Meanwhile, Prince William's wife, Kate Middleton, was chosen to represent the royal family at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon. Duties for several organizations were passed to her grandchildren, including Prince William for the Amateur Swimming Association and Prince Harry for the Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League. In late 2016, Queen Elizabeth - who was the royal patron of more than 600 organizations - dropped responsibilities for 25 bodies in order to lighten her workload. So we didn’t know what was going on,” Prince Harry revealed in a BBC documentary commemorating the 20-year anniversary of Princess Diana’s death.Īmid criticism over her silence, Queen Elizabeth publicly addressed the tragedy five days after Prince Diana's death. “Our grandmother deliberately removed the newspapers, and things like that, so there was nothing in the house at all. In 1997, Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris while being pursued by paparazzi while Queen Elizabeth was away from the palace on holiday shielding her grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry, from the spotlight while they grieved the loss. Queen Elizabeth paid taxes on her royal income to help cover the restoration fees. In 1992, a fire broke out in Windsor Castle causing £36.5 million ($47 million in U.S. Throughout the ‘80s, and into the ‘90s, Prince Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana, and subsequent cheating scandal and divorce, dominated much of the global news about the royals, bringing on another trying period for the family.īy the decade’s end, three of Queen Elizabeth’s children ended their marriages. Parliament passed the Equal Pay Act in 1970, but calls for reform across various circuits of the British government put Queen Elizabeth’s and her sister Princess Margaret's parliamentary allowances under scrutiny. In spite of the rocky period, the queen marked her Silver Jubilee (25 years on the throne) in 1977. The 1970s was a time of activism and unrest in the U.K., resulting in protests over low wages, working conditions, equal pay, and the country’s first-ever postal workers strike.ĭespite being under Queen Elizabeth’s rule, antiquated gender roles were slowly being dismantled in the U.K. The view of what had been a closely guarded sector of the royal family didn’t quell public criticism during a particularly turbulent period for the British economy. The monarchy gave an unprecedented peek into their daily lives with the 1969 BBC special Royal Family. Truss is the third female British prime minister ever and the 15th prime minister to be appointed during Her Majesty's reign. She requested that these official events take place at Balmoral Castle rather than Buckingham Palace for the first time in her reign. Eisenhower. Her Majesty also worked with 15 British prime ministers over her decades on the throne, including Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister (the two had a longstanding contentious relationship).ĭays before her death, Elizabeth made history again, accepting the resignation of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and appointing new Prime Minister Liz Truss. presidents, and made her first visit to the United States in 1957, where she was hosted by President Dwight D. Throughout her reign, Queen Elizabeth met with numerous world leaders, including 12 U.S. She cemented her new status with a seven-month tour of the Commonwealth, alongside Prince Philip. Queen Elizabeth took the throne at 25 years old, and was officially crowned during a 1953 coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip welcomed two more sons, Prince Andrew in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964. The newlyweds welcomed their first child, Prince Charles, in 1948, and daughter, Princess Anne, in 1950. The royal couple tied the knot at Westminster Abbey on Nov. Two years later, the 21-year-old royal announced her engagement to 27-year-old Prince Philip, her second-cousin twice removed. In 1945, Princess Elizabeth was named honorary second officer in the Auxiliary Territorial, a women’s branch of the British Army, where she was trained in driving and mechanics. At just 14 years old, Princess Elizabeth made her first radio speech during the BBC’s Children’s Hour as Britain entered World War II. Elizabeth, whose parents were King George and Queen Elizabeth I (then the Duke and Duchess of York), attended schooling at home and became fluent in French as a child. Her Majesty is survived by her children, along with eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.īorn Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, Her Royal Highness became an heir apparent to the British monarchy after her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated the throne.
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