Elizabeth took her first steps in a world we recognize only from sepia photographs, and became Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Here are a selection of images from her life.
Tag: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain
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Operation London Bridge: What Happens After Queen Elizabeth’s Death
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has set in motion a meticulously choreographed process — known as Operation London Bridge — that the palace, and the nation, has spent decades planning.
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An Inscrutable Monarch, Endlessly Scrutinized Onstage and Onscreen
Queen Elizabeth II was portrayed in plays and highbrow films, in made-for-TV movies and broad comedies and, of course, in “The Crown.” Many sought to answer the question: What was she like?
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Queen Elizabeth Has Died. She Embodied the Myth of the Good Monarch.
Queen Elizabeth seemed to rise above the tawdry mess of politics.
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Queen Elizabeth Leaves Behind a Radically Different Britain
She helped obscure a bloody history of decolonization whose proportions and legacies have yet to be adequately acknowledged.