Queen Elizabeth II has died on the age of 96 after an astounding 70-year reign. It’s tough to decide on only a handful of pictures for instance such an extended and illustrious life, so we’ve chosen a number of from her main milestones and household occasions.
Princess Elizabeth on the age of two in 1928. | AFP through Getty Pictures
Princess Elizabeth (proper) and her youthful sister Princess Margaret (left) taken in 1933. | AFP/Getty Pictures
The royal household on the balcony at Buckingham Palace in 1937, after the coronation of King George VI. | AFP through Getty Pictures
Princess Elizabeth marries Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947. | AFP/Getty Pictures
The royal couple with their youngsters, Prince Charles (L) and Princess Anne (R), circa 1951. | AFP/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II steps down from the aircraft on her at arrival at London Airport after being recalled from Kenya following the demise of her father King George VI in 1952. | Popperfoto through Getty Pictures/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II makes her first ever Christmas broadcast to the nation from Sandringham Home in 1952. | Fox Pictures/Hulton Archive/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation day, June 2, 1953. | AFP through Getty Pictures
From left to proper: Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, in his pram, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, taken in 1965. | AFP/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II with one in all her corgis. | Central Press/AFP through Getty Pictures
The Trooping the Coloration ceremony in 1971. | Steve Wooden/Day by day Categorical/Hulton Archive/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II throughout a walkabout to commemorate her Silver Jubilee in 1977. | Night Customary/Hulton Archive/Getty Pictures
Princess Diana (heart) holds Prince William after his christening in 1982, flanked by the queen (proper) and the queen mom (left) | PA/AFP/Getty Pictures
The queen making her “annus horribilis” speech in 1992, the 12 months by which Princess Diana’s tell-all memoir was revealed and a fireplace broke out at Windsor Fortress. | Tim Graham Photograph Library through Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II attends the funeral of Diana, princess of Wales, in 1997. | Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG through Getty Pictures
The queen mom waves to the individuals alongside Queen Elizabeth II on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on her one centesimal birthday, on August 4, 2000. | Gerry Penny/AFP through Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II rides within the Golden State Carriage throughout her Golden Jubilee parade on June 4, 2002. | Georges De Keerle/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, mark their diamond marriage ceremony anniversary in 2007. | Pool picture by Fiona Hanson/AFP through Getty Pictures
The queen and different members of the royal household attend Prince William and his bride Catherine Middleton’s marriage ceremony ceremony at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. | Pool picture by Dominic Lipinski/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II leaves St Paul’s Cathedral after a nationwide service of thanksgiving for her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. | Ian Kington/AFP through Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II recorded a Christmas Day message yearly. This image was taken after filming in 2018 within the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace. | Pool picture by John Stillwell/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II sits alone as pall bearers place Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh’s coffin throughout his funeral at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Fortress on April 17, 2021. | Pool picture by Jonathan Brady/Getty Pictures
Queen Elizabeth II watches from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in the course of the Trooping the Coloration parade for her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022. | Pool picture by Jonathan Brady/Getty Pictures
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince George of Cambridge stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in the course of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022. | Pool picture by Frank Augstein/Getty Pictures
