Elizabeth ascended to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and three other Commonwealth countries upon the death of her father, George VI.
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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of sixteen independent sovereign states known informally as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvali, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She holds each crown separately and equally in a shared monarchy, as well as acting as Head of the Commonwealth, and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. As a constitutional monarch, she is politically neutral and by convention her role is largely ceremonial.
Queen of 16 sovereign countries.
Reign: 6 February 1952 – present (58 years).
Coronation: 2 June 1953 (aged 27).
Predecessor: George VI.
Heir apparent: Charles, Prince of Wales.
Consort: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Sons and daughters:
Charles, Prince of Wales
Anne, Princess Royal
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
Full name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.
House: House of Windsor.
Father: George VI.
Mother: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
Born: 21 April 1926 (age 83).
Religion: Church of England & Church of Scotland.
