Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926–2022: A celebration of her life and reign

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Across her reign Queen Elizabeth II granted greatly increased public access to the royal residences, including Buckingham Palace, the royal apartments at Windsor Castle, and Frogmore House. Collier, Hatty (8 June 2018), "The Queen undergoes eye surgery to remove cataract", Evening Standard, archived from the original on 8 March 2021 , retrieved 19 March 2021– via Yahoo! The proposal was never accepted, and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union. Her sister and mother died in February and March, respectively, and the media speculated on whether the Jubilee would be a success or a failure. She declined, saying she would not interfere in decisions reserved by the Constitution of Australia for the governor-general.

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Her many historic visits and meetings included state visits to China in 1986, to Russia in 1994, and to the Republic of Ireland in 2011, and meetings with five popes and fourteen US presidents. Elizabeth went on her first overseas tour in 1947, accompanying her parents through southern Africa. After the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car accident in Paris in 1997, the Queen drew criticism for appearing reluctant to respond publicly. During the four-day visit, which was considered to be one of the most important foreign trips of Elizabeth's reign, [157] she and Philip attended events in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.To the left of the couple, the group includes best man David Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven, standing next to Princess Elizabeth.

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As she approached her 18th birthday, Parliament changed the law so that she could act as one of five counsellors of state in the event of her father's incapacity or absence abroad, such as his visit to Italy in July 1944. She was delivered at 02:40 ( GMT) [1] by Caesarean section at her maternal grandfather's London home, 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair. Some of the most important photographers of the twentieth century, such as Cecil Beaton, were granted sittings with the Queen; and one of the greatest painters of the modern era in Britain, Lucien Freud, painted her portrait in 2000-1 which he presented as a gift. He said during the period of mourning and change he and his family would be “comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held”.Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. Queen Elizabeth II, 96, who served as queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms for 70 years, died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022.