The lifetime of Queen Elizabeth By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven a long time, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace mentioned on Thursday.

Following is a timeline of the queen’s life and reign:

April 21, 1926 – Elizabeth was born at 2.40 a.m. at 17 Bruton Avenue, London, and christened on Could 29 that yr within the non-public chapel at Buckingham Palace.

Dec. 11, 1936 – She turned inheritor obvious, aged 10, when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated and her father turned King George VI.

Nov. 20, 1947 – She married navy lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, a Greek Prince, at London’s Westminster Abbey. That they had 4 kids: Prince Charles (born in 1948), Princess Anne,(1950), Prince Andrew (1960) and Prince Edward (1964).

February 1952 – Princess Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, set out on a tour of Africa and Asia rather than her ailing father, King George VI. Information of the king’s dying reaches her in Kenya on Feb. 6, which means she is the primary sovereign in additional than 200 years to accede to the throne whereas overseas.

June 2, 1953 – Queen Elizabeth is topped at Westminster Abbey within the first televised coronation service.

Nov. 24, 1953 – The Queen’s first Commonwealth tour begins protecting a distance of 43,618 miles.

1970 – Throughout a go to to New Zealand, the queen introduces the “walkabout”, a meet-the-people tactic for royal excursions.

1977 – The queen marks her Silver Jubilee – 25 years as monarch – with a tour of Commonwealth nations and lavish celebrations in Britain.

1981 – Prince Charles marries Woman Diana Spencer in a glittering ceremony.

1982 – Charles and Diana’s first youngster, Prince William, is born on June 21. Prince Harry is born two years later.

1986 – Prince Andrew marries the high-spirited publishing govt Sarah Ferguson, referred to as “Fergie”. The couple grow to be the Duke and Duchess of York.

1991 – The queen excursions america and turns into the primary monarch to deal with Congress.

1992 – Her fortieth yr on the throne, which she calls her ‘annus horribilis’ (horrible yr), is marked by marital upsets and public dissent.

– Andrew and Sarah separate. Anne divorces Mark Phillips.

– In November, Windsor Fortress is badly broken by hearth. The queen agrees to pay earnings tax.

– In December, Charles and Diana announce their separation.

1995 – In March, the queen makes the primary handle by a British monarch to a South African parliament since 1947.

– In December, Buckingham Palace confirms the queen has written to Charles and Diana urging them to divorce.

1996 – In August, Charles and Diana are divorced.

1997 – On August 31, Diana and her millionaire companion Dodi al-Fayed are killed when their automobile crashes whereas being chased by way of Paris by photographers on bikes. The queen and the royal household are criticised for his or her reserved response.

– In November, giant crowds greet the queen and Philip as they mark their golden marriage ceremony anniversary. In an unusually frank speech, the queen acknowledges that monarchies survive solely by way of public assist.

Feb. 9, 2002 – The queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, dies on the age of 71 after a lifetime of glamour and heartbreak.

March 30 – Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mom, dies at Windsor Fortress aged 101.

June 1-4 – 4 days of nationwide celebrations mark the queen’s Golden Jubilee.

2005 – Son and inheritor Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles at a civil ceremony in Windsor.

April 29, 2011 – the queen attends the marriage of her grandson Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Could – Queen makes four-day state go to to Eire, the primary by a British monarch since Eire received its independence from London in 1921.

2012 – The diamond jubilee to mark her sixtieth yr on the throne sees 4 days of celebrations in June together with a nationwide tour. One million folks collect for a pageant on River Thames, and thousands and thousands extra attend road events.

2013 – Prince William’s spouse Kate provides beginning to son Prince George. Their second youngster, Princess Charlotte is born in 2015 and their youthful brother Prince Louis is born in 2018.

June 23-26, 2014 the queen embarks on what was her final international state go to to Germany.

– On Sept. 9, at about 5.30 p.m. UK time, Elizabeth turns into the nation’s longest-reigning monarch overtaking her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.

April 21, 2016 – Elizabeth celebrates her ninetieth birthday, the primary British monarch to succeed in such a milestone.

Aug. 2 , 2017 – Husband Philip bows out of public life after 65 years of supporting his spouse.

Nov. 20 – Elizabeth and Philip have fun their seventieth marriage ceremony anniversary with a non-public social gathering at Windsor Fortress.

2018 – The queen’s grandson Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle, a divorced U.S. actress from Los Angeles, at a star-studded marriage ceremony at Windsor Fortress.

October, 2019 – A household row between William and Harry turns into public, with the youthful prince confirming the rumours of a rift.

Nov. 15 – Prince Andrew provides a disastrous interview to BBC TV in an try to attract a line below a intercourse scandal. Days later he’s compelled to step down from royal duties over his hyperlinks to the disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was jailed in 2008 for youngster intercourse offences.

January, 2020 – Harry and Meghan announce they’ll not be working members of the royal household. They transfer to Los Angeles in March.

April 5 – The queen makes solely the fifth particular televised broadcast of her reign to rally the nation amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

April 9, 2021 – Prince Philip, the queen’s husband of 73 years, dies peacefully aged 99 at Windsor Fortress.

Oct. 20 – the queen spends an evening in hospital for the primary time in years for what Buckingham Palace termed “preliminary investigations”.

Nov. 30 – Barbados turns into a republic, which means the queen is now the top of state of simply 15 realms.

Jan 13, 2022 – Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew has been stripped of his navy hyperlinks and royal patronages and can not be referred to as “His Royal Highness” as he defends a U.S. lawsuit introduced by Virginia Giuffre who mentioned the royal sexually abused her when she was a youngster.

Feb. 6 – Queen marks her seventieth yr on the throne, utilizing the event to provide her blessing to Charles’s second spouse Camilla being referred to as Queen Consort when he turns into king.

Feb. 15 – Prince Andrew pays an undisclosed sum to settle the U.S. lawsuit, however admits no wrongdoing.

Feb. 20 – The queen assessments constructive for COVID-19 and is claimed to be affected by delicate cold-like signs. She quickly returns to official duties.