In which year was Elizabeth II born?
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She was born on 21 April in Mayfair.
What was Elizabeth II’s full given name?
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She was named after her mother, great-grandmother and grandmother.
What role did the young Princess Elizabeth take during the Second World War?
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She trained with the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945.
In which year did the Queen’s coronation take place?
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It was held on 2 June, over a year after her accession.
Who was the first British Prime Minister of her reign?
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She went on to work with fifteen UK prime ministers.
Which year did the Queen famously describe as her ‘annus horribilis’?
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Windsor Castle burned and three of her children’s marriages faltered.
Which jubilee did Elizabeth II mark in 2022?
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It marked 70 years on the throne, a British first.
Where was Elizabeth II when she learned she had become queen?
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She was on a royal tour, staying at Treetops.
In which year did Prince Philip die?
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He died in April, aged 99.
Which year saw the Queen’s first televised Christmas broadcast?
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Radio broadcasts had run since her grandfather’s reign.
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