Elizabeth the Second, 1952 to present.
BORN: | 21 April 1926, 17 Bruton Street, London. |
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PARENTS: | George VI (1895 - 1952), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900 - 2002). |
MARRIED: | Philip Mountbatten of Greece (b. 1921), 20 November 1947, Westminster Abbey. |
ACCEDED: | 6 February 1952 |
CROWNED: | 2 June 1953, Westminster Abbey. |
DIED: | Not applicable. |
INTERRED: | Not applicable. |
CHILDREN: | (1) Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales (b. 1948) (2) Anne Elizabeth Alice Loiuse, Princess Royal (b. 1950) (3) Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Duke of York (b. 1960) (4) Edward Anthony Richard, Earl of Wessex (b. 1964) |
COEVAL PERSONS: |
Prime Ministers: Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative) Sir Anthony Eden (Conservative) Harold Macmillan (Conservative) Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative) Harold Wilson (Labour) Edward Heath (Conservative) James Callaghan (Labour) Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) John Major (Conservative) Tony Blair (Labour) Gordon Brown (Labour) David Cameron (Con/LibDem coalition) Archbishops of Canterbury: Geoffrey Francis Fisher Arthur Michael Ramsey Frederick Donald Coggan Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie George Leonard Carey Rowan Williams |
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NOTABLE EVENTS: |
Falklands War, February 1982. First Gulf War, August 1990. Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, 31 August 1997. Second Gulf War, March 2003. |
