Due to this, the Queen and her husband remained out of public sight for five days, and the flag above Buckingham Palace did not fly on half. The Queen decided to shield Diana's two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry from the press, worrying that the pressure might be too much for them. The Queen was on a holiday when her death occurred. In 1997, Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris. In addition, on December 9th, John Major, then Prime Minister of the UK, announced that the Prince and Princess of Wales had separated. On November 20th, Windsor Castle, the Queen's private home, caught fire and suffered extensive damage.Īfter the Queen had made her speech on november 24th, in which she proclaimed the year to be her annus horribilis, it was announced two days later that she would start to pay Income tax from 1993 and onwards. it was also revealed that the princess of Wales at the time, Princess Diana, was not happy about her marriage with the prince of Wales. A scandal broke out when it was discovered that the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, had been having an affair with another woman named Camilla Parker-Bowles. In addition, her daughter Anne also divorced her husband, Captain Mark Philips. 1990 – 2000Ī year of particular note is 1992, a year which would eventually be dubbed by the Queen as her annus Horribilis (latin for 'horrible year') due to several factors: Mauritius, the last commonwealth realm in Africa, decides to abolish it's monarchy and become a republic The Queen's son, Prince Andrew, were to be divorced with his wife, Sarah, Duchess of York. Later in 1984, Charles' second son, Prince Harry, was born. Prince William, Charles' first born son and therefore future heir to the throne, was born on the 21st of June 1982. Sarjeant was sentenced to five years in jail, but was released after only three years had passed. It was later discovered that the shots fired had been blanks. The police arrested a person named Marcus Sarjeant. In 1981, during a ceremony, six shots were fired towards her while she rode down the Mall in London. In 1977, the Queen celebrated her silver jubilee.

No attempts to harm the Queen was ever made, though a riot broke out while she was in Montreal in Quebec.ĭuring the 1960s and 1970s, over twenty countries declared independence from Britain. In 1963, Elizabeth gave birth to her fourth child, Prince Edward.ĭuring her tours of foreign countries, there was a fear that she may be attempted assassinated during her visit to Ghana, due to several threats being made to the President of Ghana at the time, and during a visit to Quebec, where local newspapers reported that extremist separatists were plotting to assassinate her. Not only were the coronation the first to be broadcast live on television, it was also the first major international event to be broadcast around the world, with 20 mllion people watching the Queen make her oath 1960 – 1990 Elizabeth then ascended to the throne and became Queen Elizabeth II. Nine years later in 1959, Elizabeth gave birth to her third child, Prince Andrew.Īfter having struggled with serious illness for many years, King George VI died on Febuary 6th, 1952. Two years later in 1950, her second child, Princess Anne, was born. In 1948, the Queen gave birth to her first child, Charles. They were married in Westminster Abbey and the event was broadcasted to 200 million radios around the world. In order to marriage Elizabeth, Philip had to give up his greek and danish royal titles, as well as having to convert to Anglicanism. She had first met the prince in 1934, when she was 13 years old. Marriage and CoronationĮlizabeth married Prince Philip in August 1947. The Queen is the only head of state still alive that served in World War II. In 1942, she was made colonel-in-chief of the Grenadier Guards by her father, and in 1945, she joined the Woman's Auxiliary Territorial Service where she became a mechanic. World War IIĪfter World War II broke out in 1939, Elizabeth was moved to Windsor Castle, from where in 1940 she made one of her most famous Radio speeches, where she addressed the children of Great Britain, saying 'that in the end, all will be well for God will care for us and give us victory and peace'. Elizabeth's father then became king, and she became heir to the British Empire. However, he abdicated shortly afterwords due to his wish to marriage Wallis Simpson, an American woman who, due to have been divorced two times, were seen as being unfit to be Queen. Originally, Queen Elizabeth was not supposed to become the Queen, but after King George V died in 1936, her uncle Edward VIII became King. Her parents were the later King George VI and The Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21st, 1926.

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