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Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022

Elizabeth II (April 21, 1926–September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from February 6, 1952 until her death in 2022, marking the longest reign of any British monarch. Born in Mayfair, London, she became heir presumptive after the abdication of Edward VIII. Elizabeth served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during WWII and married Philip Mountbatten in 1947. As queen, she was head of the Commonwealth and oversaw major events like her coronation in 1953 and numerous jubilees. Despite challenges including the 1992 annus horribilis and Princess Diana's death, Elizabeth remained widely respected until her passing at Balmoral Castle, succeeded by Charles III.

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Early life

Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. She was delivered at 02:40 (GMT)1 by Caesarean section at her maternal grandfather's London home, 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair.2 The Anglican Archbishop of York, Cosmo Gordon Lang, baptised her in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 29 May,34 and she was named Elizabeth after her mother; Alexandra after her paternal great-grandmother, who had died six months earlier; and Mary after her paternal grandmother.5 She was called "Lilibet" by her close family,6 based on what she called herself at first.7 She was cherished by her grandfather George V, whom she affectionately called "Grandpa England",8 and her regular visits during his serious illness in 1929 were credited in the popular press and by later biographers with raising his spirits and aiding his recovery.9

Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930. The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford.10 Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature, and music.11 Crawford published a biography of Elizabeth and Margaret's childhood years entitled The Little Princesses in 1950, much to the dismay of the royal family.12 The book describes Elizabeth's love of horses and dogs, her orderliness, and her attitude of responsibility.13 Others echoed such observations: Winston Churchill described Elizabeth when she was two as "a character. She has an air of authority and reflectiveness astonishing in an infant."14 Her cousin Margaret Rhodes described her as "a jolly little girl, but fundamentally sensible and well-behaved".15 Elizabeth's early life was spent primarily at the Yorks' residences at 145 Piccadilly (their town house in London) and Royal Lodge in Windsor.16

Heir presumptive

During her grandfather's reign, Elizabeth was third in the line of succession to the British throne, behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father. Although her birth generated public interest, she was not expected to become queen, as Edward was still young and likely to marry and have children of his own, who would precede Elizabeth in the line of succession.17 When her grandfather died in 1936 and her uncle succeeded as Edward VIII, she became second in line to the throne, after her father. Later that year, Edward abdicated, after his proposed marriage to divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson provoked a constitutional crisis.18 Consequently, Elizabeth's father became king, taking the regnal name George VI. Since Elizabeth had no brothers, she became heir presumptive. If her parents had subsequently had a son, he would have been heir apparent and above her in the line of succession, which was determined by the male-preference primogeniture in effect at the time.19

Elizabeth received private tuition in constitutional history from Henry Marten, Vice-Provost of Eton College,20 and learned French from a succession of native-speaking governesses.21 A Girl Guides company, the 1st Buckingham Palace Company, was formed specifically so she could socialise with girls her age.22 Later, she was enrolled as a Sea Ranger.23

In 1939, Elizabeth's parents toured Canada and the United States. As in 1927, when they had toured Australia and New Zealand, Elizabeth remained in Britain since her father thought she was too young to undertake public tours.24 She "looked tearful" as her parents departed.25 They corresponded regularly,26 and she and her parents made the first royal transatlantic telephone call on 18 May.27

Second World War

In September 1939, Britain entered the Second World War. Lord Hailsham suggested that Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret should be evacuated to Canada to avoid the frequent aerial bombings of London by the Luftwaffe.28 This was rejected by their mother, who declared, "The children won't go without me. I won't leave without the King. And the King will never leave."29 The princesses stayed at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, until Christmas 1939, when they moved to Sandringham House, Norfolk.30 From February to May 1940, they lived at Royal Lodge, Windsor, until moving to Windsor Castle, where they lived for most of the next five years.31 At Windsor, the princesses staged pantomimes at Christmas in aid of the Queen's Wool Fund, which bought yarn to knit into military garments.32 In 1940, the 14-year-old Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast during the BBC's Children's Hour, addressing other children who had been evacuated from the cities.33 She stated: "We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers, and airmen, and we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well."34

In 1943, Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards, of which she had been appointed colonel the previous year.35 As she approached her 18th birthday, Parliament changed the law so that she could act as one of five counsellors of state in the event of her father's incapacity or absence abroad, such as his visit to Italy in July 1944.36 In February 1945, she was appointed an honorary second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service with the service number 230873.37 She trained as a driver and mechanic and was given the rank of honorary junior commander (female equivalent of captain at the time) five months later.38

At the end of the war in Europe, on Victory in Europe Day, Elizabeth and Margaret mingled incognito with the celebrating crowds in the streets of London. In 1985, Elizabeth recalled in a rare interview, "... we asked my parents if we could go out and see for ourselves. I remember we were terrified of being recognised ... I remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down Whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief."3940

During the war, plans were drawn to quell Welsh nationalism by affiliating Elizabeth more closely with Wales. Proposals, such as appointing her Constable of Caernarfon Castle or a patron of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (the Welsh League of Youth), were abandoned for several reasons, including fear of associating Elizabeth with conscientious objectors in the Urdd at a time when Britain was at war.41 Welsh politicians suggested she be made Princess of Wales on her 18th birthday. Home Secretary Herbert Morrison supported the idea, but the King rejected it because he felt such a title belonged solely to the wife of a Prince of Wales and the Prince of Wales had always been the heir apparent.42 In 1946, she was inducted into the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.43

Elizabeth went on her first overseas tour in 1947, accompanying her parents through southern Africa. During the tour, in a broadcast to the British Commonwealth on her 21st birthday, she made the following pledge:4445

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. But I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me, as I now invite you to do: I know that your support will be unfailingly given. God help me to make good my vow, and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it.

Marriage

Main article: Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten

Elizabeth met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and again in 1937.46 They were second cousins once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark and third cousins through Queen Victoria. After meeting for the third time at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth—though only 13 years old—said she fell in love with Philip, who was 18, and they began to exchange letters.47 She was 21 when their engagement was officially announced on 9 July 1947.48

The engagement attracted some controversy. Philip had no financial standing, was foreign-born (though a British subject who had served in the Royal Navy throughout the Second World War), and had sisters who had married German noblemen with Nazi links.49 Marion Crawford wrote, "Some of the King's advisors did not think him good enough for her. He was a prince without a home or kingdom. Some of the papers played long and loud tunes on the string of Philip's foreign origin."50 Later biographies reported that Elizabeth's mother had reservations about the union initially and teased Philip as "the Hun".51 In later life, however, she told the biographer Tim Heald that Philip was "an English gentleman".52

Before the marriage, Philip renounced his Greek and Danish titles, officially converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism, and adopted the style Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, taking the surname of his mother's British family.53 Shortly before the wedding, he was created Duke of Edinburgh and granted the style His Royal Highness.54 Elizabeth and Philip were married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey. They received 2,500 wedding gifts from around the world.55 Elizabeth required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown (which was designed by Norman Hartnell) because Britain had not yet completely recovered from the devastation of the war.56 In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for Philip's German relations, including his three surviving sisters, to be invited to the wedding.57 Neither was an invitation extended to the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII.58

Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, in November 1948. One month earlier, the King had issued letters patent allowing her children to use the style and title of a royal prince or princess, to which they otherwise would not have been entitled as their father was no longer a royal prince.59 A second child, Princess Anne, was born in August 1950.60

Following their wedding, the couple leased Windlesham Moor, near Windsor Castle, until July 1949,61 when they took up residence at Clarence House in London. At various times between 1949 and 1951, Philip was stationed in the British Crown Colony of Malta as a serving Royal Navy officer. He and Elizabeth lived intermittently in Malta for several months at a time in the hamlet of Gwardamanġa, at Villa Guardamangia, the rented home of Philip's uncle Lord Mountbatten. Their two children remained in Britain.62

Reign

Accession and coronation

Main article: Coronation of Elizabeth II

As George VI's health declined during 1951, Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. When she visited Canada and Harry S. Truman in Washington, DC, in October 1951, her private secretary Martin Charteris carried a draft accession declaration in case the King died while she was on tour.63 In early 1952, Elizabeth and Philip set out for a tour of Australia and New Zealand by way of the British colony of Kenya. On 6 February, they had just returned to their Kenyan home, Sagana Lodge, after a night spent at Treetops Hotel, when word arrived of the death of Elizabeth's father. Philip broke the news to the new queen.64 She chose to retain Elizabeth as her regnal name,65 and was therefore called Elizabeth II. The numeral offended some Scots, as she was the first Elizabeth to rule in Scotland.66 She was proclaimed queen throughout her realms, and the royal party hastily returned to the United Kingdom.67 Elizabeth and Philip moved into Buckingham Palace.68

With Elizabeth's accession, it seemed possible that the royal house would take her husband's name, in line with the custom for married women of the time. Lord Mountbatten advocated for House of Mountbatten, and Philip suggested House of Edinburgh, after his ducal title.69 The British prime minister, Winston Churchill, and Elizabeth's grandmother Queen Mary favoured the retention of the House of Windsor. Elizabeth issued a declaration on 9 April 1952 that the royal house would continue to be Windsor. Philip complained, "I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."70 In 1960, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor was adopted for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles.7172

Amid preparations for the coronation, Princess Margaret told her sister she wished to marry Peter Townsend, a divorcé 16 years Margaret's senior with two sons from his previous marriage. Elizabeth asked them to wait for a year; in the words of her private secretary, "the Queen was naturally sympathetic towards the Princess, but I think she thought—she hoped—given time, the affair would peter out."73 Senior politicians were against the match and the Church of England did not permit remarriage after divorce. If Margaret had contracted a civil marriage, she would have been expected to renounce her right of succession.74 Margaret decided to abandon her plans with Townsend.75 In 1960, she married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created Earl of Snowdon the following year. They divorced in 1978; Margaret did not remarry.76

Despite Queen Mary's death on 24 March 1953, the coronation went ahead as planned on 2 June, as Mary had requested.77 The coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey was televised for the first time, with the exception of the anointing and communion.7879 On Elizabeth's instruction, her coronation gown was embroidered with the floral emblems of Commonwealth countries.80

Early reign

Further information: Commonwealth realm § From the accession of Elizabeth II

From Elizabeth's birth onwards, the British Empire continued its transformation into the Commonwealth of Nations.81 By the time of her accession in 1952, her role as head of multiple independent states was already established.82 In 1953, Elizabeth and Philip embarked on a seven-month round-the-world tour, visiting 13 countries and covering more than 40,000 miles (64,000 km) by land, sea and air.83 She became the first reigning monarch of Australia and New Zealand to visit those nations.84 During the tour, crowds were immense; three-quarters of the population of Australia were estimated to have seen her.85 Throughout her reign, she made hundreds of state visits to other countries and tours of the Commonwealth; she was the most widely travelled head of state.86

In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted, and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union.87 In November 1956, Britain and France invaded Egypt in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to capture the Suez Canal. Lord Mountbatten said that Elizabeth was opposed to the invasion, though Eden denied it. Eden resigned two months later.88

The governing Conservative Party had no formal mechanism for choosing a leader, meaning that it fell to Elizabeth to decide whom to commission to form a government following Eden's resignation. Eden recommended she consult Lord Salisbury, the lord president of the council. Lord Salisbury and Lord Kilmuir, the lord chancellor, consulted the British Cabinet, Churchill, and the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, resulting in Elizabeth appointing their recommended candidate: Harold Macmillan.89

The Suez crisis and the choice of Eden's successor led, in 1957, to the first major personal criticism of Elizabeth. In a magazine, which he owned and edited,90 Lord Altrincham accused her of being "out of touch".91 Altrincham was denounced by public figures and slapped by a member of the public appalled by his comments.92 Six years later, in 1963, Macmillan resigned and advised Elizabeth to appoint Alec Douglas-Home as the prime minister, advice she followed.93 Elizabeth again came under criticism for appointing the prime minister on the advice of a small number of ministers or a single minister.94 In 1965, the Conservatives adopted a formal mechanism for electing a leader, thus relieving the Queen of her involvement.95

In 1957, Elizabeth made a state visit to the United States, where she addressed the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the Commonwealth. On the same tour, she opened the 23rd Canadian Parliament, becoming the first monarch of Canada to open a parliamentary session.96 Two years later, solely in her capacity as Queen of Canada, she revisited the United States and toured Canada.9798 In 1961, she toured Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Iran.99 On a visit to Ghana the same year, she dismissed fears for her safety, even though her host, President Kwame Nkrumah, who had replaced her as head of state, was a target for assassins.100 Harold Macmillan wrote, "The Queen has been absolutely determined all through ... She is impatient of the attitude towards her to treat her as ... a film star ... She has indeed 'the heart and stomach of a man' ... She loves her duty and means to be a Queen."101 Before her tour through parts of Quebec in 1964, the press reported that extremists within the Quebec separatist movement were plotting Elizabeth's assassination.102 No assassination attempt was made, but a riot did break out while she was in Montreal; her "calmness and courage in the face of the violence" was noted.103

Elizabeth gave birth to her third child, Prince Andrew, in February 1960; this was the first birth to a reigning British monarch since 1857.104 Her fourth child, Prince Edward, was born in March 1964.105

Political reforms and crises

The 1960s and 1970s saw an acceleration in the decolonisation of Africa and the Caribbean. More than 20 countries gained independence from Britain as part of a planned transition to self-government. In 1965, however, the Rhodesian prime minister, Ian Smith, in opposition to moves towards majority rule, unilaterally declared independence while expressing "loyalty and devotion" to Elizabeth. Although Elizabeth formally dismissed him, and the international community applied sanctions against Rhodesia, his regime survived for over a decade.106 As Britain's ties to its former empire weakened, the British government sought entry to the European Community, a goal it achieved in 1973.107

In 1966, the Queen was criticised for waiting eight days before visiting the village of Aberfan, where a mining disaster killed 116 children and 28 adults. Martin Charteris said that the delay, made on his advice, was a mistake that she later regretted.108109

Elizabeth toured Yugoslavia in October 1972, becoming the first British monarch to visit a communist country.110 She was received at the airport by President Josip Broz Tito, and a crowd of thousands greeted her in Belgrade.111

In February 1974, British prime minister Edward Heath advised Elizabeth to call a general election in the middle of her tour of the Austronesian Pacific Rim, requiring her to fly back to Britain.112 The election resulted in a hung parliament; Heath's Conservatives were not the largest party but could stay in office if they formed a coalition with the Liberals. When discussions on forming a coalition foundered, Heath resigned, and Elizabeth asked the Leader of the Opposition, Labour's Harold Wilson, to form a government.113

A year later, at the height of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, the Australian prime minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed from his post by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, after the Opposition-controlled Senate rejected Whitlam's budget proposals.114 As Whitlam had a majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Gordon Scholes appealed to Elizabeth to reverse Kerr's decision. She declined, saying she would not interfere in decisions reserved by the Constitution of Australia for the governor-general.115 The crisis fuelled Australian republicanism.116

In 1977, Elizabeth marked the Silver Jubilee of her accession. Parties and events took place throughout the Commonwealth, many coinciding with her associated national and Commonwealth tours. The celebrations re-affirmed Elizabeth's popularity, despite virtually coincident negative press coverage of Princess Margaret's separation from her husband, Lord Snowdon.117 In 1978, Elizabeth endured a state visit to the United Kingdom by Romania's communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and his wife, Elena,118 though privately she thought they had "blood on their hands".119 The following year brought two blows: the unmasking of Anthony Blunt, former Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, as a communist spy and the assassination of Lord Mountbatten by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.120

According to Paul Martin Sr., by the end of the 1970s, Elizabeth was worried the Crown "had little meaning for" Pierre Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister.121 Tony Benn said Elizabeth found Trudeau "rather disappointing".122 Trudeau's supposed republicanism seemed to be confirmed by his antics, such as sliding down banisters at Buckingham Palace and pirouetting behind Elizabeth's back in 1977, and the removal of various Canadian royal symbols during his term of office.123 In 1980, Canadian politicians sent to London to discuss the patriation of the Canadian constitution found Elizabeth "better informed ... than any of the British politicians or bureaucrats".124 She was particularly interested after the failure of Bill C-60, which would have affected her role as head of state.125

Perils and dissent

During the 1981 Trooping the Colour ceremony, six weeks before the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, six shots were fired at Elizabeth from close range as she rode down The Mall, London, on her horse, Burmese. Police later discovered the shots were blanks. The 17-year-old assailant, Marcus Sarjeant, was sentenced to five years in prison and released after three.126 Elizabeth's composure and skill in controlling her mount were widely praised.127 That October, Elizabeth was the subject of another attack while on a visit to Dunedin, New Zealand. Christopher John Lewis, who was 17 years old, fired a shot with a .22 rifle from the fifth floor of a building overlooking the parade but missed.128 Lewis was arrested, but instead of being charged with attempted murder or treason was sentenced to three years in jail for unlawful possession and discharge of a firearm. Two years into his sentence, he attempted to escape a psychiatric hospital with the intention of assassinating Charles, who was visiting the country with Diana and their son Prince William.129

From April to September 1982, Elizabeth's son Andrew served with British forces in the Falklands War, for which she reportedly felt anxiety130 and pride.131 On 9 July, she awoke in her bedroom at Buckingham Palace to find an intruder, Michael Fagan, in the room with her. In a serious lapse of security, assistance only arrived after two calls to the Palace police switchboard.132 After hosting US president Ronald Reagan at Windsor Castle in 1982 and visiting his California ranch in 1983, Elizabeth was angered when his administration ordered the invasion of Grenada, one of her Caribbean realms, without informing her.133

Intense media interest in the opinions and private lives of the royal family during the 1980s led to a series of sensational stories in the press, pioneered by The Sun tabloid.134 As Kelvin MacKenzie, editor of The Sun, told his staff: "Give me a Sunday for Monday splash on the Royals. Don't worry if it's not true—so long as there's not too much of a fuss about it afterwards."135 Newspaper editor Donald Trelford wrote in The Observer of 21 September 1986: "The royal soap opera has now reached such a pitch of public interest that the boundary between fact and fiction has been lost sight of ... it is not just that some papers don't check their facts or accept denials: they don't care if the stories are true or not." It was reported, most notably in The Sunday Times of 20 July 1986, that Elizabeth was worried that Margaret Thatcher's economic policies fostered social divisions and was alarmed by high unemployment, a series of riots, the violence of a miners' strike, and Thatcher's refusal to apply sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The sources of the rumours included royal aide Michael Shea and Commonwealth secretary-general Shridath Ramphal, but Shea claimed his remarks were taken out of context and embellished by speculation.136 Thatcher reputedly said Elizabeth would vote for the Social Democratic Party—Thatcher's political opponents.137 Thatcher's biographer John Campbell claimed "the report was a piece of journalistic mischief-making".138 Reports of acrimony between them were exaggerated,139 and Elizabeth gave two honours in her personal gift—membership in the Order of Merit and the Order of the Garter—to Thatcher after her replacement as prime minister by John Major.140 Brian Mulroney, Canadian prime minister between 1984 and 1993, said Elizabeth was a "behind the scenes force" in ending apartheid.141142

In 1986, Elizabeth paid a six-day state visit to the People's Republic of China, becoming the first British monarch to visit the country.143 The tour included the Forbidden City, the Great Wall of China, and the Terracotta Warriors.144 At a state banquet, Elizabeth joked about the first British emissary to China being lost at sea with Queen Elizabeth I's letter to the Wanli Emperor, and remarked, "fortunately postal services have improved since 1602".145 Elizabeth's visit also signified the acceptance of both countries that sovereignty over Hong Kong would be transferred from the United Kingdom to China in 1997.146

By the end of the 1980s, Elizabeth had become the target of satire.147 The involvement of younger members of the royal family in the charity game show It's a Royal Knockout in 1987 was ridiculed.148 In Canada, Elizabeth publicly supported politically divisive constitutional amendments, prompting criticism from opponents of the proposed changes, including Pierre Trudeau.149 The same year, the elected Fijian government was deposed in a military coup. As monarch of Fiji, Elizabeth supported the attempts of Governor-General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau to assert executive power and negotiate a settlement. Coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka deposed Ganilau and declared Fiji a republic.150

Turbulent years

In the wake of coalition victory in the Gulf War, Elizabeth became the first British monarch to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress in May 1991.151

In November 1992, in a speech to mark the Ruby Jubilee of her accession, Elizabeth called 1992 her annus horribilis (a Latin phrase, meaning 'horrible year').152 Republican feeling in Britain had risen because of press estimates of Elizabeth's private wealth—contradicted by the Palace153—and reports of affairs and strained marriages among her extended family.154 In March, her second son, Prince Andrew, separated from his wife, Sarah; her daughter, Princess Anne, divorced Captain Mark Phillips in April;155 angry demonstrators in Dresden threw eggs at Elizabeth during a state visit to Germany in October;156 and a large fire broke out at Windsor Castle, one of her official residences, in November. The monarchy came under increased criticism and public scrutiny.157 In an unusually personal speech, Elizabeth said that any institution must expect criticism, but suggested it might be done with "a touch of humour, gentleness and understanding".158 Two days later, John Major announced plans to reform the royal finances, drawn up the previous year, including Elizabeth paying income tax from 1993 onwards, and a reduction in the civil list.159 In December, Prince Charles and his wife, Diana, formally separated.160 At the end of the year, Elizabeth sued The Sun newspaper for breach of copyright when it published the text of her annual Christmas message two days before it was broadcast. The newspaper was forced to pay her legal fees and donated £200,000 to charity.161 Elizabeth's solicitors had taken successful action against The Sun five years earlier for breach of copyright after it published a photograph of her daughter-in-law the Duchess of York and her granddaughter Princess Beatrice.162

In January 1994, Elizabeth broke her left wrist when a horse she was riding at Sandringham tripped and fell.163 In October 1994, she became the first reigning British monarch to set foot on Russian soil.164 In October 1995, she was tricked into a hoax call by Montreal radio host Pierre Brassard impersonating Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien. Elizabeth, who believed that she was speaking to Chrétien, said she supported Canadian unity and would try to influence Quebec's referendum on proposals to break away from Canada.165

In the year that followed, public revelations on the state of Charles and Diana's marriage continued.166 In consultation with her husband and John Major, as well as the Archbishop of Canterbury (George Carey) and her private secretary (Robert Fellowes), Elizabeth wrote to Charles and Diana at the end of December 1995, suggesting that a divorce would be advisable.167

In August 1997, a year after the divorce, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris. Elizabeth was on holiday with her extended family at Balmoral. Diana's two sons, Princes William and Harry, wanted to attend church, so Elizabeth and Philip took them that morning.168 Afterwards, for five days, the royal couple shielded their grandsons from the intense press interest by keeping them at Balmoral where they could grieve in private,169 but the royal family's silence and seclusion, and the failure to fly a flag at half-mast over Buckingham Palace, caused public dismay.170171 Pressured by the hostile reaction, Elizabeth agreed to return to London and address the nation in a live television broadcast on 5 September, the day before Diana's funeral.172 In the broadcast, she expressed admiration for Diana and her feelings "as a grandmother" for the two princes.173 As a result, much of the public hostility evaporated.174

In October 1997, Elizabeth and Philip made a state visit to India, which included a controversial visit to the site of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to pay her respects. Protesters chanted "Killer Queen, go back",175 and there were demands for her to apologise for the action of British troops 78 years earlier.176 At the memorial in the park, she and Philip laid a wreath and stood for a 30‑second moment of silence.177 As a result, much of the fury among the public softened, and the protests were called off.178 That November, the royal couple held a reception at Banqueting House to mark their golden wedding anniversary.179 Elizabeth made a speech and praised Philip for his role as consort, referring to him as "my strength and stay".180

In 1999, as part of the process of devolution in the United Kingdom, Elizabeth formally opened newly established legislatures for Wales and Scotland: the National Assembly for Wales at Cardiff in May,181 and the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh in July.182

Dawn of the new millennium

On the eve of the new millennium, Elizabeth and Philip boarded a vessel from Southwark, bound for the Millennium Dome. Before passing under Tower Bridge, she lit the National Millennium Beacon in the Pool of London using a laser torch.183 Shortly before midnight, she officially opened the Dome.184 During the singing of Auld Lang Syne, Elizabeth held hands with Philip and British prime minister Tony Blair.185 Following the 9/11 attacks in the United States, Elizabeth, breaking with tradition, ordered the American national anthem to be played during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace to express her solidarity with the country.186187

In 2002, Elizabeth marked her Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of her accession. Her sister died in February and her mother in March, and the media speculated on whether the Jubilee would be a success or a failure.188 Princess Margaret's death shook Elizabeth; her funeral was one of the rare occasions where Elizabeth openly cried.189 Elizabeth again undertook an extensive tour of her realms, beginning in Jamaica in February, where she called the farewell banquet "memorable" after a power cut plunged King's House, the official residence of the governor-general, into darkness.190 As in 1977, there were street parties and commemorative events, and monuments were named to honour the occasion. One million people attended each day of the three-day main Jubilee celebration in London,191 and the enthusiasm shown for Elizabeth by the public was greater than many journalists had anticipated.192

In 2003, Elizabeth sued the Daily Mirror for breach of confidence and obtained an injunction which prevented the outlet from publishing information gathered by a reporter who posed as a footman at Buckingham Palace.193 The newspaper also paid £25,000 towards her legal costs.194 Though generally healthy throughout her life, in 2003 she had keyhole surgery on both knees. In October 2006, she missed the opening of the new Emirates Stadium because of a strained back muscle that had been troubling her since the summer.195

In May 2007, citing unnamed sources, The Daily Telegraph reported that Elizabeth was "exasperated and frustrated" by the policies of Tony Blair, that she was concerned the British Armed Forces were overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that she had raised concerns over rural and countryside issues with Blair.196 She was, however, said to admire Blair's efforts to achieve peace in Northern Ireland.197 She became the first British monarch to celebrate a diamond wedding anniversary in November 2007.198 On 20 March 2008, at the Church of Ireland St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, Elizabeth attended the first Maundy service held outside England and Wales.199

Elizabeth addressed the UN General Assembly for a second time in 2010, again in her capacity as Queen of all Commonwealth realms and Head of the Commonwealth.200 The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, introduced her as "an anchor for our age".201 During her visit to New York, which followed a tour of Canada, she officially opened a memorial garden for British victims of the 9/11 attacks.202 Elizabeth's 11-day visit to Australia in October 2011 was her 16th visit to the country since 1954.203 By invitation of the Irish president, Mary McAleese, she made the first state visit to the Republic of Ireland by a British monarch in May 2011.204

Diamond Jubilee and milestones

The 2012 Diamond Jubilee marked 60 years since Elizabeth's accession, and celebrations were held throughout her realms, the wider Commonwealth, and beyond. She and Philip undertook an extensive tour of the United Kingdom, while their children and grandchildren embarked on royal tours of other Commonwealth states on her behalf.205 On 4 June, Jubilee beacons were lit around the world.206 On 18 December, the Queen became the first British sovereign to attend a peacetime Cabinet meeting since George III in 1781.207

Elizabeth, who opened the Montreal Summer Olympics in 1976, also opened the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London, making her the first head of state to open two Olympic Games in two countries.208 For the London Olympics, she portrayed herself in a short film as part of the opening ceremony, alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond.209 On 4 April 2013, she received an honorary BAFTA award for her patronage of the film industry and was called "the most memorable Bond girl yet" at a special presentation at Windsor Castle.210

In March 2013, the Queen stayed overnight at King Edward VII's Hospital as a precaution after developing symptoms of gastroenteritis.211 A week later, she signed the new Charter of the Commonwealth.212 That year, because of her age and the need for her to limit travelling, she chose not to attend the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting for the first time in 40 years. She was represented at the summit in Sri Lanka by Prince Charles.213 On 20 April 2018, the Commonwealth heads of government announced that Charles would succeed her as Head of the Commonwealth, which the Queen stated as her "sincere wish".214 She underwent cataract surgery in May 2018.215 In March 2019, she gave up driving on public roads, largely as a consequence of a car accident involving her husband two months earlier.216

On 21 December 2007, Elizabeth surpassed her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-lived British monarch, and she became the longest-reigning British monarch and longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in the world on 9 September 2015.217 She became the oldest living monarch after the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on 23 January 2015.218 She later became the longest-reigning current monarch and the longest-serving current head of state following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand on 13 October 2016,219 and the oldest current head of state on the resignation of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on 21 November 2017.220 On 6 February 2017, she became the first British monarch to commemorate a sapphire jubilee,221 and on 20 November that year, she was the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum wedding anniversary.222 Philip had retired from his official duties as the Queen's consort in August 2017.223

Pandemic and widowhood

On 19 March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United Kingdom, Elizabeth moved to Windsor Castle and sequestered there as a precaution.224 Public engagements were cancelled and Windsor Castle followed a strict sanitary protocol nicknamed "HMS Bubble".225

On 5 April, in a televised broadcast watched by an estimated 24 million viewers in the United Kingdom,226 Elizabeth asked people to "take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again."227 On 8 May, the 75th anniversary of VE Day, in a television broadcast at 9 pm—the exact time at which her father had broadcast to the nation on the same day in 1945—she asked people to "never give up, never despair".228 In 2021, she received her first and second COVID-19 vaccinations in January and April respectively.229

Prince Philip died on 9 April 2021, after 73 years of marriage, making Elizabeth the first British monarch to reign as a widow or widower since Queen Victoria.230 She was reportedly at her husband's bedside when he died,231 and remarked in private that his death had "left a huge void".232 Due to the COVID-19 restrictions in place in England at the time, Elizabeth sat alone at Philip's funeral service, which evoked sympathy from people around the world.233 It was later reported in the press that Elizabeth had rejected a government offer to relax the rules.234 In her Christmas broadcast that year, which was ultimately her last, she paid a personal tribute to her "beloved Philip", saying, "That mischievous, inquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when I first set eyes on him."235

Despite the pandemic, Elizabeth attended the 2021 State Opening of Parliament in May,236 the 47th G7 summit in June,237 and hosted US president Joe Biden at Windsor Castle. Biden was the 14th US president that the Queen had met.238 In October 2021, Elizabeth cancelled a planned trip to Northern Ireland and stayed overnight at King Edward VII's Hospital for "preliminary investigations".239 On Christmas Day 2021, while she was staying at Windsor Castle, 19-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail broke into the gardens using a rope ladder and carrying a crossbow with the aim of assassinating Elizabeth in revenge for the Amritsar massacre. Before he could enter any buildings, he was arrested and detained under the Mental Health Act. In February 2023, Chail pleaded guilty to attempting to injure or alarm the sovereign,240 and was sentenced in October to a 9-year custodial sentence plus an additional 5 years on extended licence. The sentencing judge also placed Chail under a hybrid order under section 45A of the Mental Health Act 1983, ordering that he remain at Broadmoor Hospital to be transferred into custody only after receiving psychiatric treatment.241

Platinum Jubilee and beyond

Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations began on 6 February 2022, marking 70 years since her accession.242 In her accession day message, she renewed her commitment to a lifetime of public service, which she had originally made in 1947.243

Later that month, Elizabeth fell ill with COVID-19 along with several family members, but she only exhibited "mild cold-like symptoms" and recovered by the end of the month.244245 She was present at the service of thanksgiving for her husband at Westminster Abbey on 29 March,246 but was unable to attend both the annual Commonwealth Day service that month247 and the Royal Maundy service in April, because of "episodic mobility problems".248 In May, she missed the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. (She did not attend the state openings in 1959 and 1963 as she was pregnant with Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, respectively.)249 Later that month she made a surprise visit to Paddington Station and officially opened the Elizabeth line, named in her honour.250

The Queen was largely confined to balcony appearances during the public jubilee celebrations, and she missed the National Service of Thanksgiving on 3 June.251 On 13 June, she became the second-longest reigning monarch in history (among those whose exact dates of reign are known), with 70 years and 127 days on the throne—surpassing King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.252 On 6 September, she appointed her 15th British prime minister, Liz Truss, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. This was the only occasion on which Elizabeth received a new prime minister at a location other than Buckingham Palace.253 No other British monarch appointed as many prime ministers.254 The Queen's last public message was issued on 7 September, in which she expressed her sympathy for those affected by the Saskatchewan stabbings.255

Elizabeth did not plan to abdicate,256 though she took on fewer public engagements in her later years and Prince Charles performed more of her duties.257 She told Canadian governor-general Adrienne Clarkson in a meeting in 2002 that she would never abdicate, saying, "It is not our tradition. Although, I suppose if I became completely gaga, one would have to do something."258 In June 2022, Elizabeth met the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who "came away thinking there is someone who has no fear of death, has hope in the future, knows the rock on which she stands and that gives her strength."259

Death

Main article: Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II

On 8 September 2022, Buckingham Palace stated, "Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen's doctors are concerned for Her Majesty's health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision. The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral."260261 Her immediate family rushed to Balmoral.262263 She died peacefully at 15:10 BST at the age of 96.264265266 Her death was announced to the public at 18:30,267268 setting in motion Operation London Bridge and, because she died in Scotland, Operation Unicorn.269270 Elizabeth was the first monarch to die in Scotland since James V in 1542.271 Her death certificate recorded her cause of death as "old age".272273 According to her former prime minister Boris Johnson274 and the biographer Gyles Brandreth, she was suffering from a form of bone marrow cancer, which Brandreth wrote was multiple myeloma.275

On 12 September, Elizabeth's coffin was carried up the Royal Mile in a procession to St Giles' Cathedral, where the Crown of Scotland was placed on it.276 Her coffin lay at rest at the cathedral for 24 hours, guarded by the Royal Company of Archers, during which around 33,000 people filed past it.277 On 13 September, the coffin was flown to RAF Northolt in west London, before continuing its journey by road to Buckingham Palace.278 On 14 September, her coffin was taken in a military procession to Westminster Hall, where Elizabeth's body lay in state for four days. The coffin was guarded by members of both the Sovereign's Bodyguard and the Household Division. An estimated 250,000 members of the public filed past the coffin, as did politicians and other public figures.279280 On 16 September, Elizabeth's children held a vigil around her coffin, and the next day her eight grandchildren did the same.281282

Elizabeth's state funeral was held at Westminster Abbey on 19 September, which marked the first time a monarch's funeral service was held at the Abbey since George II in 1760.283 More than a million people lined the streets of central London,284 and the day was declared a holiday in several Commonwealth countries. In Windsor, a final procession involving 1,000 military personnel took place, which 97,000 people witnessed.285286 Elizabeth's fell pony and two royal corgis stood at the side of the procession.287 After a committal service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Elizabeth's body was interred with her husband Philip's in the King George VI Memorial Chapel later the same day, in a private ceremony attended by her closest family members.288289290291

Legacy

Main article: Personality and image of Elizabeth II

Beliefs, activities, and interests

Elizabeth rarely gave interviews, and little was known of her political opinions, which she did not express explicitly in public. It is against convention to ask or reveal the monarch's views. When Times journalist Paul Routledge asked her about the miners' strike of 1984–85 during a royal tour of the newspaper's offices, she replied that it was "all about one man" (a reference to Arthur Scargill),292 with which Routledge disagreed.293 Routledge was widely criticised in the media for asking the question and claimed that he was unaware of the protocols.294 After the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron was overheard saying that Elizabeth was pleased with the outcome.295 She had arguably issued a public coded statement about the referendum by telling one woman outside Balmoral Kirk that she hoped people would think "very carefully" about the outcome. It emerged later that Cameron had specifically requested that she register her concern.296

Elizabeth had a deep sense of religious and civic duty, and took her Coronation Oath seriously.297 Aside from her official religious role as supreme governor of the established Church of England, she worshipped with that church and with the national Church of Scotland.298 She demonstrated support for inter-faith relations and met with leaders of other churches and religions, including five popes: Pius XII, John XXIII, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis.299 A personal note about her faith often featured in her annual Christmas Message broadcast to the Commonwealth. In 2000, she said:300

To many of us, our beliefs are of fundamental importance. For me the teachings of Christ and my own personal accountability before God provide a framework in which I try to lead my life. I, like so many of you, have drawn great comfort in difficult times from Christ's words and example.

Elizabeth was patron of more than 600 organisations and charities.301 The Charities Aid Foundation estimated that Elizabeth helped raise over £1.4 billion for her patronages during her reign.302 Her main leisure interests included equestrianism and dogs, especially her Pembroke Welsh Corgis.303 Her lifelong love of corgis began in 1933 with Dookie, the first of many royal corgis.304 Scenes of a relaxed, informal home life were occasionally witnessed; she and her family, from time to time, prepared a meal together and washed the dishes afterwards.305

Media depiction and public opinion

In the 1950s, as a young woman at the start of her reign, Elizabeth was depicted as a glamorous "fairytale Queen".306 After the trauma of the Second World War, it was a time of hope, a period of progress and achievement heralding a "new Elizabethan age".307 Lord Altrincham's accusation in 1957 that her speeches sounded like those of a "priggish schoolgirl" was an extremely rare criticism.308 In the late 1960s, attempts to portray a more modern image of the monarchy were made in the television documentary Royal Family and by televising Prince Charles's investiture as Prince of Wales.309 Elizabeth also instituted other new practices; her first royal walkabout, meeting ordinary members of the public, took place during a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1970.310 Her wardrobe developed a recognisable, signature style driven more by function than fashion.311 In public, she took to wearing mostly solid-colour overcoats and decorative hats, allowing her to be seen easily in a crowd.312 By the end of her reign, nearly one third of Britons had seen or met Elizabeth in person.313

At Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee in 1977, the crowds and celebrations were genuinely enthusiastic;314 but, in the 1980s, public criticism of the royal family increased, as the personal and working lives of Elizabeth's children came under media scrutiny.315 Her popularity sank to a low point in the 1990s. Under pressure from public opinion, she began to pay income tax for the first time, and Buckingham Palace was opened to the public.316 Although support for republicanism in Britain seemed higher than at any time in living memory, republican ideology was still a minority viewpoint, and Elizabeth herself had high approval ratings.317 Criticism was focused on the institution of the monarchy itself, and the conduct of Elizabeth's wider family, rather than her own behaviour and actions.318 Discontent with the monarchy reached its peak on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, although Elizabeth's personal popularity—as well as general support for the monarchy—rebounded after her live television broadcast to the world five days after Diana's death.319

In November 1999, a referendum in Australia on the future of the Australian monarchy favoured its retention in preference to an indirectly elected head of state.320 Many republicans credited Elizabeth's personal popularity with the survival of the monarchy in Australia. In 2010, Prime Minister Julia Gillard noted that there was a "deep affection" for Elizabeth in Australia and that another referendum on the monarchy should wait until after her reign.321 Gillard's successor, Malcolm Turnbull, who led the republican campaign in 1999, similarly believed that Australians would not vote to become a republic in her lifetime.322 "She's been an extraordinary head of state", Turnbull said in 2021, "and I think frankly, in Australia, there are more Elizabethans than there are monarchists."323 Similarly, referendums in both Tuvalu in 2008 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2009 saw voters reject proposals to become republics.324

Polls in Britain in 2006 and 2007 revealed strong support for the monarchy,325 and in 2012, Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee year, her approval ratings hit 90 per cent.326 Her family came under scrutiny again in the last few years of her life due to her son Andrew's association with convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre amidst accusations of sexual impropriety, and her grandson Harry and his wife Meghan's exit from the working royal family and subsequent move to the United States.327 Polling in Great Britain during the Platinum Jubilee, however, showed support for maintaining the monarchy328 and Elizabeth's personal popularity remained strong.329 As of 2021 she remained the third most admired woman in the world according to the annual Gallup poll, her 52 appearances on the list meaning she had been in the top ten more than any other woman in the poll's history.330

Elizabeth was portrayed in a variety of media by many notable artists, including painters Pietro Annigoni, Peter Blake, Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, Terence Cuneo, Lucian Freud, Rolf Harris, Damien Hirst, Juliet Pannett and Tai-Shan Schierenberg.331332 Notable photographers of Elizabeth included Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh, Anwar Hussein, Annie Leibovitz, Lord Lichfield, Terry O'Neill, John Swannell and Dorothy Wilding. The first official portrait photograph of Elizabeth was taken by Marcus Adams in 1926.333

Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Main article: List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II

Titles and styles

Elizabeth held many titles and honorary military positions throughout the Commonwealth, was sovereign of many orders in her own countries and received honours and awards from around the world. In each of her realms, she had a distinct title that follows a similar formula: Queen of Saint Lucia and of Her other Realms and Territories in Saint Lucia, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories in Australia, etc. She was also styled Defender of the Faith.

Arms

See also: Flags of Elizabeth II

From 21 April 1944 until her accession, Elizabeth's arms consisted of a lozenge bearing the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom differenced with a label of three points argent, the centre point bearing a Tudor rose and the first and third a cross of Saint George.334 Upon her accession, she inherited the various arms her father held as sovereign, with a subsequently modified representation of the crown. Elizabeth also possessed royal standards and personal flags for use in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, and elsewhere.335

Issue

NameBirthMarriageChildrenGrandchildren
DateSpouse
Charles III (1948-11-14) 14 November 1948 (age 76)29 July 1981 Divorced 28 August 1996Lady Diana SpencerWilliam, Prince of Wales
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
9 April 2005Camilla Parker BowlesNone
Anne, Princess Royal (1950-08-15) 15 August 1950 (age 74)14 November 1973 Divorced 23 April 1992Mark PhillipsPeter Phillips
  • Savannah Phillips
  • Isla Phillips
Zara Tindall
  • Mia Tindall
  • Lena Tindall
  • Lucas Tindall
12 December 1992Timothy LaurenceNone
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960-02-19) 19 February 1960 (age 65)23 July 1986 Divorced 30 May 1996Sarah FergusonPrincess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
  • Sienna Mapelli Mozzi
  • Athena Mapelli Mozzi
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank
  • August Brooksbank
  • Ernest Brooksbank
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (1964-03-10) 10 March 1964 (age 61)19 June 1999Sophie Rhys-JonesLady Louise Mountbatten-WindsorNone
James Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of WessexNone

Ancestry

See also: Royal descendants of Queen Victoria and of King Christian IX

Ancestors of Elizabeth II336
8. Edward VII of the United Kingdom
4. George V of the United Kingdom
9. Princess Alexandra of Denmark
2. George VI of the United Kingdom
10. Francis, Duke of Teck
5. Princess Mary of Teck
11. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
12. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
6. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
13. Frances Smith
3. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
14. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
7. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck
15. Louisa Burnaby

See also

Notes

Citations

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