(1926– )
the queen of the United Kingdom since 1952. She is the daughter of King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth. She had one sister, Princess Margaret . In 1947 she married Prince Philip of Greece, who had just been made the Duke of Edinburgh , in Westminster Abbey . Her father died in 1952 and Elizabeth was crowned on 2 June 1953. She is a highly respected and much loved monarch with a great interest in the Commonwealth . The Queen and Prince Philip have four children, Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward.
➡ note at Royal Family .