A New Queen

On February 6th 1952, King George VI died in his sleep at the royal estate. Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27.

Queen Elizabeth, born on April 21st, 1926, and known to her family as Lilibet, was prepared to succeed the throne. She married a distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, on November 20th, 1947, at London’s Westminster Abbey. The first of Elizabeth’s four children, Prince Charles, was born in 1948.

From the start of her reign, Elizabeth understood the value of public relations and allowed her coronation to be televised in 1953, despite objections from Prime Minister Winston Churchill and others who felt it would cheapen the ceremony. Elizabeth, the 40th British monarch since William the Conqueror, has worked hard at her royal duties.

On February 6th 2017, she became the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee, commemorating 65 years on the throne.

The Queen’s reign, however, has not been without controversy. She was seen as cold and out-of-touch following the 1996 divorce of her son, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana, and again after Diana’s 1997 death in a car crash in Paris.

Still, the royals are effective world ambassadors for Britain and a huge tourism draw. Today, the Queen, an avid horsewoman and Corgi dog lover, is one of the world’s wealthiest women, with extensive real-estate holdings, art and jewelry collections.

Last but not the least; she is the head of the Commonwealth of 53 states (former territories of the British Empire).

We think it's important and interesting to have a royal family because they are a symbole of a country futhermore they create a keen image to foreigners who visit the country.They attract a lot of tourist because they are famous.

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A New Queen

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