Cloud of colonialism hangs over Queen Elizabeth’s legacy in Africa. Here, we look back at the queen’s reign, from her inauguration on 4 February 1952 until her death on 24 February 2002.
Her Majesty The Queen was not born to the throne for nothing. The most influential monarch in history is no longer a mere royal by birth.
Queen Elizabeth II (born Princess Elizabeth, 10 January 1926 – died 4 February 2002) was the longest-serving monarch in the world. No other sovereign has enjoyed such a long reign: in fact it is the longest reign of any female monarch in history. Indeed, Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning monarch in the world until her nephew Harry, Prince of Wales, assumed the throne at the age of 23.
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II, the seventh monarch to bear the British royal title, was born in 1926 in Kenya and became known as Princess Elizabeth while at the Kenyan royal court. When her parents were murdered, she became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1952.
Elizabeth II ascended the throne on 4 February 1952, upon the death of her father and the abdication of her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, three days before. She was known as Princess Elizabeth from 1952 to 1961 and as Her Majesty the Queen from 1961 to 1997, when she ascended to the throne once more at the age of 65.
Queen Elizabeth II: A biography
Queen Elizabeth II: A biography is the official life of the Queen Elizabeth II by Elizabeth Windsor, daughter of the Duke of York. It is an engaging memoir, with an absorbing chronology of events from her birth in Kenya to her inauguration in Westminster Abbey as the only living female monarch in 1953. When it was published, it became the first chronicle of the reign of any reigning monarch in any language to be written in book form. It is also the first royal biography of any modern era.
For Queen Elizabeth II, book and film are the same thing: Queen of the World
Queen Elizabeth II is often referred to as ‘The Queen of the World’, and as such there is not a day that passes when she is not in the news. In addition to her formal position and titles as monarch, she is a popular figure,