Daily Facts about Queen Elizabeth II

2023

Queen Elizabeth II's Sapphire Jubilee is celebrated, marking her remarkable 65-year reign as the monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

1952

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth after the passing of her father, King George VI.

1947

Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a royal wedding.