Queen Elizabeth II: A Long Reign of Success
November 10, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, aged 96, died of old age on September Eight 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Queen was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, in Mayfair, London, UK. She lived most of her life in Buckingham Palace and the year she assumed power was February sixth, 1952. Her first son King Charles the Third assumed power and was granted his late mother’s titles and he now stands as King of the United Kingdom. In her early life, she was tutored at home with her sister by her mother and tutor. The Queen had sat for an amazing 200 portraits in her lifetime.
Some of the Queen’s accomplishments are that she is the longest-serving monarch in history, Helped pass the Crown Act of 2013 act states that succession will be dissociated from the gender of those in line to the throne, She joined the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), In 1945, when she was 18, Elizabeth was given permission to join the military effort and trained for six weeks as an auto mechanic, she supported more than 600 charities in Britain the Queen was responsible at least in part for raising 2 billion dollars. A beautiful quote from Queen Elizabeth the second is “I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws, or administer justice, but I can do something else, I can give my heart and my devotion.”