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Queen Elizabeth’s life through the years Feb. 6, 2012 marked the 60th anniversary of the queen’s reign.
Feb. 12, 1926
This photo shows Princess Elizabeth, who later became Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
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1926
This 1926 photo shows Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, the Duchess of York holding her firstborn, Princess Elizabeth, under the loving gaze of her husband, the Duke of York, in London. In 1937, the Duke of York acceded to the throne, becoming George VI after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, who married American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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1935
Lady Elizabeth, the Duchess of York, is followed by her daughters, the 9-year-old Princess Elizabeth, right, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and 5-year-old Princess Margaret, arriving at London's Olympia for the Royal Tournament.
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May 1, 1937
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose.
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May 12, 1937
Queen Elizabeth, second from left, and King George VI, second from right, are seen on the balcony of London's Buckingham Palace following the coronation of King George VI.
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April 22, 1944
Princess Elizabeth, seated center, third row, a second Subaltern in the
Auxiliary Territorial Service
, sits with a group of classmates at an ATS center in southern England, where she was undergoing training. The ATS was the women's branch of the British Army during World War II.
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Sept. 10, 1944
Princess Marie, left, and Princess Elizabeth, with Teresa Todd, Company Cadet Officer, overhaul a van.
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Aug. 3, 1945
During ceremonies at the No. 1 M.T. Training Center at Camberley, England, Princess Elizabeth, a Junior Commander ATS, received a clock presented to her by her old associates at the camp where she received her early training.
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Oct. 19, 1945
Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, King George VI and Princess Margaret wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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May 10, 1945
Britain's Princess Elizabeth, left, later Queen Elizabeth II, talks to a member of the Lewisham Women's Voluntary Service, or WVS, right, watched by her sister, Princess Margaret, in London. The princesses were accompanied by the king and queen when they visited bombed areas of South London.
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May 12, 1937
Queen Elizabeth, third left, her daughter Princess Elizabeth (fourth left, the future Queen Elizabeth II), Queen Mary, Princess Margaret and King George VI pose at the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London.
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July 1947
Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on the day of their engagement.
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Nov. 20, 1947
Britain's Princess Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, leave London's Westminster Abbey after their wedding.
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Nov. 23, 1947
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, and his bride, Princess Elizabeth, walk through the woods in Broadlands, Romsey, England, during the first days of their honeymoon. The royal couple was escorted by the princess's dog, Susie.
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April 21, 1947
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, before the microphone for her 21st birthday speech, which she made from Cape Town, South Africa.
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December 1948
Britain's Princess Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, following the christening of their first child, Prince Charles.
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April 21, 1950
Princess Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, pose for the princess’s birthday picture in the drawing room of the Villa Guardamangia in Malta. She was visiting her husband, who was on duty with the British Navy at Malta.
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Oct. 21, 1950
Queen Mary, left, touches the ear of her great-granddaughter, Princess Anne, held by her mother, Princess Elizabeth, when the infant princess was christened at Buckingham Palace.
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Feb. 11, 1952
Princess Elizabeth, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth stand at the entrance to London's Westminster Hall as the coffin of Britain's King George VI arrives to lie in state.
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Feb.9,1953
Queen Elizabeth II is shown with Prince Charles and Princess Anne as they sit in an automobile following their arrival in London by train from a six-week Christmas vacation at Sandringham,England.
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June 2, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II's train is lifted by a footman as she leaves Buckingham Palace to enter the state coach to drive to Westminster Abbey for her coronation in London.
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June 2, 1953
Elizabeth II wears the bejeweled Imperial Crown and carries the Orb and Scepter with Cross as she leaves Westminster Abbey at the end of her coronation ceremony.
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Oct. 16, 1957
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip smile as they pass a couple of "prisoners" in stock during the royal couple's tour of the old fort at Festival Park in Jamestown, Va. The scene is the first permanent English settlement in the U.S.
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Oct. 21, 1957
Queen Elizabeth II looks up from the back seat of her car as she goes up lower Broadway getting traditional New York welcome of confetti and paper. Looking up beside her is Gov. Averell Harriman of New York. The man at right in the car is Richard C. Patterson Jr., New York City's official greeter.
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Sept. 13, 1960
Queen Elizabeth II strolls in the grounds of Balmoral castle in Scotland with Princess Anne and Prince Andrew in a carriage.
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1964
Queen Elizabeth II of England and her third child, 4-year-old Prince Andrew, are shown at crib of her fourth child, Prince Edward.
Cecil Beaton
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July 1, 1969
Queen Elizabeth II invests Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, her heir.
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Nov. 20, 1972
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are seen with their family in Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the royal couple's silver wedding. From left are Prince Charles, Prince Edward, the queen, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne.
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June 7, 1977
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives congratulations from London well-wishers during a brief walkabout.
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1979
The royal family, including, from left, Charles, the Prince of Wales; Prince Andrew; Queen Elizabeth II; and Prince Edward, seen behind the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Sept. 5, 1979
Members of the Royal Family attend the funeral of Lord Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey. Shown are, from left, Princess Anne, Capt. Mark Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip and Prince Edward.
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March 27, 1981
Then Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles pose with Queen Elizabeth II, center, in Buckingham Palace.
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July 29, 1981
Britain's Prince Charles kisses his bride, the former Diana Spencer, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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July 24, 1986
Britain's Duke and Duchess of York, seen after their wedding in London. Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson married in 1986 and separated in 1992.
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Dec. 25, 2000
Queen Elizabeth II, left, seen with her son Prince Charles assisting the Queen Mother following the Christmas morning service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk.
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June 20, 2006
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she looks out from the new royal box on the first day of the annual Royal Ascot horse race.
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May 5, 2007
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attend the 133rd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
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