Queen Elizabeth II

By Priori Mariasole & Maggia Margherita 2^C

Queen elizabeth II

Index

1. Childhood and education

All about the scandals in the royal family: from the wedding of Diana Spencer and Charles to the fire that broke out at Windsor Castle. The "Annus Hooribilis" of the family and the death of princess Diana.

Her marriage with Prince Philip

How she became the queen. Her life in Scotland and her passion for horses. The influence of her nannies and her mother.

3. Royal Scandals

2. The Queen coronation

4. A modern monarchy

June 2 1953 at Westminster Abbey.

The costitutional monarchy.

01.Childhood and education of a princess

Born in 1926, Elizabeth was the daughter of King George V’s second son, and had little expectation of succeeding to the throne until her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated. After the death of her father, King George VI, 25-year-old Elizabeth was called upon to assume the throne, beginning a momentous reign. Though she spent much of her childhood with nannies, Princess Elizabeth was influenced greatly by her mother, who instilled in her a devout Christian faith as well as a keen understanding of the demands of royal life.

Elizabeth’s famous attachment to Pembroke Welsh corgis also began in childhood, and she owned more than 30 corgis over the course of her reign.

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Theirfamily

Her marriage with Philip

The engagement

The Grebadier Guards

Their first son, Charles was born in 1948; a daughter, Anne arrived two years later. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's third child, Andrew, was born in 1960 and the couple's youngest child, Edward, was born in 1964.

Though many in the royal circle viewed Philip as an unwise match, Elizabeth was determined and very much in love. She and Philip wed on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey.

In 1947, soon after the royal family returned from an official visit to South Africa and Rhodesia, they announced Elizabeth’s engagement to Prince Philip of Greece, her third cousin.

In 1942, the king made Elizabeth an honorary colonel in the 500 Grenadier Guards, a Royal Army regiment.

02. Queen Elizabeth's Coronation

With her father’s health declining in 1951, Elizabeth stepped in for him at various state functions.

Silver Jubilee

Suez Crisis

Death of the father

1977

1956

1952

1968

1953

Charles

Coronation

03. Royal scandals and response to lady diana's death

After Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, Diana remained incredibly popular with the British public. Her tragic death the following year triggered a tremendous outpouring of shock and grief, as well as outrage at the royal family for what the public saw as its ill treatment of the “People’s Princess.”

In 1981, all eyes were on the royal family once again as Prince Charles wed Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, their marriage quickly imploded, causing considerable public embarrassment for the queen and the entire royal family. In 1992, Elizabeth’s 40th year on the throne and her family’s “Annus Horribilis”. A fire also broke out at Windsor Castle that same year.

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2017

2002

Prince Philip stepped down from his royal duties.

Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee: 50 years on the throne

April 2011

2018

Prince Harry wed the American actress Meghan Markle.

Prince William married Catherine Middleton.

September 2015

September 2022

Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle.

Elizabeth surpassed the record of 63 years and 216 days on the throne.

04. A modern monarchy

duties, public appearances and spent plenty of time outside with her beloved dogs and horses. Two days before her death, she officially installed a new prime minister, Liz Truss.

The queen’s popularity, and that of the entire royal family, rebounded during the first decade of the 21st century. In the final years of her reign, she continued many of her official

15 Key Moments in Her Reign

The most historic moments

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First State Visit to West Germany.

1965

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Mining Disaster in Wales.

1966

Queen Elizabeth's Coronation.

June 2, 1953

06

Prince Charles' Wedding to Lady Diana Spencer.

1981

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First 'Walkabout'.

1970

05

Silver Jubilee.

1977

09

1997

Response to Princess Diana’s death.

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07

1992

'Annus Horribilis'.

1986

Visit to China.

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2011

Visit to the Republic of Ireland.

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2013

Birth of Prince George.

10

2002

Golden Jubilee.

13

2018

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s wedding.

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14

2022

Platinum Jubilee.

2021

Prince Philip's death.

Mining Disaster in Wales

Prince Philip arrived in Aberfan a day after the disaster, the queen herself delayed her visit for over a week, fearing her presence would distract from rescue and recovery efforts.

On October 21, 1966, an avalanche of mud, water and debris from a coal mine buried an elementary school in the South Wales village of Aberfan, killing 116 children and 28 adults.

Vocabulary

Sources

• Keen understanding = self-understanding, to underaatand.

• https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/queen-elizabeth#queen-elizabeth-s-coronation
• https://www.history.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-key-moments

• Soccumbed = to succumb, to die.

• Settled into = get used to something, adapt.

• A close bond = a strong connection between people.

• Weathering = enduring, navigating.

• Invested = appointed as.

• Outpouring = flood, overflow.

• Ill treatment = neglect, mistreatment.

• Rebounded = bounced back, recovered.

• In the midst = in the middle.

• Debris = rubble, litter.

• Stroll = walk, wander.

• Mainland = continent.

• Slate of obligations = set of duties, list of...

• Heirs = successors, descendants.

First "Walkabout"

During a royal tour of Australia and New Zealand with Philip and Princess Anne in 1970, Elizabeth bucked centuries of royal tradition when she took a casual stroll to greet crowds of people in person, rather than wave to them from a protected distance.

Visit to the Republic of Ireland

In May 2011, Elizabeth and Philip visited the Republic of Ireland at the invitation of President Mary McAleese. Though the queen had frequently visited Northern Ireland over the course of her reign, this was her first to the Republic of Ireland, and the first by a British monarch in 100 years.

Visit to China

In late 1984, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government agreed to return sovereignty over Hong Kong to China beginning July 1, 1997. In 1986, Elizabeth became the first British monarch to visit the Chinese mainland, touring the terracotta warriors in Xi’an, the Great Wall in Beijing and other sites.

Platinum Jubilee

In February of 2022, England began a series of celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne. On June 2, a military parade was staged to honor the 96-year-old monarch, whose birthday was on April 21.The queen watched the pageantry from the balcony of Buckingham Palace and was joined by four generations of her heirs.

Prince Philip's death

On April 9, 2021, Prince Philip, Elizabeth's husband of 73 years, died at the age of 99. For more than a half-century, Prince Philip supported his wife in her royal duties and took on an ambitious slate of obligations of his own. Philip's funeral was held on April 17, 2021. Because of coronavirus restrictions, only 30 guests were invited to attend.

Visit to West Germany

In the midst of a decade marked by social and political changes, the queen kept to a busy schedule of diplomatic duties, including a 10-day visit to the Federal Republic of Germany that was the first official visit there by a British royal since 1913.