Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne after her father’s death on February 6, 1952, while she was on a royal tour in Kenya. He was crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, the first coronation to be televised.
On September 9, 2015, she surpassed the 63 years, 7 months, 2 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes that her great-grandmother Queen Victoria spent on the throne back to become the country’s longest-reigning monarch. Norman King William the Conqueror in a line dating to 1066.
On September 9, 2015, she surpassed the 63 years, 7 months, 2 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes that her great-grandmother Queen Victoria spent on the throne back to become the country’s longest-reigning monarch. Norman King William the Conqueror in a line dating to 1066.
When she ascended the throne, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Harry Truman were leading the Soviet Union, China, and the United States, while Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister.
In seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II saw 15 British prime ministers coming and going, from Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher to Boris Johnson to Liz Truss.
During her reign, there have been 14 US presidents, all of whom she has met Bar Lyndon Johnson. He also saw seven popes during his reign.