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Elizabeth II

born 1926, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1952; daughter of George VI
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Elizabeth II

 

Born Apr. 21, 1926, in London. Queen of Great Britain; of the House of Windsor.

Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, after the death of her father, King George VI.

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