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England`s got a new queen
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Born in London, on April 21, 1926, she's the first child
of The Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
She became Princess Elizabeth in 1936 when her father succeeded to the
throne. Elizabeth began studying constitutional history and law at an early
age, and participated actively in public life from the time she was fourteen.
Her father, King George VI, died on February 6, 1952, consequently
his daughter was proclaimed Queen. The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
took place on June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey and was broadcast on radio
and television throughout the world. In the winter of 1953, she and her
husband started the first of many other long journeys to the Commonwealth.
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