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[[Image:Liz2.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Queen Elizabeth II meeting [[NASA]] staff at the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]], [[Maryland]] in 2007.]] | |||
[[Image:Reaganelizabeth.jpg|right|thumb|Queen Elizabeth II riding with U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]], courtesy Ronald Reagan Library]] | [[Image:Reaganelizabeth.jpg|right|thumb|Queen Elizabeth II riding with U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]], courtesy Ronald Reagan Library]] | ||
[[Image:Trumanelizabeth.jpg|right|thumb|Elizabeth, then a princess, with U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]]]] | [[Image:Trumanelizabeth.jpg|right|thumb|Elizabeth, then a princess, with U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]]]] | ||
'''Queen Elizabeth II''' (born 21st April 1926<ref>April often being a poor month for good weather, the Queen's birthday is officially celebrated in June. See the [[British | '''Queen Elizabeth II''' (born 21st April 1926<ref>April often being a poor month for good [[weather]], the Queen's birthday is officially celebrated in June. See the [[British monarchy]]'s page: '[http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4820.asp One Queen, Two Birthdays]'.</ref>) is the current [[monarch]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and the Supreme Governor of the [[Church of England]]. She ascended to the throne in 1952, and her predecessor was [[George VI]], her father. She married [[Philip Mountbatten]], now Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947. They have four children. Her son Charles is her future successor. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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===General references=== | ===General references=== | ||
*[http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon63.html Monarchs- | *[http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon63.html Monarchs] - [[Encyclopaedia Britannia]] | ||
==Further | ==Further reading== | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp | *[http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp British Monarchy] - official website | ||
[[Category:Topic Informant Workgroup]] | [[Category:Topic Informant Workgroup]] | ||
[[Category:Politics Workgroup]] | [[Category:Politics Workgroup]] | ||
Revision as of 03:33, 11 July 2007
Queen Elizabeth II riding with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, courtesy Ronald Reagan Library
Elizabeth, then a princess, with U.S. President Harry S. Truman
Queen Elizabeth II (born 21st April 1926[1]) is the current monarch of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, and the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She ascended to the throne in 1952, and her predecessor was George VI, her father. She married Philip Mountbatten, now Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947. They have four children. Her son Charles is her future successor.
Early life
Accession to the throne
Reign of Elizabeth
Footnotes
- ↑ April often being a poor month for good weather, the Queen's birthday is officially celebrated in June. See the British monarchy's page: 'One Queen, Two Birthdays'.
References
General references
Further reading
External links
- British Monarchy - official website