Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926.¹⁾

She died on September 8, 2022.²⁾

From 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022, she was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth states.³⁾

During her reign, she was queen regnant of 32 separate sovereign kingdoms.⁴⁾

At the time of her death, she was the ruler of 15 of them.⁵⁾

Her 70-year-and-214-day reign was the longest of any British monarch and the longest of any female head of state.⁶⁾

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the Duke and Duchess of York's first child (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth).⁷⁾

Following the abdication of her father's brother, King Edward VIII, in 1936, Elizabeth became the heir presumptive.⁸⁾

She was educated privately at home and began doing public activities during WWII.⁹⁾

During WWII, she was a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.¹⁰⁾

She married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, in November 1947.¹¹⁾

His death in April 2021 marked the end of their 73-year marriage.¹²⁾

Charles III, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex were their four children.¹³⁾

When her father died, she was just 25 years old, and she reigned.¹⁴⁾

When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth became Queen of seven sovereign Commonwealth nations, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), as well as Head of the Commonwealth.¹⁵⁾