Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne: 5 issues in regards to the monarch | World News

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, has died after reigning for 70 years. She was 96."The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," Buckingham Palace introduced in an announcement on Thursday.

The 96-year-old monarch has been dogged by well being issues since final October that has left her with difficulties strolling and standing.

Listed below are some details in regards to the Queen:

1) Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926, at 17 Bruton St, London, and baptised on Could 29, 1926, within the non-public chapel of Buckingham Palace. She was 10 years previous when her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated on December 11, 1936, and her father turned King George VI.

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2) On November 20, 1947, she married navy officer Philip Mountbatten, a Greek royal, in Westminster Abbey in London. They've 4 youngsters: Prince Charles (born in 1948), Princess Anne (born in 1950), Prince Andrew (born in 1960), and Prince Edward (born in 1971). (1964). Philip died in April 2021, on the age of 99.

3) She succeeded the throne upon the loss of life of her father on February 6, 1952, whereas she was in Kenya on a royal tour. She was topped on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, within the first-ever broadcast coronation.

4) Elizabeth stays queen of 15 realms, together with the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tuvalu.

5) She celebrated her Platinum Jubilee - the seventieth anniversary of her accession - on Feb. 6, 2022.