Queen Elizabeth II of England, the British monarch with more time on the throne, met Thursday 90, a long life full of milestones:
April 21, 1926: born in London Isabel Alexandra Mary, “Lilibet” for their relatives, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, who will become king George VI and queen Elizabeth consort, better known as the queen Mother. The family is expanded in 1930 with the arrival of Margarita
December 11, 1936. Isabel becomes the heiress when his father accedes to the throne after the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII, who resigned to marry with American divorcee Wallis Simpson
April 21, 1947. during a trip to South Africa with his family, Isabel is committed in a speech on the radio to devote his life to serving his people <. /> p>
November 20, 1947. Elizabeth married prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, his third cousin, in a simple ceremony at Westminster abbey
Charles, heir to the throne born in 1948, followed by Anne in 1950, Andrew in 1960 and Edward in 1964
1952. Isabel replaces his father, sick, on a tour of the Commonwealth, with Felipe. On February 6, while in Kenya, informs him that his father has died. The Duke later say that he received the news “courageously, like a queen”
June 2, 1953. Upon expiry of the period of mourning, the queen is crowned. The ceremony at Westminster Abbey, is broadcast live on television
1977:. The Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee. The Sex Pistols blur a bit the festivities with his song God Save the Queen , the first major affront to qualified fascist regime monarchy
1981. Charles, Prince of Wales, Diana Spencer marries a fairytale ceremony. Disagreements of the couple, evident from the outset, are a blow to the monarchy
December 25, 1992. Queen speaks in his traditional Christmas speech “annus horribilis”, marked by the separations of his sons Charles and Andrew, the divorce of his daughter Ana and a fire at Windsor Castle which left extensive damage in November.
Charles and Diana will divorce in 1996, four years after its separation, and the heir to the throne will marry quietly remarried in 2005 with her lover forever, Camilla Parker Bowles
August 31, 1997. death of princess Diana in a car crash in Paris. The queen stays at Balmoral Castle to care for their grandchildren, William and Harry, while flowers and tributes accumulate at Buckingham Palace in London. The cold reaction of the sovereign, which contrasts with the people’s pain, draws criticism
2002:. Die his sister Margaret, on February 9, and less than two months later, on March 30, the queen Mother at 101
April 29, 2011. his grandson William, second in line to the throne, marries his girlfriend, Catherine Middleton, another superboda that opens a new chapter in history . of the British monarchy
May 2011: Isabel II made a historic visit of reconciliation to the republic of Ireland, the first by a British monarch since independence in 1922. in a speech with words in Irish, expresses its “deep compassion” for the victims of a turbulent common history
October 2011. Isabel II inaugurated the Commonwealth summit in Australia in which a change of the rules of succession remembers the throne eliminating both the priority of men and discrimination against Catholics
December 2011. prince Philip, 90, suffered the first serious accident of old age fears for his life, though he will get over. He was hospitalized and underwent emergency surgery for an obstruction of a coronary artery when the family was gathered for the holidays at Sandringham
June 2012. four days of lavish celebrations serve to mark the 60th anniversary of the ascent of Isabel the throne, the “diamond Jubilee”
July 22, 2013. birth of prince George, first child of prince William and Catherine, and great-grandson of the queen, who thus has less to three generations of direct heirs to the throne
9 September 2015. Isabel II becomes the longest British monarch in history to fulfill 23,226 days, 16 hours and 30 minutes as monarch, beating well his great great grandmother Victoria. During his tenure, Elizabeth II has seen parading 18 British prime ministers and 15 US presidents
April 21, 2016. Elizabeth II turns 90. His son Carlos, who is, at age 67, the oldest heir to the British Crown, recites in his honor at the BBC, an excerpt from “Henry VIII” by William Shakespeare. There is also salvos of guns in the Tower of London and Hyde Park, and Parliament is illuminated blue, red and white as a tribute.
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