Elizabeth became Queen at age 25 upon the death on 2/06/1952 of her father, King George V.
On 6/02/1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of England.
At 13, she accompanied her father to Dartmouth to visit the Royal Naval College. It was here the young teen met her future husband, 18-year-old cadet Prince Philip of Greece.
Elizabeth married Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey on 11/20/1947. The couple had four royal offspring, Prince Charles on 11/14/1948, Princess Anne on 8/15/1950, Prince Andrew on 2/19/1960 and Prince Edward on 3/10/1964.
Elizabeth is considered one of the world's wealthiest women. In 1992, she agreed to pay income tax on her personal income, the first time in the history of the monarchy.
In 2002, within a period of seven weeks, she lost her sister and her mother. Princess Margaret, 71, died of a stroke on 2/09/2002, and the beloved "Queen Mum" died at 101, on 3/31/2002.
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