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Queen Elizabeth II reigned over the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death in 2022, marking the longest reign of any British monarch at 70 years and 214 days. Born in 1926, she became queen at 25 after her father's death and navigated significant political changes throughout her reign. Elizabeth was married to Philip Mountbatten for 73 years and had four children, serving as a constitutional monarch during a time of decolonization and global shifts.

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Queen Elizabeth II reigned over the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death in 2022, marking the longest reign of any British monarch at 70 years and 214 days. Born in 1926, she became queen at 25 after her father's death and navigated significant political changes throughout her reign. Elizabeth was married to Philip Mountbatten for 73 years and had four children, serving as a constitutional monarch during a time of decolonization and global shifts.

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Hello we are meow Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926

– 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other


Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She
had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and
was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214
days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any
sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, during the reign of her paternal
grandfather, King George V. She was the first child of the Duke and
Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen
Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of
his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the
heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to
undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the
Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip
Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark. Their marriage
lasted 73 years until his death in 2021. They had four children: Charles,
Anne, Andrew, and Edward.

When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth, then 25 years old,
became queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the
United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan,
and Ceylon, as well as head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth reigned as a
constitutional monarch through significant political changes such as the
Troubles in Northern Ireland, devolution in the United Kingdom, the
decolonisation of Africa, and the United Kingdom's accession to the
European Communities as well as its subsequent withdrawal. The number
of her realms varied over time as territories gained independence and
some realms became republics. As queen, Elizabeth was served by more
than 170 prime ministers across her realms. Her many historic visits and
meetings included state visits to China in 1986, to Russia in 1994, and to
the Republic of Ireland in 2011, and meetings with five popes and
fourteen US presidents.

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