HRH Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953 at 27, the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror and the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.She celebrated her Silver and Golden Jubilees in 1977 and 2002, respectively, her 80th birthday in 2006, her Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. This special, updated edition of Queen Elizabeth II records the significant events of her reign, during which she carried out her duties with massive tours both domestically across the UK and globally. Her world travel was unprecedented by any previous monarch. In an age when photography has become the ubiquitous medium, the Queen has been one of the most photographed women in the world, with intense media interest ever since the days of her childhood as a young princess.Revealed here in almost 250 unique pictures taken by photographers of the Press Association over more than 80 years, this is a fascinating documentation of the life of an extraordinary woman.
