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Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Queen Elizabeth II has died at Balmoral, Buckingham Palace has announced. We take a look back at her life and times.
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Queen Elizabeth II (wearing The Diamond Diadem made by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell) travels to the opening of Parliament on December 3, 2008. Credit:Getty Images
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The Queen Mother (then the Duchess of York) and her husband King George VI (then the Duke of York) hold their daughter Princess Elizabeth at her christening in May 1926. Credit:SMH Archives
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Princess Elizabeth, aged exactly one year, with her cousin, the honourable Gerald Lascelles, son of Princess Royal, at Windsor Castle, 1927.Credit:AP
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Princess Elizabeth, age 3½ in her new perambulator, November 1, 1945.Credit:SMH Archives
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Royal wedding guests, assembled in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace, bid farewell to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester as they drive to S. Pancras Station. L to R: Lady Maud Carnegie, the Marquess of Cambridge, Princess Marie Louise (behind whom is Lord Carnegie), Princess Helena Victoria, the Countess of Athlane, Princess Elizabeth and behind her, Lady Mary Cambridge, Lady Patricia Ramsay, the Earl of Athlone, and Mr A. Ramsay. November 6, 1935. Credit:Sports & General Press Agency Limited
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Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at Windsor, June 1936. Credit:Camera Press
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The Queen arrives at Horse Guards Parade with the Princess Royal, for the annual trooping the colour ceremony, July 23, 1934. Credit:Sports & General Press Agency Limited
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Princess Elizabeth waves as she stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, with her grandparents King George V and Queen Mary on May 6, 1935.Credit:AP
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Members of the British royal family gather on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London after the coronation of King George VI, on May 12, 1937.Credit:AP
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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, poses with her husband King George VI, and their two daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, following the King's coronation, in 1937.Credit:AP
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Princess Elizabeth celebrates her 14th birthday with a horse ride accompanied by her sister, Princess Margaret, in Windsor Great Park, on June 3, 1940.Credit:AP
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Princess Elizabeth, at the piano, entertains her mother and younger sister, on January 1, 1943. Credit:Fox Photos
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Princess Elizabeth, 18, at her desk in Windsor Castle, on May 30, 1944.Credit:Getty Images
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An undated wartime picture of Princess Elizabeth, right, and Princess Margaret after they broadcast on Children's Hour from Buckingham Palace in London.Credit:AP /PA
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Princess Elizabeth with her grandmother Queen Mary, on June 22, 1944. Credit:L.N.A
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VE Day, 1945: Princess Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Winston Churchill, King George VI, Princess Margaret.Credit:SMH Archives
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The official photograph of Princess Elizabeth and her fiance, Lieut. Philip Mountbatten in London, July 10, 1947. Credit:AP
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Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip return to Buckingham Palace after their wedding, November 20, 1947.Credit:SMH Archives
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Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh wave to the crowds on their wedding day from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, November 20, 1947.Credit:AP
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Queen Elizabeth II dances with President Nkrumah of Ghana. The monarch and Prince Philip have been visiting Ghana during their tour of West Africa, November 1, 1961.Credit:Fairfax Archive