Queen Elizabeth

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Queen Elizabeth II

1926 - 2022

How long was Elizabeth queen?

1. 40 years
2. 50 years
3. 70 years
4. 96 years

What were here favourite dogs?

1. Pitbulls
2. Golden retrievers
3. Poodles
4. Corgis

Elizabeth had .... children
and .... grand children

1. 4 - 8
2. 3 - 8
3. 4 - 5
4. none

The Royal Family

Queen Elizabeth II

 Camilla

Meghan

Prins Harry

Prins William

Catherine 

Koning Charles III

Prins Philip

What happens next?

What is the name of the operation that started when Queen Elizabeth died?

1. London Tower
2. Big Ben
3. London Bridge
4. London Eye

What was the message announcing the Queen had died?

The colour of the BBC logo will be ....

1. grey
2. dark blue
3. white
4. black

After how many days will Queen Elizabeth be buried?

1. 11
2. 9
3. 4
4. 7

Timeline

What? Elizabeth was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926.

1926

1936

The picture: Elizabeth of York (the future Queen Elizabeth II) on the cover of the Time magazine, April 29, 1929.

Source: Time Magazine cover, April 29, 1929 Time magazine archive

The picture: Photograph of King George V (1865-1936)

Source: National Portrait Gallery Photographs Collection NPG x31810

What? Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip first met in 1934. When the Princess was 21, their engagement was announced on 9 July 1947 and they married on 20 November that year.

The picture: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Source:  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Cambridge, Waikato (January 1 1954)

1947

What? Her grandfather King George V, died in 1936. Her uncle got the throne but gave it up to marry the woman he loved. Hence their father became king in 1937.

Question: What would you do if your father became king all of a sudden?

Where? 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London

Question: Elisabeth was 21 years old when she married Philip. 

• What is an appropriate age to get married? 
• Do people have to get married?

1953

What? On 6 February 1952, King George VI died. Princess Elizabeth was on a Royal Visit to Kenya when she acceded to the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II. The Coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.

Question: Would you want to become king/queen?

The picture: Coronation of Elizabeth II, source

2022

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Who is this?

Who became King immediately following Queen Elizabeth's death?