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English

Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022

  • Queen Elizabeth II
  • Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
  • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  • Elizabeth Windsor
  • Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
  • HM Queen Elizabeth II
  • Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh
  • Elizabeth the second
  • ER II
  • E.R. II
  • Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth of York
  • Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh
  • QE2
  • Lilibet
  • ERII
  • Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
  • Queen Elizabeth
  • Queen of England
  • The Queen
  • Princess Elizabeth of York
  • QEII
  • EIIR
  • E2R
  • Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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Statements

instance of
human
1 reference
reference URL
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21420189
title
Woman's Hour power list: Queen tops BBC Radio 4 survey (British English)
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
26 March 2023
publication date
11 February 2013
quotation
The Queen, Home Secretary Theresa May and Santander bank boss Ana Botin have been declared the UK's top three most powerful women (British English)
image
Queen Elizabeth II in March 2015.jpg
1,698 × 2,242; 1.01 MB
media legend
Elizabeth II in March 2015 (English)
Élisabeth II en Mars 2015 (French)
point in time
March 2015
0 references
Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg
739 × 985; 248 KB
media legend
Elizabeth II in 1959 (English)
Élisabeth II en 1959 (French)
Offisielt portrett, 1959 (Norwegian Bokmål)
point in time
1959
0 references
birth name
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
given name
Elizabeth
series ordinal
1
regnal ordinal
II
named after
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
Alexandra
series ordinal
2
named after
Alexandra of Denmark
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
Mary
series ordinal
3
named after
Mary of Teck
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
family name
Windsor
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
noble title
British Princess
start time
21 April 1926Gregorian
end time
6 February 1952
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.royal.uk/her-majesty-the-queen
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Princess Elizabeth (now The Queen) (British English)
Elizabeth ascended the throne on the 6 February 1952 (British English)
Princess of the United Kingdom
start time
11 December 1936
end time
6 February 1952
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.royal.uk/her-majesty-the-queen
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Princess Elizabeth (now The Queen) (British English)
Elizabeth ascended the throne on the 6 February 1952 (British English)
monarch of Australia
end time
8 September 2022
0 references
monarch of Canada
end time
8 September 2022
0 references
monarch of New Zealand
end time
8 September 2022
0 references
monarch of Antigua and Barbuda
end time
8 September 2022
0 references
monarch of Barbados
start time
6 February 1952
end time
29 November 2021
0 references
nickname
Lilibet (British English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
Shirley Temple (British English)
used by
Edward VIII
named after
Shirley Temple
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-queen-elizabeth-2018-7?IR=T#she-has-a-few-nicknames-5
title
11 facts about the queen you probably never knew (English)
language of work or name
English
author name string
Elisa Roland
retrieved
13 January 2020
place of birth
Mayfair
street address
17 Bruton Street (English)
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Queen Elizabeth II was born at 17 Bruton Street in London (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
date of death
8 September 2022
statement is subject of
death of Elizabeth II
refine date
15:10
located in time zone
UTC+01:00
2 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886
title
Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces (English)
retrieved
8 September 2022
language of work or name
English
publication date
8 September 2022
published in
BBC News Online
publisher
BBC
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63078676
title
Queen's cause of death given as 'old age' on death certificate (English)
retrieved
29 September 2022
language of work or name
English
publication date
29 September 2022
published in
BBC News Online
publisher
BBC
place of death
Balmoral Castle
statement is subject of
death of Elizabeth II
2 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886
title
Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces (English)
retrieved
8 September 2022
language of work or name
English
publication date
8 September 2022
published in
BBC News Online
publisher
BBC
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63078676
title
Queen's cause of death given as 'old age' on death certificate (English)
retrieved
29 September 2022
language of work or name
English
publication date
29 September 2022
published in
BBC News Online
publisher
BBC
manner of death
natural causes
2 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886
published in
BBC News Online
title
Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces (English)
language of work or name
English
publication date
8 September 2022
retrieved
8 September 2022
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63078676
title
Queen's cause of death given as 'old age' on death certificate (English)
retrieved
29 September 2022
language of work or name
English
publication date
29 September 2022
published in
BBC News Online
publisher
BBC
cause of death
unknown value
nature of statement
to be announced
1 reference
title
Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96; Was Britain’s Longest-Reigning Monarch (English)
ISSN
0362-4331
author name string
Alan Cowell
publication date
8 September 2022
language of work or name
English
reference URL
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-dead.html?pagewanted=all
retrieved
12 September 2022
published in
The New York Times
quotation
The royal family announced her death online, saying she had died peacefully. The announcement did not specify a cause. (English)
author
Alan Cowell
senility
has cause
old age
has contributing factor
unknown value
2 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63078676
title
Queen's cause of death given as 'old age' on death certificate (English)
retrieved
29 September 2022
language of work or name
English
publication date
29 September 2022
published in
BBC News Online
publisher
BBC
stated in
death certificate
father
George VI
2 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
stated in
Kindred Britain
mother
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
2 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Her parents were... Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
stated in
Kindred Britain
sibling
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
kinship to subject
younger sister
2 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
In 1930, her little sister was born - Princess Margaret Rose (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
publisher
BBC
stated in
Kindred Britain
spouse
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
start time
20 November 1947
place of marriage
Westminster Abbey
statement is subject of
wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
end time
9 April 2021
end cause
death of subject's spouse
3 references
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Once Elizabeth turned 21, her engagement to the Duke of Edinburgh was officially announced and they got married on November 20 1947 in Westminster Abbey (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
stated in
Kindred Britain
The Peerage person ID
p10070.htm#i100699
retrieved
7 August 2020
family
House of Windsor
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
She is a descendant of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor during World War One (British English)
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts. BBC (English)
publication date
8 June 2018
native language
English
0 references
occupation
monarch
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
auto mechanic
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34188380
title
Top four things you never knew about the Queen (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
9 September 2015
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
The Queen trained as a mechanic and military truck driver during World War II. (British English)
truck driver
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34188380
title
Top four things you never knew about the Queen (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
9 September 2015
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
The Queen trained as a mechanic and military truck driver during World War II. (British English)
art collector
0 references
aristocrat
0 references
position held
Supreme Governor of the Church of England
start time
6 February 1952
end time
8 September 2022
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
Head of the Commonwealth
start time
6 February 1952
end time
8 September 2022
replaced by
Charles III of the United Kingdom
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
honorific prefix
Majesty
start time
6 February 1952
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.royal.uk/her-majesty-the-queen
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
About Her Majesty the Queen (English)
Elizabeth ascended the throne on the 6 February 1952 (English)
Royal Highness
start time
21 April 1926Gregorian
end time
6 February 1952
1 reference
imported from Wikimedia project
English Wikipedia
residence
Buckingham Palace
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
Windsor Castle
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
Balmoral Castle
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
She spends her summers at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire (British English)
Sandringham House
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
at Christmas she goes to her Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. (British English)
Holyrood Palace
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44370212
title
Queen's birthday: Queen Elizabeth II's life in 92 facts (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
7 June 2018
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
In Scotland, her official residence is Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. (British English)
religion or worldview
Church of England
2 references
stated in
Encyclopædia Universalis
retrieved
7 September 2022
title
ELISABETH II (1926- ) reine du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (1952- ) (French)
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
elisabeth-ii
stated in
Great Russian Encyclopedia
retrieved
7 September 2022
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (old version)
1977043
title
ЕЛИЗАВЕТА II (Russian)
Church of Scotland
1 reference
reference URL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2007449.stm
title
Royal thanks at church assembly (British English)
publication date
25 May 2002
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
13 January 2020
eye color
blue
0 references
medical condition
COVID-19
point in time
20 February 2022
2 references
reference URL
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-20/queen-elizabeth-covid-19/100846798
title
Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for COVID-19 (English)
publication date
20 February 2022
language of work or name
English
retrieved
20 February 2022
reference URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60453566
title
The Queen tests positive for Covid (British English)
language of work or name
British English
publication date
20 February 2022
retrieved
20 February 2022
conflict
World War II
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34188380
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
The Queen trained as a mechanic and military truck driver during World War II. Her Majesty served in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service during the conflict. (British English)
title
Top four things you never knew about the Queen. BBC (English)
publication date
9 September 2015
military branch
Auxiliary Territorial Service
object named as
Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34188380
language of work or name
British English
retrieved
6 March 2019
quotation
Her Majesty served in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service during the conflict. (British English)
title
Top four things you never knew about the Queen. BBC (English)
publication date
9 September 2015
significant event
Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II
point in time
6 February 2017
0 references
oration
point in time
5 April 2020
hashtag
QueensSpeech
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/elisabeth-ii-doit-prendre-la-parole-ce-soir-la-reine-en-se-montrant-est-aussi-la-pour-rassurer-les-britanniques-estime-une-journaliste_3900973.html
title
Elizabeth II doit prendre la parole ce soir : "La reine, en se montrant, est aussi là pour rassurer les Britanniques", estime une journaliste (French)
publication date
5 April 2020
language of work or name
French
retrieved
5 April 2020
World War II
0 references
Victory in Europe Day
point in time
8 May 1945
0 references
oration
point in time
21 April 1947
0 references
1956 War
point in time
1956
0 references
1976 Summer Olympics
0 references
1981 England riots
point in time
1981
0 references
1983 Invasion of Grenada
point in time
25 October 1983
0 references
Meech Lake Accord
0 references
Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II
point in time
6 February 1992
0 references
1992 Windsor Castle fire
point in time
20 November 1992
0 references
death of Diana, Princess of Wales
point in time
31 August 1997
0 references
funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
point in time
6 September 1997
0 references
Australian republic referendum
point in time
November 1999
0 references
September 11 attacks
point in time
11 September 2001
0 references
Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II
point in time
6 February 2012
0 references
Megxit
point in time
2020
0 references
Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
point in time
6 February 2022
0 references
award received