Royals

The Life of Queen Elizabeth, in 11 Photographs

A tracing of the Queen’s journey from infant Elizabeth to the longest reigning monarch in British history, starting with the year she was born, 1926, and then moving through to the present at nine year intervals.
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    From Speaight/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

    The Queen, at about a month old, with her mother. (1926)

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    The Queen at age 9. (1935)

  • By Lisa Sheridan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

    The Queen, with her pet Corgi, at age 18. (1944)

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    The Queen, at age 27, and Prince Philip. (1953)

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    The Queen at age 36. (1962)

  • From AP.

    The Queen, at age 45, with sons Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. (1971)

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    The Queen at age 54. (1980)

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    The Queen, at age 63, with Princess Margaret, Prince Harry, Princess Alexandra, Prince William, Princess Diana, Prince Charles, and Prince Philip. (1989)

  • By David Hartley/REX/Shutterstock.

    The Queen at age 72. (1998)

  • By Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.

    The Queen, at age 81, with Prince Philip and Prince Charles. (2007)

  • By Ranald Mackechnie/Royal Mail/Getty Images.

    The Queen, at age 90, with Prince Charles, Prince George, and Prince William. (2016)

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