
NPG x176086
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret
copied by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 24 May 1967
NPG x176887
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
digital colour print, 26 November 2001
NPG x125850
by Rankin ((John) Rankin Waddell)
digital colour print, December 2001
NPG x125855
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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