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Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96
Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96
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#"it will be for us#and despite mobility issues she continued with public duties. Cathy Newman looks back at the life of Queen Elizabeth and how Britain transfo#and later danced on the streets with the crowds#and that of Andrew and Sarah Ferguson#and then just seven weeks later#and when Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997#announced his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer#Buckingham Palace has announced. She became Queen in 1952 at the age of 25 and spent 70 years on the throne. She had pledged to serve her pe#Culture#George VI#has died#her husband of seven decades and "rock". The Platinum Jubilee in 2022 marked 70 years on the throne#her mother. Golden Jubilee celebrations#history#in 1952 reached Elizabeth while she was on safari in Kenya. The following year her coronation was held#invoking Vera Lynn&039;s wartime classic#marking 50 years on the throne#on the eve of Diana&039;s funeral#Prince Charles#Princess Margaret#pulling an officer&039;s cap over her eyes so nobody recognised her. In 1947#Queen Elizabeth II#reaching an all-time high when she became the unexpected star of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. But there were more diffi#saying that when peace returned#she appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with her family and Winston Churchill#she had to deal with the death at 99 of Prince Philip#she lost her only sibling#she married Philip Mountbatten#the children of today#the first female in the Royal Family to become a full-time member of the armed forces. On victory day in Europe
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