Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born April 21, 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the other Commonwealth realms.
Elizabeth was born in London, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and she was educated privately at home. Her father ascended the throne on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she was the heir presumptive. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
Elizabeth met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and 1937. Philip is the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, itself a branch of the House of Oldenburg, he was…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Apr 21, 2020 @ 22:05:55
94,absolutely amazing. I’ve met her twice in my life – once when chosen at age 12 to present her with flowers on landing at the airport in Penticton B.C. Again decades later when work as a catering supervisor at GM Place in Vancouver found me responsible for her private suite (she was there to drop the puck at a hockey game). 🙂
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