Friday, September 22

A lifetime under the spotlight. The reign of Elizabeth II, in pictures


One of the earliest known portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, born in 1926.

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The coronation ceremony of Elizabeth II, on June 2, 1953, which began a year earlier, after the death of her father, King George VI.

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Elizabeth II and her husband Philip of Edinburgh, in Broadlands, Hampshire, at their first public appearance after their wedding, held on November 20, 1947.

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The then Princess Isabel with her eldest son Carlos, in the summer of 1949.

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Elizabeth II and Philip of Edinburgh with Princess Diana and Prince Charles on their wedding day on July 29, 1981.

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Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Felipe de Edinburgh, together with Juan Carlos de Borbón and Queen Sofía, at the end of a State visit to Spain, in 1998.

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Queen Elizabeth II of England, accompanied by the Queen Mother, at the entrance to Westminster Abbey, on the day of the funeral of Diana of Wales, who died in a traffic accident on August 31, 1997.

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Elizabeth II, in July 2012, with four former UK Prime Ministers. From left, David Cameron, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

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Elizabeth II before a portrait of Margaret Thatcher, in an exhibition organized in 2012 as part of the celebrations for the 60 years of her reign.

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Queen Elizabeth II at Royal Ascot in 2019.

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Queen Elizabeth, at the funeral of her husband Philip of Edinburgh, on April 17, 2021, at Windsor Castle.

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“Better days will come.” Elizabeth II’s message, during the first weeks of the COVID pandemic, in April 2020.

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Isabel II attends to Prince Luis, the youngest of the children of Princes Guillermo and Catalina, during the celebrations of the 70 years of his reign, on June 2.

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Celebrations for the platinum jubilee, 70 years of the reign of Elizabeth II, in London, last June.

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Elizabeth II receives Liz Truss at Balmoral Palace on September 6. With Truss, there have been 15 her prime ministers during her reign.

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