How old is her majesty

Paul's Cathedral. She spent much of her childhood in Piccadilly, a townhouse located next to The Ritz and bordering the city's Green Park. This is also the year Princess Elizabeth signed up as a Girl Guide — when she was 11 years old. The princesses can be seen here watching the Pony Show in London from the royal box.

Since then, Queen Elizabeth has attended a huge number of races and pageants. She addressed the children of the Commonwealth, most of whom had been evacuated and were away from their families.

She told them to remember that when peace comes, "it will be for us children of today to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place. The two princesses took the leading roles in the show and also produced the play for the benefit of the Royal Household Concert Wool Fund. She was appointed colonel-in-chief of the Grenadier Guards by her father in and made her first public appearance inspecting the troops that year.

She christened the plane in this photo the "Rose of York. Thousands of people gathered outside the royal residence to celebrate the end of the conflict.

A year later, they themselves would walk down the aisle. She was the first British monarch to have celebrated a diamond wedding anniversary.

This family photo was taken at Buckingham Palace following the ceremony. She immediately became queen and began what would be the longest reign of any monarch in British history.

In this photo, a veiled Elizabeth accompanies her father's coffin to his final resting place in Windsor. Though she officially became queen in after the death of her father, King George, her coronation wasn't until a year later.

An estimated 27 million people in Britain watched the ceremony on TV. Here, she arrives by car at the Portuguese Embassy in London's Belgrave Square to attend a dinner party thrown in her honour by the visiting Portuguese president and Madame Craveiro Lopes. The Queen is holding an old-fashioned movie camera as she takes pictures of the cross-country competition.

In , she met legendary actress and early Playboy playmate Jayne Mansfield at London's Odeon Theatre during the annual royal film festival. This family photo shows the Duke of Edinburgh and his wife, the Queen, entertaining the kids, including a baby Prince Andrew, as they relax in the grounds of Balmoral Castle.

Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, at Buckingham Palace in The Queen was invited to Kennedy's funeral following his assassination in but was unable to attend because she was pregnant with Edward.

In , the Queen attended the Ascot races with her mother. While visiting Canada, part of the British Commonwealth, she addressed the provincial legislature of Quebec in both French and English in October World leaders and politicians from around the globe attended. A Guardian article from the day said: "By one o'clock the great State funeral was over, the Kings and Queens, Presidents and Prime Ministers, the generals and Politicians from the world over had paid their respects.

This was the first — and remains the only — time England had ever won the World Cup. It was originally constructed for the world fair, which took place in Montreal. In this photo, they're driven past a collection of Bloodhound missiles. The queen has visited Chequers only three times throughout her reign.

She paid a visit to Malaysia, where she stopped to speak to school children along the way. The dinner marked the third day of the King and Queen of Malaysia's visit to England. After the presentations, the Queen saw the musical "Funny Lady," in which Streisand was the star. The dinner party was thrown in honour of Her Majesty during her tour of the US.

This was one of just eight official state visits to various countries made that year. An estimated million people watched the event worldwide. The order recognises distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture.

The Queen's visit marked the newspaper's th anniversary. The Queen wore a special cloak and slippers required inside the mosque. Bush escorted the Queen and her husband onto the field at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The royals saw the Orioles play the Oakland A's — it was the first baseball game they ever watched. The hall was destroyed along with eight other principal rooms and more than other rooms.

Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Mitterrand unveiled a plaque in front of the head of the drill used to bore through the underwater chalk, to mark the occasion in Coquelles, France.

Queen Elizabeth II and her daughter, Princess Anne, visited the small Scottish town to lay wreaths outside the school where 16 children and one teacher were shot and killed. This photo shows the Queen and Prince Philip observing the vast sea of flowers left outside Buckingham Palace after Diana's death.

In this photo, she waves as she poses with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren outside her official residence, Clarence House. The visit was an example of Britain's royal family experimenting with a more intimate, informal approach on meet-the-people tours, whereby they visited homes and spent time with families around the country.

Cheering fans lined her procession route to Buckingham Palace shouting happyth-birthday wishes to a woman who won the love and admiration of the nation during a turbulent century. Over the summer of speculation grew that the Queen could stand down , effectively giving Prince Charles the throne.

The monarch was reported to have told her inner circle she would request the Regency Act be activated if she was still on the throne at the age of However, the speculation appeared to be quashed a week later when sources close to Her Majesty told The Sunday Times she had no intention of stepping aside for Prince Charles.

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