Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor

Author Name:

Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor

Born As:

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary

Other Names:

Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor

Born:

21 Apr 1926

Died:





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Monarch                          
                          
Married Prince Phillip in 1947 - Philip was a member of the German House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, which includes the royal houses of Denmark, Norway and Greece, and are second cousins once removed.

Philip was Greek Orthodox, had no financial standing, and had sisters who had married German noblemen with Nazi links.

In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for any of the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations to be invited to the wedding, including Philip's three surviving sisters.

Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, on 14 November 1948, several weeks after letters patent were issued by her father allowing her children to enjoy a royal and princely status to which they otherwise would not have been entitled.                          
Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.                          
In theory her powers are vast; in practice and in accordance with convention, she never intervenes in political matters.

As a child, A Girl Guides company, the 1st Buckingham Palace Company, was formed specifically so Elizabeth could socialise with girls her own age.