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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(8)

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1926
NPG P140(8)

P140(18)

Queen Elizabeth II

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, June 1927
NPG P140(18)

P140(9)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, feigned oval, July 1929
NPG P140(9)

P140(10)

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, circa 1929
NPG P140(10)

P140(19)

Queen Elizabeth II

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1929
NPG P140(19)

P140(11)

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1931
NPG P140(11)

P140(14)

Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1932
NPG P140(14)

P140(15)

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1936
NPG P140(15)

P140(13)

Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1938
NPG P140(13)

P140(20)

Queen Elizabeth II

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, February 1939
NPG P140(20)

P140(16)

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1941
NPG P140(16)

P140(17)

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1941
NPG P140(17)

P334

Queen Elizabeth II

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1943
NPG P334

P335

Queen Elizabeth II

by Yousuf Karsh
cibachrome print, 1943
NPG P335

6238

Queen Elizabeth II

by Edward Irvine Halliday
conté, 1948
NPG 6238

P140(23)

Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Charles

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1949
NPG P140(23)

3778

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

P336

Queen Elizabeth II

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P336

P337

Queen Elizabeth II

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P337

P343

Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1951
NPG P343

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)
Links
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
Category
Royalty, Rulers and Aristocracy
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