Queen Elizabeth II: About , Death Date, Death Cause, Family

Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth took the throne of Britain in 1952 at the young age of 25. After breaking the record of Queen Victoria as the longest reigning monarch of Britain for more than six decades, she became the U.K.’s longest reigning monarch in September 2015. Not just in the UK, Elizabeth became the world’s longest-reigning monarch after the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej died in October 2016 after reigning for 70 years on the throne.

Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926. She was the first child of the then-Duke and Duchess of York and after four years her sister, Princess Margaret Rose was born. Interestingly, It was only her destiny that she became the queen as it didn’t go as per plan. Her uncle, childless King Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth’s father became King George VI, putting her next in the succession.

She even participated in world war 2. When she was 18, Elizabeth served in Auxiliary Territorial Service as a subaltern during World War II in 1945. Till the time war ended she was promoted to the rank of junior commander.

She got married to Royal Navy officer Philip Mountbatten on Nov. 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. He was her third cousin and a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg and after a year, their first child Prince Charles was born in November 1948. Before ascending to the throne, Elizabeth was already the mother of two children among a total of 4 children, Charles and Princess Anne (1950), who were later followed by Prince Andrew in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964.

After the demise of King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth queen finally became the queen but She was formally crowned after more than a year on June 2, 1953, at Westminster Abbey and for the first time the coronation was broadcasted on television which was viewed by millions.

In her latest public appearance, Queen Elizabeth recently appointed Liz Truss as prime minister on Sept. 6 during a meeting at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland as a part of her constitutional duty to appoint a new prime minister and it was the 15th time that she was doing the tradition.

Queen Elizabeth II Death Date and Death Cause

Queen Elizabeth II  died on September 8 at the age of 96 at her Scottish estate, Balmoral Castle. The news was announced by Buckingham Palace shortly after 6 p.m. on Sept. 8 evening. Lately, she was struggling with her poor health and the same was reflected in her decision to cancel many official meetings. The cause of death has not yet been officially announced.