Queen Elizabeth II Through The Years: Remember The Monarch After Her Death At 96

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Elissa Anderson

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Queen Elizabeth II Through The Years: Photos Of The Royal

Queen Elizabeth II Through The Years: Photos Of The Royal — Queen Elizabeth II was one of the world’s most famous figures since her birth on April 21, 1926. The British monarch ascended to the throne in 1953 after her father King George VI’s death. She has been an emblem of British society for decades, enduring wars, triumphs, scandal, and tumult across the world, as queen regnant of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon, as well as Head of the Commonwealth. In 2022 she celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, making her the British Empire’s longest-reigning monarch. She passed away at age 96 on Sep. 8, 2022.

Through her 70-year reign, Queen became a symbol of Britain’s resilience and poise. (And over the years she’s made quite the impact with her prim but colorful sense of fashion.) Her life story is even gripping enough to have earned its own Netflix series, the much-revered ‘The Crown’.

Here, Queen Elizabeth II is photographed at Sandringham House to mark the start of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Year, on February 2, 2022.

Remember Queen Elizabeth II with photos from her youth to now.

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Queen Elizabeth II In Her Youth

Queen Elizabeth II In Her Youth — Queen Elizabeth is seen during her days as a Princess. It was around the time of her wedding Prince Phillip in 1947.

In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark. Their marriage lasted 73 years until Philip’s death in 2021. The pair had four children.

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Queen Elizabeth II Learns To Drive

Queen Elizabeth II Learns To Drive — Then-Princess Elizabeth gets into uniform to learn how to drive at the Military Police Center in Camberley, Surrey, the UK in 1945. To this day, the Queen loves a good drive around.

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Queen Elizabeth II At Her Coronation In 1953

Queen Elizabeth II At Her Coronation In 1953 — All decked out. The Queen is seen in full royal attire, holding the Orb and the Sceptre in the Throne Room at Buckingham palace during her cronation at Westminster Abbey in London, Jun, 1953.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 1959

Queen Elizabeth II In 1959 — Queen Elizabeth is radiant in a black dress, diamonds and a fur stole as she leave the Columbia Theater after watching the film ‘Gigi’ in 1959. So glamourous.

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Queen Elizabeth II With Her Corgi

Queen Elizabeth II With Her Corgi — Queen Elizabeth II is a lifelong dog lover. She’s seen with her corgi in a still from a BBC special about the royal family.

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Queen Elizabeth II In Scotland

Queen Elizabeth II In Scotland — Queen Elizabeth II at Archers Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, wearing the sash of the Order of the Thistle. Her gloves and cape were oh-so regal.

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Queen Elizabeth II Salutes

Queen Elizabeth II Salutes — Royal duties. Queen Elizabeth II in the full dress uniform of the Welsh Guards, taking the salute at the Birthday Parade at the gates of Buckingham Palace.

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Queen Elizabeth II At The Chelsea Flower Show

Queen Elizabeth II At The Chelsea Flower Show — Queen Elizabeth II is pretty as can be wearing a peach suit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London in 1995. The flower show is a British instituion.

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Queen Elizabeth II Mourns For Diana

Queen Elizabeth II Mourns For Diana — Queen Elizabeth II dons all black as she mourns for Princess Diana. Here, she is seen going on a walkabout at St James’s Palace to talk to people queuing to sign the book of condolence for the Princess, who passed away on Aug. 31, 1997 in a car crash.

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Queen Elizabeth II During Her 2002 Jubilee Tour

Queen Elizabeth II During Her 2002 Jubilee Tour — Queen Elizabeth II looks cheery in a raspberry ensemble while visiting Truro Cathedral in Cornwall, England during her Jubilee Tour in 2002. It was May 1.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2003

Queen Elizabeth II In 2003 — Queen Elizabeth II examines exhibits during her visit to the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. It was May 19, 2003.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2007

Queen Elizabeth II In 2007 — Queen Elizabeth II dazzles at a State banquet for Ghanaian president John Kufour held at Buckingham Palace on Mar. 13, 2007. She wore a striking tiara and white dress for the occasion.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2009

Queen Elizabeth II In 2009 — Not afraid of the elements! Queen Elizabeth II braves the cold weather, by wearing a wool-lined hat over her coat hood and headscarf as the temperature drops to -5 degrees C during the British Royals’ pheasant shoot at Sandringham estate in Norfolk, Britain onm Jan. 10, 2009. Veering away from her usually immaculate ensembles, the monarch instead opted for a more practical approach as she was forced to wear three head coverings to keep the Royal brain from freezing: a silk headscarf, waterproof hood and a tartan hat with fleece trim.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2005

Queen Elizabeth II In 2005 — Queen Elizabeth II looks great in green as she heads to West Newton Church on Feb. 6, 2005. She wore black gloves and carried a little black purse as well.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2012

Queen Elizabeth II In 2012 — Queen Elizabeth II opens the re-furbished Somerset House East Wing at King’s College, London on Feb. 29, 2012. She looked oh-so-regal in her tweed suit and feathered hat.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2014

Queen Elizabeth II In 2014 — Queen Elizabeth II wears lilac to the Solemn Drumhead ceremony at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London on Jun. 28, 2014. She was accompanied by husband Prince Phillip for the event.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2016

Queen Elizabeth II In 2016 — Queen Elizabeth II is beautiful in blue during Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on Mar. 14, 2016. She accessorized with gloves and a hat.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2018

Queen Elizabeth II In 2018 — Queen Elizabeth II is bright in chartreuse during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s pre-ceremony event at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England on May 19, 2018. What a happy occasion.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2010

Queen Elizabeth II In 2010 — Queen Elizabeth II looks at artifacts relating to MI5 D-Day operations with Director General Andrew Parker during a visit to the headquarters of MI5 at Thames House in London. It waws Feb. 25, 2020, not long before the global COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold of the world.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 1988

Queen Elizabeth II In 1988 — Queen Elizabeth II points to a page in ‘The Doomsday Book’ in 1988 at Buckingham Palace. The book is one of Britain’s cherished historical documents. The manuscript is a record of the “Great Survey” of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of William I, known as William the Conqueror.

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Queen Elizabeth II In 2022

Queen Elizabeth II In 2022 — Queen Elizabeth II appears during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, which is the Queen’s Norfolk residence on Feb. 5, 2022.

The Queen was revealed to have contracted COVID-19 on Feb. 20, 2022. Buckingham Palace told press that the 95-year-old monarch had recieved her booster shot and wasexperiencing mild, cold-like symptoms. They went on to say would continue carrying out “light” duties at Windsor Castle, adding, “She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines.”

On Feb. 22, the Queen canceled her online engagements in order to rest. The Palace told press, “As Her Majesty is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms she has decided not to undertake her planned virtual engagements today, but will continue with light duties.”

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Queen Elizabeth II Receives Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Queen Elizabeth II Receives Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — Queen Elizabeth II receives Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during an audience at Windsor Castle. It was Mar. 7, 2022.

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Queen Elizabeth II At A 2022 Event Celebrating Halcyon Days

Queen Elizabeth II At A 2022 Event Celebrating Halcyon Days — Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she arrives to view a display of artifacts from British craftwork company, Halcyon Days, to commemorate the company’s 70th anniversary in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, Berkshire in Mar. 2022. The Queen viewed a selection of hand-decorated archive enamelware and fine bone china, including their earliest designs from the 1950s.

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Queen Elizabeth II At A Service For Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth II At A Service For Prince Philip. — Queen Elizabeth II sits in Westminster Abbey for the service of thanksgiving for the life of Prince Philip. It was Mar. 29, 2022.

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Queen Elizabeth II Celebrates Her 96th Birthday

Queen Elizabeth II Celebrates Her 96th Birthday — Long may she rein! Queen Elizabeth II released a new portrait in celebration of her 96th birthday on Mar. 21, 2022. She looked stylish in olive as she held her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie.

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Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Portrait

Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Portrait — Queen Elizabeth II looked relazed while photographed at Windsor Castle in summer 2022. She was marking 7 decades of her reign.

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Queen Elizabeth II At 2022 Trooping The Colour

Queen Elizabeth II At 2022 Trooping The Colour — Queen Elizabeth II stood on the Buckingham Palace balcony during her Trooping the Colour military parade. She wore a pale blue coat dress and matching hat for the celebration that started her multi-day Platinum Jubilee celebration.

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Queen Elizabeth II At The 2022 Ceremony Of The Keys

Queen Elizabeth II At The 2022 Ceremony Of The Keys — Queen Elizabeth II seemed very happy to be in Edinburgh for the 2022 Ceremony of the Keys. She sported a light blue outfit for the occasion.

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Queen Elizabeth II Visits Thames Hospice

Queen Elizabeth II Visits Thames Hospice — Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to officially open the new building at Thames Hospice in Maidenhead, Berkshire on Jul. 15, 2022. She looked in good health.

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Queen Elizabeth II Meets PM Liz Truss

Queen Elizabeth II Meets PM Liz Truss — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II waits in the Drawing Room before receiving Liz Truss for an audience at Balmoral, in Scotland. Truss was invited to become Prime Minister and form a new government, but only with the permission of Buckingham Palace. On Sep. 8, 2022, the Palace said Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision as doctors are ‘concerned for Her Majesty’s health.’ News of her death emerged later that day.

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