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6 February 1952
King George VI passed away and Elizabeth, who was visiting Kenya at the time, succeeded him as Queen of England.

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2 June 1953
The coronation of Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey and was also televised for the first time. The total population of the UK at the time was around 36 million, with around 27 million watching the live broadcast.

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25 December 1957
Queen Elizabeth II accepts the BBC's offer to broadcast the Christmas message live on television. This is the first time people have seen the Queen at home.

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27 May 1965
Queen Elisabeth II and and Prince Philip's first visit to Germany since the end of the Second World War was instrumental in the reconciliation of the two countries and the re-acceptance of Germany to the world.

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May 1970
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip walked among the crowds for the first time during their visit to Australia, breaking centuries of tradition of waving from a horse-drawn carriage.

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7 June 1977
25th Silver Jubilee Celebration at St. Paul's Cathedral, where she reaffirmed her vows and kept her promise all her life.

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29 July 1981
Charles and Diana got married and the live broadcast of the wedding was watched by some 750 million people in 74 countries around the world.

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13 October 1986
The first visit to China by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the first British monarch in history to make an official state visit to Beijing.

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1992
40th anniversary of the succession of Queen Elizabeth II, Charles and Diana announce their separation, Andrew and his wife also separate, Princess Anne divorces her husband and at the end of the year Windsor Castle catches fire.

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6 September 1997
Queen Elizabeth II made a televised speech in response to the death of Princess Diana in Paris.

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24 June 2002
The Golden Jubilee celebrated the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne. The first British monarch to celebrate the Golden Jubilee since Queen Victoria. In the same year, the Queen’s Mother and her sister passed away. Overseas trips totalled more than 40,000 miles in the year.

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17 May 2011
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Ireland at the invitation of the President of Ireland, Mary Mcaleese. It was the first time she had crossed the border line between Northern Ireland and Ireland and set foot on Irish soil as the British head of state. It was also the first visit to Ireland by a British monarch in 100 years.

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29 April 2011
Prince William and Princess Kate married in the much-anticipated wedding of the century at Westminster Abbey.

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24 June 2012
Diamond Jubilee celebrating the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne.

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22 July 2013
Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the birth of Prince George, the first child of Prince William and Princess Kate, and for the first time since the Victorian era, there were three generations of direct heirs to the throne in the same line.

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2 May 2015
Princess Charlotte was born, making her fourth in line of succession.

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23 April 2018
Prince Louis was born, becoming fifth in line to the throne.

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9 April 2021
This was a very sad year for HM Queen Elizabeth II, when her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, passed away. The epidemic was severe.

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2 June 2022
The world celebrate the 70th Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the first British monarch in history to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. The Queen lights up from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace, and beacons are lit up for her across the UK and in Commonwealth countries.

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6 September 2022
The UK welcomed a new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, who became the third female Prime Minister in the country's history when the Queen, for health reasons, broke with custom to receive and appoint a new Prime Minister for the first time at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

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