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Portraits of The Queen, by photographer Dorothy Wilding, are on show at Buckingham Palace as a part of major Platinum Jubilee displays.

Her Majesty 👑 on Instagram: “An incandescent young Queen Elizabeth II in the sorely missed Nizam of Hyderabad Tiara. It was dissembled for for the stones to be reset…”

Before Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton were the resident royal cool girls, Queen Elizabeth was serving looks. Here’s a glimpse at her life as a young princess.

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Take a look back at the fascinating life of Queen Elizabeth II, who died last Thursday at the age of 96. In addition to ruling for over 70 years, she also was on a swim team in her teenage years and cared for many dogs and horses.

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Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II of England, 1926-2022, a 2nd subaltern in the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), stands by an ambulance in Spril 1945 (Photo: Courtesy of IWM)

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After seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II not only served as the country’s head of state but as a fashion icon, too. Click the link to see how her style evolved right alongside the many phases of her storied reign.

The best photos of a young Princess Elizabeth over the years before she became Queen Elizabeth II for her 95th birthday.

She was just 5th in the line of succession, but a series of historical vagaries put the princess on the world’s most powerful throne.

The next three generations of U.K. monarchs will be men, but many European countries will have a woman taking the throne next

QUEEN Elizabeth turns 91 today, but her official birthday celebrations are always held in June. Here is why the Queen has two birthdays.

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How maternity fashion has changed from the years of Princess Diana to Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle.

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Queen Elizabeth II arrives to see Time Remembered at the Edinburgh Lyceum, 1955.

The monarch was long a leader of fashion trends before they became mainstream