Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Life

Queen Elizabeth II full name was Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, She was born at 21 April 1926 in Mayfair, London. She was not only Queen of the United Kingdom, She was Queen of 54 other countries which is called Commonwealth countries. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent countries, almost all of which were formerly under British rule.

Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch and the second longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country. At the time of her death, Elizabeth was also Queen of 14 other Commonwealth realms, in addition to the United Kingdom.

Queen Elizabeth II

She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947. Queen Elizabeth II married with Philip Mountbatten who is a former prince of Greece and Denmark, They had four children Charles III, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

She was 25 years old when she became queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries which is the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Queen Elizabeth was the longest lived and longest reigning British monarch, and the second-longest verifiable reigning sovereign monarch in world history.

She was a Queen of United Kingdom but, she was not allowed to express her own political opinions in a public forum, and it is against convention to ask or reveal the monarch’s views.

Wealth

Queen Elizabeth former private secretary and a director of her bank, Coutts, estimated her wealth at £2 million (equivalent to about £30 million in 2021. In 1993, Buckingham Palace called estimates of £100 million In 2002, she inherited an estate worth an estimated £70 million from her mother. Reports said that her personal wealth at £350 million, making her the 372nd richest person in the UK.

Queen Elizabeth II Death

Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Countries, She was the longest living and longest reigning British monarch. She died on 8 September 2022 at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Doctors reported that her health had been deteriorating rapidly and placed her under medical supervision. In October 2021 she began using a walking stick during public engagements because she did not walk without stick, and before that she was admitted in hospital on 20th October.

After that In June, the Queen did not attend a church service for her Platinum Jubilee because of her “discomfort” after standing during the military parade celebrating her official birthday on the first day of celebrations, During the celebrations, the Queen was largely confined to balcony appearances.

On 6 September, Queen Elizabeth accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson and appointed Liz Truss to succeed him as Prime Minister at Balmoral Castle. On 7 September she was scheduled to attend an online meeting of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom to swear in new ministers in Truss’s government, but it was announced that the meeting had been postponed because doctor advised her for a rest because she was not well.

The official death announcement of Queen Elizabeth came at 18:30 BST (British Summer Time).

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