Queen Elizabeth II

[{"selector":"#anim-7d253fb8-ccf1-40ac-8e06-1c9a6294e2f4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8a06c37c-d21f-43d3-a6e8-f2fa4bd9f82f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(99.27710%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-74c59ab7-f9d2-42b9-81d5-195b78f6090f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7a05e8e2-3cc5-4ed2-b2db-97cda28bd4bf","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 350.74067%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom from 6 February 1952 until her death on 8 September 2022. Image source: Social Media

[{"selector":"#anim-48362f13-5620-459b-bda6-e86eef607a7d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5def570e-2718-4428-b036-c36a7fc6865e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -490.01746%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country

[{"selector":"#anim-8b08ff09-4b36-4e64-8d6a-ed22f741076e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.2771%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1dcb889b-e713-4d49-b5ef-58b0b17225f0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-77584b4a-0ac8-49fa-8229-514b4c1fdac8","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Born: 21 April 1926, Bruton Street, London, United Kingdom Full name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor

[{"selector":"#anim-9f4583cf-3b3e-407f-8983-3eeb82e98858","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a6bf8bc6-5c10-4fae-bbfc-de65f2c0f88d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-177d995e-8765-4346-b666-d86c704605bc","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Elizabeth died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire. She was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III.

[{"selector":"#anim-88f909d8-3842-42a5-b0e0-06407ad0bbe9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9b7bfbe2-6a92-4dad-96d7-c9019e2e2dea","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-312bffdb-5742-4eb7-bbe0-d7ee3ff50c88","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Elizabeth was the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, and the second-longest reigning sovereign in world history, only behind Louis XIV of France

[{"selector":"#anim-3d009c0c-91ea-4f5f-904a-0d1d3990c675","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-100%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9fa96b6e-f837-44e0-a73c-4b86744432ce","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1f5c8700-0cc9-4cb7-8c4d-840daf1f9782","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Elizabeth was a constitutional monarch during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, UK, Africa, and the UK's accession to and withdrawal from the EU.

[{"selector":"#anim-2fc43caa-4a93-422f-9ea6-cfca3c9abb77","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-96.86747%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bebed4ea-5402-4e71-9d0b-04348a3c4050","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6823ae4d-36d4-4340-b6af-f4b45d1c2b85","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Spouse: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (m. 1947–2021)

[{"selector":"#anim-651d03c1-577c-4558-b00b-e64157114515","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.51807%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b1601d31-e27b-46df-9e8b-10e61e1ad36c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-db01da4f-4f03-46cd-b226-6719e2e7bf76","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Elizabeth—then 25 years old—became queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries

[{"selector":"#anim-55027b38-0b81-4442-b69c-56776e596636","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.03615%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-26814c4a-8fca-4d15-acf7-8a51e7b69ebf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1feeef13-8092-4dd8-b3d5-2dd9fc2e3b4d","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Children: King Charles III, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex